Orphaned baby bear rescued- and will be released when old enough.

[marzipanni]

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=10114948

[adirondacker]

1. Adorable! I want one!

I've had a couple close encounters (within 10 feet) with adults over the last few years, and I had everything I could do to try and face them, but ended up briskly moving in the opposite direction. Fortunately they did the same. They are an intimidating creature too look at up close, but also fun to watch from a distance.

[marzipanni]

2. In what state did you see them?

(Besides awe...!)
When we were camping at Lake Tahoe twin cubs went up a tree near where many people usually walk. One cub made its way down, but the other was scared. The campground staff put yellow tape around the area to give the mother bear room to return and help her tree'd cub. The next day we were relieved to be informed she had encouraged the little bear to come down and go back into the woods.

[adirondacker]

3. On my deck and a hundred feet from my house in Upstate NY.

I live in the woods and share my property with the wildlife. The summer before last, I was sitting down drinking my first cup of coffee, and out of the corner of my eye caught a big black creature scramble around the corner behind me(first thought was my friends Rottweiler). He was peering into the glass French Door entrance. A moment later we were looking at each other from about six feet. I went one way and he went the other, never to meet again. The wind was blowing in several different directions and probably had no idea I was there until, I was.

The other occurance was while I was building the place and I heard a loud crashing sound approaching me. Evidently he was scared off by the neighbor or something and was running away from them and into me. He stopped dead in his tracks and did a gentle rolling turn away from me. He was a Large black bear (6" toe spread), and yes on both occasions I was, shall we say, a bit frightened. I've watched Grizzly's from a distance in Montana and never had any real fear. But to have one approach you at such a short distance and unannounced can bring out the flight in the fight or flight instincts. Good luck to anyone who thinks they can beat out several hundred pounds of muscle, teeth. and claws.

I grew up here and never ran into a bear in the wild (unless you count landfills)until recently. I think the development of properties with houses have made them a bit more nomadic and daring to approach human habitat. Especially since many have bird feeders. I still walk around unprotected, but make sure they can hear me coming. The black bears around here are typically harmless and usually go about there business of foraging nuts and fruits, which are fairly abundant, but like I stated they are keen to feeding out of bird feeders from folks that insist on setting out feed during the summer months. I've had a couple of empty feeders smashed from just leaving them out empty. I now take them in at the end of March and bleach them, setting them back out in late November.

Yeah, they ARE adorable and cute, especially when they're cubs.

[red dog 1]

4. K&R...Thanks for posting

She's adorable.

[shenmue]

5. Awwwwww!