Students and teachers can now enjoy a fun, educational virtual field trip to the Smokies. While filming this in-depth educational program in the park, a wild bear surprised everyone by visiting the film set. Click here or on the photo to see what happened when the bear tried to steal the show.
Not exactly, but you’d be surprised at how creative bears can be when searching for food. Click here or on the photo to see how these bears tear apart a fallen tree to get to the goodies inside!
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Being a Mama Bear is hard work. Deb Campbell took this great photo of Mama catching a quick snooze twenty feet in the air in Cades Cove.
Thanks to the bravery of 75th Anniversary Coordinator, Ann Froschauer, we have these wonderful photos of the even braver wildlife ranger, Dan Nolfi, examining a bear he’d captured after the bear become overly interested in eating human food.
The poor girl weighed just 70 pounds and had a low body fat (not as healthy for a [...]
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.
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.
Click here for #11. What To Do If You Encounter a Bear in the Front Country, Part 2.
Click here for #12. What To Do If You Encounter a Bear on a Hiking Trail.
Click here for #13. How To Decide Whether a Bear is Being Defensive or Aggressive.
Click here for #14. Why [...]