# Bears play in pool **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421 "2015-08-21T12:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/1 "2015-08-21T12:22:37Z")
[Mama and cubs](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/08/20/rockaway-township-bears/) take a dip and frolic in back yard. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/2 "2015-08-21T12:28:12Z")
Makes me want to move to NJ or NH and install a pool with a “Bears Welcome” sign. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/3 "2015-08-21T12:41:21Z")
Just as long as they remember to s\*\*\* in the woods… ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/4 "2015-08-21T12:59:36Z")
Thank you. Very cuddlesome. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/5 "2015-08-21T14:32:03Z")
FIVE cubs?!? Don’t black bears normally have 1 - 3 in a litter? That momma bear is busy! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/6 "2015-08-21T14:37:31Z")
[From here.](https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Mammals/Black-Bear.aspx) > [@](#): > > A black bear litter can be 1-5 cubs but most commonly litters are 2 cubs. i was a bit surprised at the number myself. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/7 "2015-08-21T14:52:27Z")
It sort of sounded in the voice over like Dad initially wanted to chase them out of the pool. And I’m thinking “bad idea - don’t go near Momma bear and five cubs - if the pool is trashed, the pool is trashed - but don’t go near Momma.” ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/8 "2015-08-21T15:50:49Z")
Hush up you whiny little brat! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/9 "2015-08-21T15:55:57Z")
A neighbor of ours had a bear tear his pools liner. The PA Game Commission labeled the bear a nuisance, live trapped it, tagged it, and relocated it 60 miles away. The next spring I saw a bear in my yard and took some pictures. On one of the shots you could see a tag on the animal’s ear. Blown up, I could read the numbers/letters. Same bear. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/10 "2015-08-21T16:03:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > A neighbor of ours had a bear tear his pools liner. The PA Game Commission labeled the bear a nuisance, live trapped it, tagged it, and relocated it 60 miles away. > > The next spring I saw a bear in my yard and took some pictures. On one of the shots you could see a tag on the animal’s ear. Blown up, I could read the numbers/letters. Same bear. Maybe next time, they’ll relocate the bear where there’s a pool. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/11 "2015-08-21T16:06:28Z")
The pool water is certainly a LOT murkier by the end of the visit. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/12 "2015-08-21T16:08:43Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Hush up you whiny little brat! Yeah, that was a little annoying. But at three you got a cut a little slack - she doesn’t understand how enormously cool this is. She just knows the bears are ruining her summer by destroying her pool AND her toys. Just monumentally unfair :D. A decade or two from now she is going to be laughing and wincing at herself just as much as the viewers are. The husband though needs to take a lesson from his wife and take a chill pill. Seeing FIVE cubs and mother bear swim in your pool trumps having to clean/replace it any day. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/13 "2015-08-21T16:16:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > A neighbor of ours had a bear tear his pools liner. The PA Game Commission labeled the bear a nuisance, live trapped it, tagged it, and relocated it 60 miles away. > > The next spring I saw a bear in my yard and took some pictures. On one of the shots you could see a tag on the animal’s ear. Blown up, I could read the numbers/letters. Same bear. \*But the bear came back, the very next day The bear came back, they thought he was gonner, But the bear came back, He just couldn’t stay away… \* ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/14 "2015-08-21T16:35:07Z")
If bears could talk, [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-yqvT8vKZc) would be hollering, “SUPERMAN!” ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/15 "2015-08-21T16:57:06Z")
Calling Gary Larsen! We need a \*Far Side \*caption for this. That momma bear sure has her hands (paws) full. Great video! ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/16 "2015-08-21T17:13:58Z")
OMG ! I love it ! The mother bear took no crap from the kids and kicked them out of the pool so she could have it all for herself plus she got rid of the rubber float b/c it was in her way . LOL! I put this on my favorite list to show to my granddaughter . Thanks for sharing this , it so funny and cute ! ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/17 "2015-08-21T18:49:40Z")
I was also surprised to see FIVE cubs with one momma. That’s a lot of cubs! They were sure having a good time. I guess they must have been nice and clean after that, the water looked pretty gross after six bears took a bath in it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/18 "2015-08-21T19:08:25Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > If bears could talk, [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-yqvT8vKZc) would be hollering, “SUPERMAN!” Loved that, thanks for posting. Was he a grizzly? I wouldn’t mind accidentally meeting a black bear in my back yard, but meeting a grizzly might make me pee my pants. He was very cute, though! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/19 "2015-08-21T19:50:49Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Was he a grizzly? A young [Syrian brown bear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_brown_bear) according to the owner. So close to a grizzly, but a smaller variety. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/20 "2015-08-21T20:01:15Z")
They used the slide!!! 😃 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421.md?page=2)