5/12: Skating bear

Undertoad · 05-12-2001, 10:42 AM

Readers of John Irving will recognize the motif (although Irving prefers the bicycling bear), but nevertheless here is an actual skating bear. Pretty remarkable.

Chewbaccus · 05-12-2001, 10:15 PM

I believe Homer Simpson said it best when he said...

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Originally said by Homer Simpson
"AAAH! BURN IT! SEND IT TO HELL!"

~Mike

jaguar · 05-13-2001, 03:53 AM

facinating as it is
its still cruel as all hell. im' no friend of PETA but i beleive in animal rights.

lisa · 05-13-2001, 06:11 AM

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Originally posted by jaguar
facinating as it is
its still cruel as all hell. im' no friend of PETA but i beleive in animal rights.

I'd say that that all depends on what they went through to teach the bear to do that. I have seen some animals that actually enjoy their tricks, but I have seen some that have been practically starved as part of their "training."

jaguar · 05-14-2001, 04:11 AM

Yes i agree lisa, they used to teach dancing bears by making the m stand on red hot metal plates. My point is as much as that, that many of these animals are quite rare inthe wild, and frankly, we can find lesscruel form of entertainment before we lose another species?

russotto · 05-22-2001, 03:47 PM

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Originally posted by jaguar
Yes i agree lisa, they used to teach dancing bears by making the m stand on red hot metal plates. My point is as much as that, that many of these animals are quite rare inthe wild, and frankly, we can find lesscruel form of entertainment before we lose another species?

In an exclusive interview, the bear indicated that "Skating is good, but I'd really prefer inlines. Also this dress has GOT to go".

richlevy · 05-29-2001, 08:54 PM

Probably one of the few skaters that can defend herself against Tonya Harding's manager.

05-13-2001, 03:53 AM	#3
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	facinating as it is its still cruel as all hell. im' no friend of PETA but i beleive in animal rights. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-14-2001, 04:11 AM	#5
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Yes i agree lisa, they used to teach dancing bears by making the m stand on red hot metal plates. My point is as much as that, that many of these animals are quite rare inthe wild, and frankly, we can find lesscruel form of entertainment before we lose another species? __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Probably one of the few skaters that can defend herself against Tonya Harding's manager. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

05-12-2001, 10:42 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Readers of John Irving will recognize the motif (although Irving prefers the bicycling bear), but nevertheless here is an actual skating bear. Pretty remarkable.

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