# My mom's bear

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-bear/355169>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 3, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-bear/355169 "2006-05-03T00:02:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**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:** [May 3, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-bear/355169/1 "2006-05-03T00:02:01Z")

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I mentioned over in this thread that my mom was handling bears at her job in South Dakota.

Well, the owners of Bear Country, USA have decided to name one of the new bear cubs after her 🙂

I present “Annie”:

[http://www.phase42.net/hosted/annie\_bear\_01.jpg](http://www.phase42.net/hosted/annie_bear_01.jpg)

[http://www.phase42.net/hosted/annie\_bear\_02.jpg](http://www.phase42.net/hosted/annie_bear_02.jpg)

Mom wrote:

> [@Mom42](#):
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> Here’s Annie climbing my leg. We can’t let them do that much longer  
> as it could be dangerous when they get bigger!! Look at those claws!  
> Now I know why they never fall out of their trees.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-bear/355169/2 "2006-05-03T00:08:38Z")

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AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!  
Cuteness!

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**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-bear/355169/3 "2006-05-03T00:13:56Z")

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Sweet little fluffy bearlet. I want one!  
Perhaps. 🙂

That must be a great job to have, though, really.

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**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-bear/355169/4 "2006-05-03T02:19:13Z")

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So cute! Go little bearbabies!

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-bear/355169/5 "2006-05-03T02:21:05Z")

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Aaaawwwww, no fair, I want a bear of my own!

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**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-bear/355169/6 "2006-05-03T02:35:30Z")

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Cute bears! And your mom got one named after her! How cool is that? 🆒

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-moms-bear/355169/7 "2006-05-03T16:50:37Z")

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Awwww! That little bear is so CUTE!