Sue, wife of GSMA Executive Director, Terry Maddox, took these photos of a mother bear and her three (3!!) cubs in their backyard yesterday afternoon.
Sue, wife of GSMA Executive Director, Terry Maddox, took these photos of a mother bear and her three (3!!) cubs in their backyard yesterday afternoon.
Our 75th Anniversary Coordinator, Ann Froschauer, is the auntie of this youngest bear in the Smokies. His name is Liam.
For amazing and educational recordings of various black bear sounds, please check out these 2 wonderful sites: www.CoveBear.com/BlackBearVoices.htm www.bear.org/Kids/Sounds.html Now I won’t be so surprised if I ever hear a bear. If I hadn’t listened to the recordings on these 2 excellent sites, I think any noise they made would have shocked and terrified me.
Enjoy these wonderful photos of Cades Cove by Russell Ledford!
Check out this junk food lover caught by Chuck Cooper of DLIA (Discover Life in America) near Twin Creeks! This fellow is in for a stern lecture from the rangers!! And we thought only Yogi was “smarter than your average bear.”
Click here for #21. Bear Blooper # 2: What To Do If a Bear Wakes Up in Your Office. Click here for #22. There’s a Bear in My Apple Tree! Click here for #23. Bear Blooper # 3: Skydiving Cub.
Bears are a big deal in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A really big deal. Teaching people about bears is a really big deal, too. And vice versa. In fact, rangers spend a huge amount of time urging both people and bears not to love each other to death. They are engaged in an [...]