# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/21 "2015-08-21T20:55:38Z")
Now this is the kind of news I like. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/22 "2015-08-21T21:51:32Z")
I’m really impressed by the sturdiness of that pool–the “mom” probably weighs a couple hundred pounds. I wouldn’t be surprised if the manufacturer has been in contact with the family asking to use that video in a commercial or something. ---
**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, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/23 "2015-08-21T22:04:30Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > They used the slide!!! 😃 😃 Yeah I saw that too ! I bet the cubs asked their mom if they could go back to that cool summer camp next year too ! This was on the news tonight . It’s a great video . ---
**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:** [August 21, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/24 "2015-08-21T23:40:39Z")
And the mama bear has a tag in her ear. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/25 "2015-08-21T23:49:18Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > If bears could talk, [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-yqvT8vKZc) would be hollering, “SUPERMAN!” Beary flop! ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/26 "2015-08-22T00:00:49Z")
Bears are everywhere in NJ. [Here’s](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/05/17/caldwell-bears/) one strolling down busy Bloomfield Avenue recently. ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/27 "2015-08-22T00:01:53Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’m really impressed by the sturdiness of that pool–the “mom” probably weighs a couple hundred pounds. I wouldn’t be surprised if the manufacturer has been in contact with the family asking to use that video in a commercial or something. It would make a great commercial! Alternate between a mom and 5 little kids, and that family of bears - at the pool. ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/28 "2015-08-22T00:31:14Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’m really impressed by the sturdiness of that pool–the “mom” probably weighs a couple hundred pounds. I wouldn’t be surprised if the manufacturer has been in contact with the family asking to use that video in a commercial or something. **blondebear** , please stop reading my mind–I have so few thoughts in there already! 🙂 BTW, good post/username combo. **Tamerlane** , thanks for explaining to **JcWoman** while I was otherwise occupied. If you type “Bruiser Bear” into YouTube, there are several videos of Mr. Syrian Bear and his owners at their Melrose, Florida wild animal sanctuary. Just fascinating. Did you see how fast Bruiser Bear ran up that ladder the second time? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/29 "2015-08-22T01:11:18Z")
Reminds me of [a story](http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/16/living/idaho-bear-head-cat-door-irpt-feat/index.html?eref=rss_us) I saw recently about a bear cub letting itself into a condo by way of the cat door. 🙂 ---
**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 22, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/30 "2015-08-22T02:58:23Z")
No way do they pee in the pool, right? Cause that’d be disgusting. Bear piss. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/31 "2015-08-22T05:17:53Z")
A friend from Maine some years ago rendered a batch of bear fat into a hard thick paste for a few of his friends to weather proof their biker leathers. It was maybe 1993 or so, leathers are still good and I still have enough to last to my end days. Thanks “T”, that is some really good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/32 "2015-08-22T12:32:08Z")
The homeowners thought they’d be safe by installing the pool, opting for it instead of the decorative wildebeest carcass which they knew would draw in hyenas. ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/33 "2015-08-22T19:29:08Z")
Food is the biggest factor in determining litter size, and the average number of cubs is two or three. I am guessing that area must have a lot of food for the mother, to have such a large number successfully, else nature would eliminate all but two or three. I was also impressed by how strong the pool was. I am pretty sure the video will make the owners enough cash to buy another pool. The problem is future proofing their house, now that the bears know it is “resort property.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/34 "2015-08-23T01:21:53Z")
Do bears that hang out in people-populated areas become somewhat tame? How do Mama Bear and the Cubs react to having people around? Are they aggressive and hostile, or do they mostly just ignore nearby people? (I don’t imagine that they’d actually get people-_friendly_.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/35 "2015-08-24T13:57:39Z")
This just in: **Grizzly Bear Rolls Down Hill like a Great, Big, Deadly Kid** : > **[Grizzly Bear Rolls Down A Hill Like A Great, Big, Deadly Kid](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grizzly-bear-rolls-downhill_n_55da91a3e4b08cd3359c6daf?kvcommref=mostpopular)** > > That's how he rolls. ---
**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 24, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/36 "2015-08-24T14:43:05Z")
That is too much! Get the impression that wasn’t the first time he’s done that? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/37 "2015-08-24T14:45:27Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The pool water is certainly a LOT murkier by the end of the visit. The damn bears never shower before using the pool. That’s why most country clubs don’t allow them as members. Wait, is that a racist comment? ---
**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 24, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421/38 "2015-08-24T23:30:55Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > The damn bears never shower before using the pool. That’s why most country clubs don’t allow them as members. > > Wait, is that a racist comment? Have you SEEN the towels when they’re through with them? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bears-play-in-pool/728421.md?page=1)