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Old 04-19-2007, 06:52 AM   #1
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April 19, 2007: Electrocuted bear



A lurker who I can't match to a Cellar user name (thanks Shannon!) sent this along last night. The story that goes with the pics is a little suspect, but Snopes has checked it out and this brown bear actually did get electrocuted.



Before the bear could get to this wire, in which ran 5,000 volts, he had to tear open a utility box at the airport.



One kinda odd note about this one is that it was first discovered by a child riding her bike. But I'll wager that, in Alaska, children aren't kept unaware of the bleak realities of life and death in nature, and bears aren't friendly speaking creatures who sell you toilet paper.



According to this story,
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Bears like to chew on plastic, said Sinnott, who was not surprised the bruin was curious about the box and its contents. "I don't know what they get out of it, but they are curious and he might have tried to investigate it just because it's rubber or plastic."
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Old 04-19-2007, 07:02 AM   #2
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Unfortunate framing in the first picture - it looks like the plastic tape is threaded through the fellow's ears.

Also something about the positioning of the piece of paper in that shot reminds me of the Mexican naked protest IotD. Though it's slipped by the time of the shot with the backhoe.
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Old 04-19-2007, 07:13 AM   #3
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Pre-cooked IOTD. Wonder if it tastes like chicken?
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Old 04-19-2007, 08:55 AM   #4
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Note to self:
Do not chew on electrical wire outside of house.
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:11 AM   #5
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His last words were "Hold my pic-a-nic basket Boo Boo and watch this."
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:19 AM   #6
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We need a NSFALBTOIRDAS warning.

(Not safe for animal lovers because this one is really dead and sad)
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:41 AM   #7
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Bear's pretty tasty, but much better when well done. I seem to recall that they can carry trichinosis.
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:47 AM   #8
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all of our Chinese members:
what are they going to do with the gall bladder?

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"I don't know what they get out of it, but they are curious and he might have tried to investigate it just because it's rubber or plastic."
and probably humming...
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:48 AM   #9
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my cat likes to chew plastic. the vet said it had something to do with being weaned too early. i dunno.
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:51 AM   #10
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Hey look! A new rug!
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Old 04-19-2007, 09:52 AM   #11
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I wonder if his name is "Smokey"?
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Old 04-19-2007, 10:26 AM   #12
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Perfect. Just in time for my husband's planned electrical work this weekend.

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Old 04-19-2007, 10:34 AM   #13
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The smiling guy in the first picture bothers me...
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Old 04-19-2007, 11:05 AM   #14
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At least once or twice a semester a squirrel will get into the transformer on our campus and get fried, knocking out power to a building or two. Yesterday it was the whole campus and the transformer caught on fire .. you guessed it, another squirrel.
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Old 04-19-2007, 11:10 AM   #15
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Those damned electrical wires! We need to eliminate electricity once and for all after this tragic event!
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