On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:15:12 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:03:58 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...



I know, I used to go that way every day on my way to NIH for about 2
years. There is (was?) no Wisconsin Ave exit west bound. You get off
on Conn Ave and snake down that little parkway.
I was mostly referring to the article saying there was no residential
near NIH. I suppose that is written by people who never actually
turned off of Wisconsin ave.
I knew a couple of NIH guys who used to be close enough to walk to
work. That whole area is residential as soon as you get a block away
from the commercial islands and it used to be pretty nice home$.

I spent a couple years working at the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency
located just a couple blocks south of NIH. We'd go for our lunchtime
runs through the NIH grounds. That was in early 80's. Lived in Lorton.
Not a fun drive around the beltway. The day the Air Florida jet hit
the 14th Street bridge we got let out at 1 PM because of the snow. The
ride home took over nine hours.

What a day that was.
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Keyser Söze
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" There are small bears in Maryland, but I've not seen any around here,
and I haven't heard or read any legitimate, documented reports of same.
I've seen a couple of what I would call unsubstantiated reports, but,
hey, I suppose it is possible. "


Every year the local news reports a half dozen or so cases of black bears sniffing around back yards looking for a free meal.

On 12/9/14 5:26 PM, True North wrote:
Keyser Söze
- show quoted text -
" There are small bears in Maryland, but I've not seen any around here,
and I haven't heard or read any legitimate, documented reports of same.
I've seen a couple of what I would call unsubstantiated reports, but,
hey, I suppose it is possible. "


Every year the local news reports a half dozen or so cases of black bears sniffing around back yards looking for a free meal.


If we had any, I'm sure my wife would invite them in as dinner guests.

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Keyser Söze wrote:
On 12/9/14 5:26 PM, True North wrote:
Keyser Söze
- show quoted text -
" There are small bears in Maryland, but I've not seen any around here,
and I haven't heard or read any legitimate, documented reports of same.
I've seen a couple of what I would call unsubstantiated reports, but,
hey, I suppose it is possible. "


Every year the local news reports a half dozen or so cases of black
bears sniffing around back yards looking for a free meal.


If we had any, I'm sure my wife would invite them in as dinner guests.


Tim would invite them in also. Main course.

On 12/9/14 6:56 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 17:07:34 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 12/9/14 4:57 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:51:22 -0500, Let it snowe
wrote:

http://www.examiner.com/article/blac...cross-maryland

If the bears ever get a foot hold, they will either open the season on
them or learn to live with a bear problem. These are not "forest
creatures". They are like raccoons and they adapt quite well to the
suburban environment.

It makes things like your garden variety trash can an obsolete idea.

http://www.tahoewildbears.org/approv...containers.htm




There are small bears in Maryland, but I've not seen any around here,
and I haven't heard or read any legitimate, documented reports of same.
I've seen a couple of what I would call unsubstantiated reports, but,
hey, I suppose it is possible.

They are in Carroll county according to that article. I suppose they
will be down in Southern Md soon enough.
I haven't seen a bear here but I have seen tracks in the scrub. Once
they figure out there is food around, they will move in tho.
The tracks I saw were probably the one they finally caught in downtown
Ft Myers. The whole area for over a mile west of me is part of the
Estero Bay Preserve all the way from Naples to Ft Myers so it is a
super highway for all sorts of critters. We see them crossing the
river fairly often. It is mostly deer, wild hogs and the ever present
raccoons. The river doesn't even slow them down much.


We saw a bear in Tallahassee once, at the edge of the woods.

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On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:56:43 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 17:07:34 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 12/9/14 4:57 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:51:22 -0500, Let it snowe
wrote:

http://www.examiner.com/article/blac...cross-maryland

If the bears ever get a foot hold, they will either open the season on
them or learn to live with a bear problem. These are not "forest
creatures". They are like raccoons and they adapt quite well to the
suburban environment.

It makes things like your garden variety trash can an obsolete idea.

http://www.tahoewildbears.org/approv...containers.htm




There are small bears in Maryland, but I've not seen any around here,
and I haven't heard or read any legitimate, documented reports of same.
I've seen a couple of what I would call unsubstantiated reports, but,
hey, I suppose it is possible.

They are in Carroll county according to that article. I suppose they
will be down in Southern Md soon enough.
I haven't seen a bear here but I have seen tracks in the scrub. Once
they figure out there is food around, they will move in tho.
The tracks I saw were probably the one they finally caught in downtown
Ft Myers. The whole area for over a mile west of me is part of the
Estero Bay Preserve all the way from Naples to Ft Myers so it is a
super highway for all sorts of critters. We see them crossing the
river fairly often. It is mostly deer, wild hogs and the ever present
raccoons. The river doesn't even slow them down much.

Shame the bears don't take a liking to pythons.
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with a couple liberals."

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On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:39:05 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:31:01 -0500, Toad Gig
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:56:43 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 17:07:34 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 12/9/14 4:57 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:51:22 -0500, Let it snowe
wrote:

http://www.examiner.com/article/blac...cross-maryland

If the bears ever get a foot hold, they will either open the season on
them or learn to live with a bear problem. These are not "forest
creatures". They are like raccoons and they adapt quite well to the
suburban environment.

It makes things like your garden variety trash can an obsolete idea.

http://www.tahoewildbears.org/approv...containers.htm




There are small bears in Maryland, but I've not seen any around here,
and I haven't heard or read any legitimate, documented reports of same.
I've seen a couple of what I would call unsubstantiated reports, but,
hey, I suppose it is possible.

They are in Carroll county according to that article. I suppose they
will be down in Southern Md soon enough.
I haven't seen a bear here but I have seen tracks in the scrub. Once
they figure out there is food around, they will move in tho.
The tracks I saw were probably the one they finally caught in downtown
Ft Myers. The whole area for over a mile west of me is part of the
Estero Bay Preserve all the way from Naples to Ft Myers so it is a
super highway for all sorts of critters. We see them crossing the
river fairly often. It is mostly deer, wild hogs and the ever present
raccoons. The river doesn't even slow them down much.

Shame the bears don't take a liking to pythons.

That would be an interesting fight. I would not immediately favor the
bear.
They found a 6 foot gator inside a python.

I was never a big fan of alligators, but given the choice I'd take an
alligator over a snake any day of the week.
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with a couple liberals."

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If pythons can eat a gator or a deer they can get a small kid with ease. That's a gruesome thought!

On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 6:36:22 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:57:15 -0600, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:51:22 -0500, Let it snowe
wrote:

http://www.examiner.com/article/blac...cross-maryland

If the bears ever get a foot hold, they will either open the season on
them or learn to live with a bear problem. These are not "forest
creatures". They are like raccoons and they adapt quite well to the
suburban environment.

It makes things like your garden variety trash can an obsolete idea.

http://www.tahoewildbears.org/approv...containers.htm

That where I was going.
They are recommending them to people in East Naples right now.
We have had folks coming home to black bears ripping into their screen
cage and lounging by the pool.
I know Harry says there have not been any bear attacks in Maryland.
That is because there didn't used to be any bears. Once you get them,
you see attacks.
The kind they will have in the suburbs are the most dangerous because
they are not going to be afraid of people and they associate people
with food because people feed them, intentionally or unintentionally..

Zombie bear attacks?