Brave Man Saving a Drowning 400-lb Black Bear Is Possibly one of the Greatest Rescue Stories Ever!

Bears have an incredible sense of smell, and when they’re hungry bears will go to some pretty crazy extremes to get their paws on a snack. Bears are also very intelligent, so once they learn that humans provide a seemingly endless supply of snacks, by way of garbage or half-eaten candy bars that get left behind, they will search out residential areas to find something tasty to eat.
In this particular story, a 400-pound black bear set out to follow his nose and wandered all the way from his home in Osceola National Forest to a residential area in Alligator Point, Florida. When he was discovered shuffling through one of the residents garbage, wildlife authorities set out to capture and return the bear back to his forest home…this is when things started to go horribly wrong.
 
Once the bear was located authorities attempted to sedate the bear–as a 400-pound, claw-weilding black bear is not exactly the most cooperative animal–this would be the safest way they could transport him back to his home. But the bear had other plans…
 

 


http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/man-rescues-black-bear/


That took some doing, not only was the bear heavy, it was made heavier by the water in it's fur, and dead weight once the drug had really kicked in.  That not only took bravery but amazing strength and committment.  He must have been knackered!

That was jolly nice of him.

Brilliant and lucky bear

When I was a whippersnapper my old man took me to see a bear named Brumas, forgot which zoo, anyone know?

Stormee wrote:Brilliant and lucky bear

When I was a whippersnapper my old man took me to see a bear named Brumas, forgot which zoo, anyone know?

London Zoo? There was a bear there called Brumas. I think it was a Polar bear.

Stormee wrote:Brilliant and lucky bear

When I was a whippersnapper my old man took me to see a bear named Brumas, forgot which zoo, anyone know?

Brumas the Polar Bear

Brumas was born 27 November 1949. Her mother was named Ivy and her father Mischa. Brumas was named after her keepers Bruce and Sam (reversed).

She was the first baby polar bear to be successfully reared in Britain and was an immediate attraction with the public. She caused such interest that, in 1950, the Zoo’s annual attendance figures reached the 3 million mark (around one million more that usual at that time). This has not been exceeded at any time previously or since.

Although Brumas was female, the press had reported that the bear was a ‘he’ and the error was not corrected at the time, so the public thought that the baby was male.

The bear was so popular that newsreels, books, postcards, toys and other souvenirs celebrated her fame. She died on 17 May 1958.

https://www.zsl.org/famous-animals

Raggamuffin wrote:

Stormee wrote:Brilliant and lucky bear

When I was a whippersnapper my old man took me to see a bear named Brumas, forgot which zoo, anyone know?

London Zoo? There was a bear there called Brumas. I think it was a Polar bear.

Twas a Polar bear.

If you actually remember that ya must be my age and I thought you to be a younger slick chick

Stormee wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

London Zoo? There was a bear there called Brumas. I think it was a Polar bear.

Twas a Polar bear.

If you actually remember that ya must be my age and I thought you to be a younger slick chick

I'm only a young thing Stormee.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Stormee wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

London Zoo? There was a bear there called Brumas. I think it was a Polar bear.

Twas a Polar bear.

If you actually remember that ya must be my age and I thought you to be a younger slick chick

I'm only a young thing Stormee.

Who knows how to Google "Brumas the Bear"

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

I'm only a young thing Stormee.

Who knows how to Google "Brumas the Bear"

Correct.

Never climb a tree to get away from a black bear - they can climb better than you.

That was a lovely uplifting read...thank you. x

Raggamuffin wrote:Never climb a tree to get away from a black bear - they can climb better than you.

quite true


always take a companion...and if charged by a black bear...trip him then run