# Are pooh bears real?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289 "2009-09-16T05:32:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/21 "2009-09-16T14:18:44Z")
> [@Captain\_Awesome](#): > > Since Yogi is well skilled in bipedalism and is smarter than the average bear, it’s likely that he is a grizzly, since black bears have a smaller brain size and are less adept at walking upright. If Yogi was a grizzley then why didn’t he just rip off that annoying Ranger’s head and keep taking all the pick-a-nick baskets he wanted? By the way, has anyone mentioned drop bears yet? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/22 "2009-09-16T14:23:14Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > \*Thylacoleo carnifex \* is an extinct species of marsupial carnivore that fits the description of a drop bear in every particular. Extinct? That’s what the drop bears want you to think, until you walk carelessly under one of their trees 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/23 "2009-09-16T14:24:24Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] By the way, has anyone mentioned drop bears yet? [/QUOTE] I’d really like to see a 1920s Style Drop Bear. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/24 "2009-09-16T15:26:03Z")
Then of course there are poo bears, that do it in the woods (or they might be Catholics). ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/25 "2009-09-16T20:15:42Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > \*Thylacoleo carnifex \* is an extinct species of marsupial carnivore that fits the description of a drop bear in every particular. > > [Thylacoleo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacoleo) > [Thylacoleo carnifex, ancient Australia’s marsupial lion | Laelaps](http://laelaps.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/thylacoleo-carnifex-ancient-australias-marsupial-lion/) Apart from being a marsupial and carnivorous, the Thylacoleo is dissimilar in every particular to drop bears as I’ve heard them described. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/26 "2009-09-16T21:10:24Z")
> [@Captain\_Awesome](#): > > Since Yogi is well skilled in bipedalism and is smarter than the average bear, it’s likely that he is a grizzly, since **black bears have a smaller brain size and are less adept at walking upright**. That’s racist! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/27 "2009-09-16T21:18:48Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > That’s racist! 😃 No, since the American black bear is a species, it’s speciesist. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/28 "2009-09-16T22:02:45Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I’d really like to see a 1920s Style Drop Bear. They’ve only been sighted once, forty-nine years ago, for a third of an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/29 "2009-09-16T22:13:56Z")
A person could make a small bear out of poo. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/30 "2009-09-16T22:18:20Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Apart from being a marsupial and carnivorous, the Thylacoleo is dissimilar in every particular to drop bears as I’ve heard them described. I find them marvelously similar, notwithstanding the armor-plated buttocks. The Drop Bear is clearly a species of Thylacoleo, although probably not carnifex. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/31 "2009-09-16T22:19:17Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > No, since the American black bear is a species, it’s speciesist. 🆒 Yes, the American black bear can have fur of many different colors, including blonde. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/32 "2009-09-16T22:36:37Z")
> [@Captain\_Awesome](#): > > Since Yogi is well skilled in bipedalism and is smarter than the average bear, it’s likely that he is a grizzly, since black bears have a smaller brain size and are less adept at walking upright. Considering that Yogi normally sleeps until noon, I suspect he is a [Sloth Bear.](http://sig.biostr.washington.edu/~raven/sloth-bear.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/33 "2009-09-16T22:40:52Z")
> [@toastin131](#): > > my friend thinks that they are a real species and will not accept our insistence otherwise.. Your friend is what many people casually refer to as an imbecile. Welcome to a better class of friends. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/34 "2009-09-16T22:45:35Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > Then of course there are poo bears, that do it in the woods (or they might be Catholics). Aren’t they shilling for Charmin nowadays? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/35 "2009-09-16T22:46:35Z")
Drop bears are dropped by flying swans. Wouldn’t be surprised if there there was a swan out there named Pooh the Swan. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/36 "2009-09-16T22:56:52Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Drop bears are dropped by flying swans. Wouldn’t be surprised if there there was a swan out there named Pooh the Swan. Well, that way, if you call the swan and it doesn’t come over to you, you could always just act as if you were just saying “Pooh!” instead of trying to call him. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/37 "2009-09-16T23:00:20Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > Then of course there are poo bears, that do it in the woods (or they might be Catholics). Great name/post combo. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/38 "2009-09-17T10:55:57Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I find them marvelously similar, notwithstanding the armor-plated buttocks. > > The Drop Bear is clearly a species of Thylacoleo, although probably not carnifex. I thought one of the signifying features of the drop bear was it’s similary to the koala. The Thylacoleo looks nothing like a koala. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/39 "2009-09-17T11:18:45Z")
[This one](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-ULEQpUY_crc/drop_bear/) looks more like a polar bear (metacafe video link.) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Captain\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289/40 "2009-09-17T11:36:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Considering that Yogi normally sleeps until noon, I suspect he is a [Sloth Bear.](http://sig.biostr.washington.edu/~raven/sloth-bear.jpg) Geographical range would really exclude the sloth bear, being an Asiatic species. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-pooh-bears-real/510289.md?page=3)