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lorax · 07-14-2009, 11:42 AM

Bob, I'd never keep a bear as a pet. I'm still getting used to the concept of "bears that won't eat me" truth be known - being from Northern Canada, I've got a healthy respect for "bears that will eat me" - ie Grizzlies, Blacks, Cinnamons, and Polars. The concept of a bear the size of a large German Shepherd dog, that subsists on Bamboo, is very odd to me.

I was honest when I said that was a National Geographic photo; Andean Spectacled Bears (Tremarctos ornatus) are in fairly sever danger of extinction, and I'm lucky that they range in the same forests as I do, which means that occasionally I see them. They're very shy; I'm more likely to meet Ocelots or Jaguars in the forest than I am Spectacled Bears.

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