Plastic Jar Removed from Bear Cub's Head

[Teasing the Korean]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100814/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_bear_cub_jarhead

[Teasing the Korean]

I am perplexed as to why this has not generated more discussion!

Doing nice things for animals is important, too.

Jazz isn't everything, although jazz helps me to love other humans and animals and plants.

[jostber]

Nice thing for the cub to get this much needed help. Wonder if it will keep away from plastic stuff in the future?

[Quincy]

These things happen, and humans do right now & then. Want to hear dedication? When I was volunteering at a wildlife rehabilitation center a smaller creature also got it's head stuck in a jar. It was a skunk. Wasn't my shift that day (whew!), but the skunk was safely extracted and did not spray the rehabber.

[papsrus]

It's a good outcome. More details here.

Another bear in Northwestern Ontario found itself in a similar predicament. Can't find the follow-up story right now, but they eventually found the jar with some bear fur in it near the lake shore and think the bear managed to get the jar off on its own. It's possible that the bear could have drowned swimming with the jar on its head, and the jar slipped off later. But because the jar was found very near where the bear was sighted and no bear carcass was found, they think that the drowning scenario is unlikely, fortunately. Another bear in Minnesota with a jar on its head was simply shot in 2008.

[BruceH]

We may be selecting for bears that are afraid of jars.

[Jazzmoose]

Would not fall for this:

Might:

[Jim R]

If you're a bear, would you rather have a plastic jar stuck on your head, or Clint Howard stuck on your paw? Not an easy call.