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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts)
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 03:55 PM Feb 2013

The sweetest picture you'll see all day!

this one put a big smile on my face

Early spring and baby bear is getting his first climbing lesson. Momma bear wants him to learn as quickly as possible so she can send him scurrying up the tree at any sign of perceived danger or when she wants to go and forage for food.

photograph courtesy of: North American Bear Center/Wildlife Research Institute.





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The sweetest picture you'll see all day! (Original Post) trailmonkee Feb 2013 OP
Man, he sure is little. Isn't it a wonder that any of them survive to be sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #1
You know mom goes into hibernation not knowing she's pregnant. Cleita Feb 2013 #4
You don't think she suspects? TeeYiYi Feb 2013 #8
Hah! Glad that never happened to me! n/t pnwmom Feb 2013 #9
Happens to women all the time... Don't you watch TLC? kcass1954 Feb 2013 #16
I guess maybe I should check that station out sometime. pnwmom Feb 2013 #19
It's a waste now - all reality shows, and crappy ones at that. kcass1954 Feb 2013 #22
You should see the "ghost stories" shows . . . Brigid Feb 2013 #24
Don't forget the Ancient Aliens on the History Channel... WCGreen Feb 2013 #29
"Ancient Aliens" is even better! Brigid Feb 2013 #31
ROFL!!!! DUzy!!! calimary Feb 2013 #30
Sez awww LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #2
Miss being out in the woods in the spring. Cleita Feb 2013 #3
What surprises me is how close the photographer seems to be to the mama bear & cub Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #5
Long zoom lens, I expect. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #6
image is a little grainy... so I think the photographer was well away from the scene trailmonkee Feb 2013 #10
The camera angle is quite high Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #11
Adorable!!! joeybee12 Feb 2013 #7
It probably still wobbles when it walks lunatica Feb 2013 #12
Colbert will say these bears are a threat iandhr Feb 2013 #13
Strange, since xxqqqzme Feb 2013 #26
The alternative was "bert" wickerwoman Feb 2013 #35
Message auto-removed srogers Feb 2013 #14
If you can get hold of Disney's "Bear Country" (circa 1953), you will really enjoy it. 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #15
Why did she choose such a big tree? siligut Feb 2013 #17
OMG. sooooo sweet! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #18
Wow how did that little fella get up there? Rex Feb 2013 #20
bear power trailmonkee Feb 2013 #21
The bears are out of hibernation already? Brigid Feb 2013 #23
beautiful! Thank-you! robinlynne Feb 2013 #25
Sooooo cute! Notice momma bear is standing under baby bear to break his fall...just in case. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #27
She is probably an experienced mama. Brigid Feb 2013 #34
oh to tiny and cute sad-cafe Feb 2013 #28
Boo Boo Beaverhausen Feb 2013 #32
I love it! mrsadm Feb 2013 #33

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
4. You know mom goes into hibernation not knowing she's pregnant.
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:06 PM
Feb 2013

She wakes up in the spring with a baby suckling on her. Surprise!

kcass1954

(1,819 posts)
22. It's a waste now - all reality shows, and crappy ones at that.
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 09:16 PM
Feb 2013

No more "learning" there.

I watched the "I didn't know I was pregnant" show a couple of times, mostly because I like a good train wreck as much as the next person. I just find it really hard to believe the stories.

calimary

(81,322 posts)
30. ROFL!!!! DUzy!!!
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 10:00 PM
Feb 2013

Btw - I LOVE this litty bitty bear picture! What a contrast between the baby and the size of the mother! GREAT photo!

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
3. Miss being out in the woods in the spring.
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:05 PM
Feb 2013

All the baby animals are so sweet if mom let's you get close enough to look at them. It's a time of year that is full of enchantment.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
5. What surprises me is how close the photographer seems to be to the mama bear & cub
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:10 PM
Feb 2013

I would not get anywhere near a mama bear with a cub.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. Long zoom lens, I expect.
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:40 PM
Feb 2013

What surprises me is how small the baby is and yet knows to understand Momma bear is teaching him to climib.

Instinct of baby animals, including humans, always blows me away.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
11. The camera angle is quite high
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 05:31 PM
Feb 2013

Maybe from an observation platform?

Don't know, just guessing.

Nice pic, though.

wickerwoman

(5,662 posts)
35. The alternative was "bert"
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 11:26 PM
Feb 2013

which, as we all know from Sesame Street, promotes the homosexual agenda.

I haven't seen the threat list for a while, but I think that might be higher up than bears.

Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
15. If you can get hold of Disney's "Bear Country" (circa 1953), you will really enjoy it.
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 06:46 PM
Feb 2013

It won an Oscar, I believe; and is a wonderful short documentary.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
17. Why did she choose such a big tree?
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 06:48 PM
Feb 2013

First time, maybe a smaller diameter trunk and a few lower limbs would've been nice.

What a little cutie.

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
27. Sooooo cute! Notice momma bear is standing under baby bear to break his fall...just in case.
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 09:51 PM
Feb 2013

Smart bear! I think it was on purpose...not just a coincidence.

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