Are you going to sit there like a bear on a log?

[MrScorpio]

[Older Than I Look]

1. That's really more of a "lay" than a "sit".

Looks comfy, though

[Solly Mack]

2. Enjoying the view, getting a rest, hard day.

He looks so sweet and innocent. So approachable.

It's probably a trap. A human trap.

Damn bear. Sucking us in that way.

Must resist.

Can't resist.

Must resist.

Can't resist.

Damn.

I'm a goner.

[2naSalit]

4. just remember...

[Solly Mack]

6. Never

Cuddle, maybe.

[2naSalit]

8. The first time I saw

that image, it came in an email from my sister when I told her about my job teaching bear safety techniques. I sent it to another person who printed it and put it on their office door and then, was copied a few more times and ended up all over two districts... the only difference is that my image has the red circle/slash over it, I copied this one from google.

[magicarpet]

3. Photographer is just happy the bear is not in a looking to make trouble mood.

[2naSalit]

5. To be fair, it would be

the photographer who would be making the trouble.

[magicarpet]

7. My guess would be the photographer is at a safe distance away...

.... with a tripod and telephoto lens to capture that shot.

That is a big bear, I do not think I would want to be close by, and then startle it, then having it chase me down.

They are quick and can run up to 40 mph.

[2naSalit]

10. I hope you are right

about the distance. 100 yards/91 meters is considered mostly safe. I know photographers who think they are some kind of special being who can get close to bears without alarming them, those are the ones you read about/see on the tube after they get beat up.

They can run @ approximately 35-40mph, faster than a human and can take down more than one in a sprint. We are small compared to some of the large animals they usually take down, no contest. People are pretty clueless when it comes to bears, their habitat and your safety, seen it with my own eyes for years.

[Wounded Bear]

9. You'd be tired too...

after a long day rustling pikinik baskets.

[2naSalit]

11. LOL!