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Message 1652903 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 17:22:19 UTC - in response to Message 1652902.  
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Whoever invents a garbage container that a raccoon can not open will get the Nobel Prize:)
Raccoons may have settled in Sweden.
Fantastic fine animals - when it's in the right place.
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More like Bear proof..

But racoons are called Tvättbjörn (Wash bear) here because they are related to each other.
Bears likes to eat human garbage:)
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Message 1652908 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 17:40:06 UTC - in response to Message 1652903.  

Whoever invents a garbage container that a raccoon can not open will get the Nobel Prize:)
Raccoons may have settled in Sweden.
Fantastic fine animals - when it's in the right place.
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More like Bear proof..

But racoons are called Tvättbjörn (Wash bear) here because they are related to each other.
Bears likes to eat human garbage:)

Or humans, if Bears get the chance to put one on 'the menu', they aren't picky eaters really, since Bears are Omnivores, like people are.
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Message 1652931 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 18:40:47 UTC - in response to Message 1652908.  

Or humans, if Bears get the chance to put one on 'the menu', they aren't picky eaters really, since Bears are Omnivores, like people are.

I have come across occasional bears at Lake Tahoe in California and I have seen occasional bears where my in-laws live in Wisconsin. Bears don't really "want" to eat people, Vic. They would much prefer to eat the blueberries you are picking!!! My impression of bears is that they are much like skunks. If you give them a chance to go the other way, you will probably be just fine.
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Message 1652934 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 18:54:40 UTC - in response to Message 1652931.  

Or humans, if Bears get the chance to put one on 'the menu', they aren't picky eaters really, since Bears are Omnivores, like people are.

I have come across occasional bears at Lake Tahoe in California and I have seen occasional bears where my in-laws live in Wisconsin. Bears don't really "want" to eat people, Vic. They would much prefer to eat the blueberries you are picking!!! My impression of bears is that they are much like skunks. If you give them a chance to go the other way, you will probably be just fine.

It depends on the type of bear. Polar bears will hunt and attack people. Grizzly bears are very dangerous. All bears will attack if you get between them and their cubs.

I've learnt all about bears since living in Canada. I've even seen some.
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Message 1652937 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 19:00:33 UTC

I am pretty sure that if there was a risk of something running out of a ditch and eating me, I'd keep a pretty close eye on the ditches.

Alligators, when resting in ditches, did not appear to me to be at all hungry. For example, an alligator spotted in a specific ditch along a highway in the morning was likely to still be there, in the exact same spot, sunning itself around 4pm when we were returning to our hotel from a day of sightseeing. Actually, I've heard that alligators would do very well at cocktail parties. They prefer foods they can eat in one bite! (If they catch something that is larger than a good-sized alligator bite, they wait for it to rot down to a more reasonable size.)

Do we have any Floridian or Louisianan readers of this thread? Am I painting an accurate picture of American alligators???

Anyway, I've heard that to catch something bigger than a large rat or an iguana who has had the bad luck to fall off a branch into a swamp, alligators have to pull bigger prey into very deep water to drown it, like crocodiles do! We've all seen that National Geographic footage, right, where some poor herd of herbivores is trying to cross some section of a river in Africa and all the crocodiles are just lined up there in the river waiting for the weak, the slow and the young tender ones to cross...

In general there would not be enough water in a ditch in Florida for an alligator to drown me, and most of my alligator spotting was safely from inside a car anyway.

Alligators and crocodiles are very, very, very old species. They are like living fossils!

Who WOULDN'T want to look in a ditch if there was a chance of spotting an alligator???!!!
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Message 1652939 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 19:02:00 UTC

Mother's little Olle:)
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Mother's little Olle in the forest went,
roses on the cheek and sunshine in look.
The lips little out of berries are blue,
only I did not have to be so lonely here go!
Brummelibrum, who lumbers there?
The bushes creak. A dog certainly it is ...
Shaggy's coat, but Olle will be happy:
Oh, a companion, it was good to see good day!
Pats so bear with small hands,
holds out the basket: See, taste!
Winnie, he devours most everything what there is:
Listen, I think, that you enjoy wearing.
Mother got now see them, gave a scream.
The bear ran away, now the game is over.
Oh, why scare you away, my friend?
Little mother, asking him to come again!
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Message 1652943 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 19:05:53 UTC - in response to Message 1652931.  

Or humans, if Bears get the chance to put one on 'the menu', they aren't picky eaters really, since Bears are Omnivores, like people are.

I have come across occasional bears at Lake Tahoe in California and I have seen occasional bears where my in-laws live in Wisconsin. Bears don't really "want" to eat people, Vic. They would much prefer to eat the blueberries you are picking!!! My impression of bears is that they are much like skunks. If you give them a chance to go the other way, you will probably be just fine.

With a bear, it's not so much about eating you, it's about defending their territory. If you are where you don't belong, your body may end up dead but mostly intact which is a good reason to keep your distance whenever a bear is around.
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Message 1652963 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 20:20:12 UTC


Chris, I know what respect you have for rules...
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Message 1652966 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 20:27:20 UTC - in response to Message 1652943.  
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With a bear, it's not so much about eating you, it's about defending their territory. If you are where you don't belong, your body may end up dead but mostly intact which is a good reason to keep your distance whenever a bear is around.

Yes and they defend their cubs:)
Especially in the springtime which is now:)
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Message 1652967 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 20:41:02 UTC

That bear cub is adorable!!!
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Message 1652972 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 20:55:20 UTC

One of the most certain signs of spring is when Skansens bear cubs in Stockholm decides to leave the den and have a peek at the world outside:)
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Message 1652989 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 21:49:36 UTC - in response to Message 1652967.  

That bear cub is adorable!!!

Yes, it certainly is Ollie, er Angela...
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Message 1653017 - Posted: 14 Mar 2015, 23:04:07 UTC

All I know is that when it comes to food or women, gators and I use the same approach... latch on and death roll, baby, death roll!

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Message 1653061 - Posted: 15 Mar 2015, 1:20:18 UTC

...death roll, baby, death roll!

Merciful heavens!!! Poor Kris!!!
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Message 1654186 - Posted: 18 Mar 2015, 17:37:13 UTC

I'm hoping our uli wasn't out shopping
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Message 1654397 - Posted: 19 Mar 2015, 4:31:24 UTC - in response to Message 1654188.  

You and me both - Uli, you OK??

I shan't worry, I believe the location was a few miles from her abode and I'm sure she is up to her armpits in tax forms.
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Message 1654504 - Posted: 19 Mar 2015, 12:03:53 UTC - in response to Message 1652963.  


Chris, I know what respect you have for rules...


If it were only the rules.......
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Message 1654553 - Posted: 19 Mar 2015, 15:18:50 UTC - in response to Message 1654549.  

Hugs from a "very" big kitty

Time to say "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw":)
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Message 1654560 - Posted: 19 Mar 2015, 15:36:02 UTC

Big kitty gots a whole lotta luv...
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