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| Chat - Friday, December 30th, 2011.; What are your plans for New Years? | |
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| Artsy Mom | Dec 30 2011, 07:08 PM Post #16 |
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Lily the Black Bear - Update Dec 30, 2011 More on Suckling ![]() June nursing her yearlings - Spring 2008 Faith probably is getting no milk but apparently still has the drive to suckle. A Lily fan sent us a related story today. He rehabilitates orphaned black bear cubs on his expansive acreage in the mountains of the eastern US. He becomes their mother. He leads them on walks in the forest so they can learn. He feeds them, and the cubs get their security from him. They suckle on him—the usual areas for cubs to suckle on people are the forearm, a finger, or an earlobe. He said a young female that is the same age that Hope would be now (nearly 2) still tries to suckle on him whenever he lies down with her on a walk. The bear is over 200 pounds and mostly on her own in the wild. She returns to him occasionally, and he cooped her up during the bear hunting season. She still follows him in the woods but runs from him if he approaches without calling out to her. He hasn’t heard of her approaching anyone else despite her strong bond with him. In New Hampshire, Ben Kilham is famous for using the same method of raising orphaned cubs. He becomes their mother—thus the National Geographic special about him entitled, “Mother Bear Man.” When the cubs become yearlings and would normally leave their mothers, the cubs are left on their own. From what we have heard, these bears are no more likely to get into trouble with people than other bears, but we wish we had numbers on that. The picture above is from the BBC 'Bearwalker' movie. June is nursing her 3 cubs, Lily (with collar), Cal, and Bud (mostly hidden), while Lynn observes. Thank you for all you do. —Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center[ |
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| Deleted User | Dec 30 2011, 08:30 PM Post #17 |
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![]() HAPPY ALMOST NEW YEAR 2012! Carole - Penny - Kris - KLJinOZ - Cheryl - Deb - KarenSC - Michelle and All AN TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT
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| cdn-cdn | Dec 30 2011, 08:35 PM Post #18 |
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Carole, that is such a bright and perky first birthday card for the dogs. I showed it to Robert, too. Your time in making it is appreciated. What a nice keepsake for their 'album'. Deb, ES was a big help for sure. Having things set up and organized will make your first regular days run much more smoothly - that goes for your chair, too. The photo of Dr. Rogers sitting there with the three cubs nursing must be one of the most unique ones in their vast collection.
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| Harpo516 | Dec 30 2011, 09:13 PM Post #19 |
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off to bed .... gotta get busy here as well as on CHIL and get myself caught up sure hope '12 - next week - I can get back into my groove... for now....
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| SheilaSB | Dec 30 2011, 09:33 PM Post #20 |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WYNN AND MIA - HOPE YOU GET LOTS OF DOGGIE TREATS - YOU ARE BOTH BEAUTIFUL! PENNY LOVE THE MOOSE STORY - WHAT A TERRIFIC ENDING - PERSON AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. Edited by SheilaSB, Dec 30 2011, 09:34 PM.
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| Michele | Dec 30 2011, 11:04 PM Post #21 |
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![]() Good Friday Evening Peeps......
I must agree....Kris, my heart aches that there are people who hunt for sport. I can't find any reason for taking the life another living being, in today's day and age. It's crushing to my spirit. Having said that I must confess....I don't like snakes....or spiders.....those are nightmare makers for me.....but I by the same token, I run from them........not kill them......Eeeeeaaaakkkkkk!!! |
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| Michele | Dec 30 2011, 11:39 PM Post #22 |
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I love that this guy jumped into the stream to save this baby.....it's stuff like this that gives me hope in humanity.
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| Michele | Dec 30 2011, 11:45 PM Post #23 |
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It just doesn't get any better than this........Carole, you are a priceless gem..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIA AND WINN!!!
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| Michele | Dec 30 2011, 11:47 PM Post #24 |
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Suuny, A Very Happy Almost New Years To You Too!!!
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It upsets me that rescued creatures are in the hands of people with such a disconnect between the idea of "rescue and harvest".


8:49 AM Jul 13