Deer vs. Bear

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2004-12-10 01:08pm

who'da thought?

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2004-12-10 01:32pm

Good old healthy natural selection in action. Stupidity is a quickly weeded out trait.

Too bad humans aren't subject to it anymore.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-12-10 06:12pm

Reminds me of the John West fish ad where the fisherman fights the bear for a fish.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-12-10 07:16pm

That must be a beer cub, wait untill mamma comes around...

Deerburger anyone?

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-12-10 07:19pm

Faram wrote:That must be a beer cub, wait untill mamma comes around...

Deerburger anyone?

The bear won didn't it?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-12-10 08:15pm

Faram wrote:That must be a beer cub, wait untill mamma comes around...

Deerburger anyone?

That's not a cub. It's a black bear. They don't get that big. And yes, the bear won. The last picture only shows it standing on the dead deer.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-12-10 08:15pm

2000AD wrote:
Faram wrote:That must be a beer cub, wait untill mamma comes around...

Deerburger anyone?
The bear won didn't it?

Yep. That's one bear that had venison that night. But I think Faram is right; it doesn't look full grown.

Reminds me of some stories from when wolves were first reintroduced to Yellowstone. At first the moose and elk didn't know what they were and just stood there, letting themselves be slaughtered by the wolves. It took them a few months to learn to be wary.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-12-10 08:17pm

Rogue 9 wrote:
Faram wrote:That must be a beer cub, wait untill mamma comes around...

Deerburger anyone?
That's not a cub. It's a black bear. They don't get that big. And yes, the bear won. The last picture only shows it standing on the dead deer.

I thought black bears were usually bigger than that. Deer aren't exactly huge. Maybe that was just a large cocky one.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-12-10 08:21pm

Heh. Let that be a lesson to anyone who thinks they can whoop up on Smokey.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-12-10 08:34pm

Mayabird wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:
Faram wrote:That must be a beer cub, wait untill mamma comes around...

Deerburger anyone?
That's not a cub. It's a black bear. They don't get that big. And yes, the bear won. The last picture only shows it standing on the dead deer.
I thought black bears were usually bigger than that. Deer aren't exactly huge. Maybe that was just a large cocky one.

It's definitely not a cub. I meant black bears don't get as big as, say, grizzlies, not that they don't get as big as the bear in the picture.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-12-10 09:45pm

How did they get it from two angles like that?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-12-10 09:53pm

That's from three angles at least, possibly four. I dunno. Photographer decided to live dangerously and risk moving to get a better shot?

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-12-10 10:33pm

A half-decent telephoto lens woulda let him snap those without being in too much danger.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-12-10 11:21pm

He wouldn't have been in too much anyway. The bear was otherwise occupied. But the other problem is that the farther away he is, the longer it takes him to circle around.

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2004-12-11 10:35pm

Rogue 9 wrote:He wouldn't have been in too much anyway. The bear was otherwise occupied. But the other problem is that the farther away he is, the longer it takes him to circle around.

Alternately, there may have been more than one photographer.

Zed Snardbody · Post by **Zed Snardbody** » 2004-12-12 01:10am

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-12-12 03:19pm

Could we have here a nomination for a Darwin Award?

Executor32 · Post by **Executor32** » 2004-12-12 09:02pm

Seeing as the cameraman was not either killed or permanently disabled from reproducing, no. And before you ask, no, deer can't be nominated for Darwin Awards.

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-12-14 03:30pm

That second one makes them look like they're playing pattycake.