# Baby Bears! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496 "2008-08-28T01:17:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 28, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/1 "2008-08-28T01:17:56Z")
**Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!** (Are men allowed to do that? 😛 ) My mom just sent me these awesome pictures she took of baby black bears, at her job at Bear Country USA in South Dakota: [http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/bearcubs01.jpg](http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/bearcubs01.jpg) [http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/bearcubs02.jpg](http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/bearcubs02.jpg) **Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!** ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/2 "2008-08-28T02:00:55Z")
They look engaging, but a bit past the baby stage - how old are they? ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/3 "2008-08-28T02:26:38Z")
This is almost as cute as the baby cows we get across the street every six months or so. If I had a photo, I’d post it. Anyway, squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! So cute! ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/4 "2008-08-28T02:27:45Z")
That is a lot of bears! Has anyone reported a missing pic-a-nic basket? ---
**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:** [August 28, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/5 "2008-08-28T03:27:29Z")
[QUOTE=Xema] They look engaging, but a bit past the baby stage - how old are they? [/QUOTE] Probably born early this Spring. I’ll have to ask. These two pics were taken in late Spring _last_ year… [http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/annie\_bear\_01.jpg](http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/annie_bear_01.jpg) [http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/annie\_bear\_02.jpg](http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/annie_bear_02.jpg) … when little Annie Bear was … little, so I assume the babies are born in late Winter/early Spring. I don’t have a picture, but Annie Bear (they named her after my mom, and that’s my mom’s leg in the pics) is nearly full-grown now. I’ll admit it would help if there was something in the new photos to give a better sense of scale. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/6 "2008-08-28T03:32:53Z")
Oh, any my mom also sent me this link to a story about one of the bear cubs winning 2nd prize in an art contest: [http://bearcountryusa.com/news/article.php?id=6](http://bearcountryusa.com/news/article.php?id=6) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/7 "2008-08-28T03:38:02Z")
They look big for babies! ---
**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:** [August 28, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/8 "2008-08-28T04:05:23Z")
Are my eyes fooling me or does one of them have a heart-shaped ring of light-colored fur on its chest? Are these Care Bears? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/9 "2008-08-28T04:06:09Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Are my eyes fooling me or does one of them have a heart-shaped ring of light-colored fur on its chest? Are these Care Bears? [/QUOTE] Gasp! He does! Tenderheart, I found you! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/10 "2008-08-28T04:13:31Z")
They’re not itty-bitty-baby cute, but they’re cute, and that’s a lotta bears! ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/11 "2008-08-28T05:09:43Z")
Oooh, look at you little sweet-ums bears! Aren’t you just so cute! Here, let me pick you up and cuddle with you. Oh look; here comes your mama bear and she wants to play, too. My, she can run can’t she? She is so AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaahhhh! My spleen!!! ---
**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:** [August 28, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/12 "2008-08-28T18:13:42Z")
I checked my mom’s blog where she has one of the pics posted and more info: “They’ve grown so much from the tiny 3 month old cubs we first saw in early May. They are about 7 months old now. After their year in Babyland they will spend 2 more years together in the kindergarten or teenage area before they are large enough to join the BIG bears in the drive-through section of the park.” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/13 "2008-08-28T19:00:59Z")
I was drivin’ up the ALCAN one time and all of a sudden saw two little bitty ol’ black bears right beside the road. I braked, backed up, rolled down the window and looked upon two of the cutest little baby bears you ever did see. Curious, I got out, looked around for Momma, didn’t see her and sidled over to get a better look. Still cautious, I looked around again and there coming up from behind me and approaching fast _was_ their Momma. I wish I could have stayed longer for they were The Squeee but it was high time to book it. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/14 "2008-08-28T19:06:47Z")
[QUOTE=Mister Rik] “They’ve grown so much from the tiny 3 month old cubs we first saw in early May. They are about 7 months old now. After their year in Babyland they will spend 2 more years together in the kindergarten or teenage area before they are large enough to join the BIG bears in the drive-through section of the park.” [/QUOTE] Squee! Babyland! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-bears/461496/15 "2008-08-28T23:58:18Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Curious, I got out, looked around for Momma, didn’t see her and sidled over to get a better look. [/QUOTE] An outstanding Peter Treadwell imitation, Sir. 🙂