February 2012
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Elk 153 (female):
Giving birth on a lawn isn’t as bad as it sounds. A lot of elk are doing it.
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January 2012
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Sunset On The Rails
We were the finest of all creatures, loving the mountains, streams and forests deep.
I thought that we had time enough to cross the iron rails, but I was wrong.
Mournful, my child and I, who were not finished being bears.
– Louise Sorensen
Photo Credit: Dylan O’Donnell
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“Unleashed dogs can provoke defensive behavior in bears.”
– #Bear71 #Sundance
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Put That In Your Notebook
Sometimes you do things just to keep yourself amused. This one hot summer afternoon, a ranger was keeping tabs on me at Johnson Lake.
I was observed to sniff the rope swing, and then I jumped in the water for a swim. I remember thinking, put that in your notebook. Go ahead and analyze that.
— Bear71
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The musty scent of sawdust, made more familiar to me now than the smells of my childhood – the sweet smell of raindrops, the crushing scent of pine-needles at my feet. The smell of the mountains long since replaced with the stagnant, heavy stench of excitement and anticipation. The blue, never-ending sky replaced with flapping canvas; my freedom removed for this life, imprisoned.
– Chris White
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“A platypus can SMELL electricity.”
– #bear71 #sundance
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“5 lynx roaming Sundance #bear71. Join the pack. http://bear71.nfb.ca/a”
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