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Chat - Tuesday, November 29th, 2011.; Hi friends!
Topic Started: Nov 29 2011, 04:02 AM (812 Views)
Topa Topa Hikers
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GO CRANES GO!!! :X:

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KLJinOz
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G'day peeps, my Wednesday, hazy and rain expected late. Warm. Sail day! >O<

Oh Carole, so sorry about your NOSE. At least you dont have to get it reset. gesh.

How's Deb's nose this morning?  :lol:

horrible story about the dolphins. Makes me seasick too

GoodonYa River for the fundraising!

Lovin all the raptor photos, and yesterday's HBird webcam, how sweet.

Funny kittens!

Busy at work, like Cathy, no procrastinating!
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jillers
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Car driven train-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mkpCzp0CmjY
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Lily the Black Bear - Update November 29, 2011

Honey, Lucky, News Report, and Writing


On this day of writing reports, the biggest excitement was news that Honey and Lucky are sleeping peacefully in the den together although in their separate corners. Honey slept outside the den last night but got up early this morning and went inside. Both have plenty of straw. Neither Ted nor Honey came down to the Bear Center to look for food. Honey did not go anywhere today. Neither did Ted, and Lucky has not ventured away from the den for weeks. Are they down for the winter? Will Honey get up and look for food under the bird feeders this winter like she did last winter? We’ll wait and watch.

We worried a bit after seeing the news broadcast last night about Juliet and the reluctant landowners. In answering the reporter’s questions, we wanted to be truthful while not appearing to pressure the landowners. It was good to see a prominent Ely business owner saying how important the research is to Ely and its merchants. Kudos to the reporter for getting that interview. We are thankful to reporters for spreading the word about bears and we always do our best to accommodate their deadlines. Meanwhile, members of the technician team that will set up the electronic equipment for the Den Cams were trying to coordinate their schedules and flights to meet here and get things set up. We wait and hope.

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upper left canine from bear skull

Today we sent off the left upper canine tooth from the bear skeleton found a few weeks ago.
See the Nov 8 Update.

We sent it to Matson’s Laboratory in Milltown, Montana, for slicing and processing so we can see the annual growth rings. The bullet holes in the shoulder blade may explain why the bear we were tracking on August 31, 2009, had blood dripping from the front of the body. A bullet through the shoulder blade could have exited through the chest. We followed the blood trail for 400 yards before losing it in a wetland. The skeleton was found 200 yards from where we lost the trail. From the size of the skull, we believe it was big old Lumpy. We never saw him after that date. He was the dominant bear of the area and faithfully courted old Midge in 2004, 2006, and 2008. We wondered how old he was and hopefully now we can find out.

Thank you for all you do.

—Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center
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Anyone ever hear of this fire of Ringling Bros. Circus in 1944 in Hartford, Conn.?? My mom worked for the Hartford Courant newspaper at the time and was supposed to have gone but ended up not being able to go during the day so got tix for the night time show. I remember her telling us about it when we were growing up. My step-grandfather's first wife and younger son was there and were among the victims. :-( Sad for him and not to sound crass but he would not have been my step-grandfather if they had not gone or survived the fire.

Strange thing was that the week before school was out for Thanksgiving break I started reading a book to the kids about these twins, brother and sister, who are trying to solve a mystery about someone trying to sabotage the circus in their town. Their circus took place in a tent like Ringling Bros. used to. So I was just telling the kids about this circus and how my mom was supposed to have gone. Then tonight I came home, turned on the computer and there is a whole story about the same fire! So I have printed it off with some pics and will show the kids and my mom. I called her after I read it. To think I might never have been born. Hmmm. I for one am very glad she wasn't there!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/29/hartford-circus-fire_n_1117392.html?ref=crime&icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl25%7Csec1_lnk3%7C116418
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jillers
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Artsy Mom
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Karen that is quite the story!!! So glad your Mom made the decision not to go there that fateful night :)^ Who knows why some people are saved from disasters by their own instincts :Hugs:
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