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There is a wall between the bear and the photog. Is the LA Zoo at
Griffith
Park.


These are real bears in the real woods (shot by my son in law's SFWMD
buddies at the DRGR)
http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/bears%...0Corkscrew.jpg

This one, not so much
http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/gregbear.jpg


Close encounter last year was the bear sleeping on my buddies travel trailer
roof at Lake Tahoe Richardsons campground.

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There is a wall between the bear and the photog. Is the LA Zoo at
Griffith Park.

Never been to Griffith Park, and the photo was not taken there.

Looks just like the LA zoo Black Bear enclosure.



I wasn't even aware LA had a decent zoo. LA is not on my list of
favorite places to visit for work or play. It's been more than a few
years since I was there.

On Mar 9, 7:25*pm, "SteveB" wrote:
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There is a wall between the bear and the photog. *Is the LA Zoo at
Griffith Park.
It's obviously some sort of Zoo enviornment with the Disney rocks.

The rocks look real to me. *I think the bear is stuffed, tho ................

Anyway, if it came from the zoo, it would have 'property of the zoo'
stamped on it.

Steve P.

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http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...rencounter.jpg

There is a wall between the bear and the photog. Is the LA Zoo at
Griffith Park.


Never been to Griffith Park, and the photo was not taken there.

Looks just like the LA zoo Black Bear enclosure.

If you see a picture of a tiger with a gold fang, it's the one in Des
Moines. Same zoo had the worlds biggest toad, but it has been
taxidermy for a long time.

Casady

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There is a wall between the bear and the photog. Is the LA Zoo at
Griffith Park.
Never been to Griffith Park, and the photo was not taken there.
Looks just like the LA zoo Black Bear enclosure.
I wasn't even aware LA had a decent zoo. LA is not on my list of favorite
places to visit for work or play. It's been more than a few years since I
was there.

Your lose.




Not at all. The last time I was in LA I got to meet some cool actors at
the SAG headquarters, including Kent McCord and Elliot Gould, who was I
interviewing, and Samuel L. Jackson, who dropped by the offices to see
someone there on business. Somewhere I have a couple of photos of me
with McCord and Gould.

Prior to that, I hadn't been near LA for at least a decade. My
soon-to-be wife and I spent a month in California on vacation,
"touristing" our way south from San Francisco to San Diego. The air
pollution was so bad the day we were near LA, there was an awful-looking
yellow haze hanging over the city. We decided to drive on and skip the
city entirely.

We like San Francisco and its environs, we like Santa Barbara, and we
like the San Diego area. The Pacific Coastal area is lovely.

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Calif Bill wrote:
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There is a wall between the bear and the photog. Is the LA Zoo at
Griffith Park.
It's obviously some sort of Zoo enviornment with the Disney rocks.

The rocks look real to me. I think the bear is stuffed, tho
...............

Anyway, if it came from the zoo, it would have 'property of the zoo'
stamped on it.

Steve P.

Nope, is not that way if you take pictures yourself.

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http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...rencounter.jpg
There is a wall between the bear and the photog. Is the LA Zoo at
Griffith Park.

Never been to Griffith Park, and the photo was not taken there.

Looks just like the LA zoo Black Bear enclosure.

I wasn't even aware LA had a decent zoo. LA is not on my list of favorite
places to visit for work or play. It's been more than a few years since I
was there.

Your lose.

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There is a wall between the bear and the photog. *Is the LA Zoo at
Griffith Park.
Never been to Griffith Park, and the photo was not taken there.
Looks just like the LA zoo Black Bear enclosure.
I wasn't even aware LA had a decent zoo. LA is not on my list of favorite
places to visit for work or play. It's been more than a few years since I
was there.

Your lose.

Not at all. The last time I was in LA I got to meet some cool actors at
the SAG headquarters, including Kent McCord and Elliot Gould, who was I
interviewing, and Samuel L. Jackson, who dropped by the offices to see
someone there on business. Somewhere I have a couple of photos of me
with McCord and Gould.

Sure, you do. Let's see them, liar.

Prior to that, I hadn't been near LA for at least a decade. My
soon-to-be wife and I spent a month in California on vacation,
"touristing" our way south from San Francisco to San Diego. The air
pollution was so bad the day we were near LA, there was an awful-looking
yellow haze hanging over the city. We decided to drive on and skip the
city entirely.

We like San Francisco and its environs, we like Santa Barbara, and we
like the San Diego area. The Pacific Coastal area is lovely.- Hide quoted text -

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Yep, Harry's visited the area, so he's the expert........

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There is a wall between the bear and the photog. Is the LA Zoo at
Griffith Park.
It's obviously some sort of Zoo enviornment with the Disney rocks.

The rocks look real to me. I think the bear is stuffed, tho
...............

Anyway, if it came from the zoo, it would have 'property of the zoo'
stamped on it.

Steve P.

Nope, is not that way if you take pictures yourself.- Hide quoted text -

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I guess you're not a Python fan. Quote is from the exploding penguin
skit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k1ccguXiws

Steve P.