Reply With QuoteDoesn't the bible say this signifies the beginning of the end times or something?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wil...riendship.html
Tiger, lion and bear form unusual friendship
Baloo the bear, Leo the Lion and Shere Khan the tiger have the most unusual and unlikely friendship between them.
Rescued eight years ago during a police drugs raid in Atlanta, Georgia, the three friends were only cubs at the time and barely two months old.
They had been kept as status symbol pets by the drug barons.
Delivered to the Noah's Ark animal rescue centre in Locust Grove, Georgia, the decision was made to keep the youngsters together.
"We could have separated them, but since they came as a kind of family, the zoo decided to keep them together," said Diane Smith, assistant director of the Noah's Ark zoo.
"To our knowledge, this is the only place where you'll find this combination of animals together, they are our BLT, (bear, lion and tiger).
Living with the zoo's founders for the past eight years, Shere Khan, Baloo and Leo have now moved to a purpose built habitat were the US public can now witness first hand their touching relationship.
"We didn't have the money to move them at first," said DIane.
"Now their habitat is sorted and they have been moved away from the children's zoo areas where the public couldn't really get a good look.
"Now, though, it is possible to see Baloo, who is a 1,000 pound bear, Shere Khan, a 350 pound tiger and Leo, who is also 350 pounds messing around like brothers.
"They are totally oblivious to the fact that in any other circumstance they would not be friends."
Handled by Charles and Jama Hedgecoth, the zoo's owners and founders, the three friendly giants appear to have have no comprehension of their animal differences.
"Baloo and Shere Khan are very close," says DIane.
"That is because they rise early, as Leo being a lion likes to spend most the day sleeping.
"It is wonderful and magical to see a giant American Black Bear put his arm around a Bengal tiger and then to see the tiger nuzzle up to the bear like a domestic cat.
"When Leo wakes up the three of them mess around for most of the day before they settle down to some food."
Surprisingly for three apex predators with the power to kill with a single bite or swipe of their paw, they are very relaxed around each other.
'"They eat, sleep and play together," said Jama Hedgecoth, founder of Noah's Ark zoo.
"As they treat each other as siblings they will lie on top of each other for heat and simply for affection.
"At the moment they are getting used to their new habitat.
"Shere Khan is being quite reticent about the move, but Baloo, the bear is very good at leading him on and making him feel comfortable and safe."
Explaining that the three 'brothers' have always seemed to share a unique bond, Charles Hedgecoth, Jama's husband and fellow founder talks about his role in their upbringing.
"They are obviously not wild animals any more," said Charles.
"Noah's Ark is their home and they could not possibly be separated from each other.
"You just have to remember who you're dealing with when you are with them though.
"It's when you forget that these fellows are wild animals that you get yourself in trouble."
According to DIane Smith, the trio's new habitat cost an estimated £15,000 and had to be constructed carefully, in order to accommodate its occupants.
"The clubhouse had to be very sturdy for the guys, because they all sleep in it together,"
We had to include a creek, because the tiger and the bear both like to be in water."
Awww.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Doesn't the bible say this signifies the beginning of the end times or something?
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
Awesome.
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I think the size of the bear is overstated. It doesn't look like a Kodiak or grizzly, and other than the polar bear those are the only ones I'm aware of that reach 1000 lbs
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The article states it's an American Black Bear.
You're correct in that they usually weigh up to 600 lbs. The biggest in the wild reach 800 lbs.
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Yeah, it would have to be much more dense to be 1000 lbs.
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I thought it was a black bear, but I couldn't be sure from that photo. I must have missed the reference when scanning the article.
Kodiaks and grizzlies are subspecies of brown bear. The colourings usually follow the namings, but not always.
Black bears are small enough that they usually aren't that dangerous. Humans are big enough relative to them that they will flee when surprised. Black bears are basically all you run into in eastern Canada/US.
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Polar bears in the north and grizzlies out west.
Ghetto bears.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
I've only seen bears twice in the wild. Both were fairly small black bears. I'd guess 300 lbs or so.
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...and Pandas?
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"History is a lie that has been honed like a weapon by people who have suppressed the truth. Centuries from now, your own history will also be suppressed."
Just think of how much it costs to feed three large carnivores and how much poop they have to clean up.
"Our scientific power has out run out spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself." - Joseph Pulitzer
Why would you think about that?
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
This will be the next Disney movie for sure
You see? Humans should be looking up to these three critters as role models on how to achieve world peace.
This is where an awesome Mark Twain quote would be, but Apolyton says it would be too many lines. :(
We do. "Let's work together to eat up as much of everything else as we can."
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doh!
This is where an awesome Mark Twain quote would be, but Apolyton says it would be too many lines. :(
Because I've had pets my whole life and truthfully the costs of feeding and caring for them along with the time spent cleaning up after them is substantial. Big carnivores have to be even worse costing much more to feed and much more time cleaning up after. That has to be a hassle.Originally Posted by Asher
"Our scientific power has out run out spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself." - Joseph Pulitzer
I think they're used to it.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Being a zoo, and all.
"We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work...After eight years of this Administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started... And an enormous debt to boot!" — Henry Morgenthau, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Treasury secretary, 1941.
thanks, loin
This is where an awesome Mark Twain quote would be, but Apolyton says it would be too many lines. :(
I had no choice, the panda threads were all closed.
What's wrong with a gas flame belching panda?
"We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work...After eight years of this Administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started... And an enormous debt to boot!" — Henry Morgenthau, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Treasury secretary, 1941.
The proper quote is "lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"...
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"We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work...After eight years of this Administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started... And an enormous debt to boot!" — Henry Morgenthau, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Treasury secretary, 1941.
If Leo were a girl, they could make a tiglon. Tiglons
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