Stop Taking Bear Selfies...

[combatgoldfish]

(CNN) -- Dear park visitors,

Please don't take selfies with bears. It's stupid.

Love, the U.S Forest Service

That pretty much sums up a warning issued recently by wildlife officials at Taylor Creek Visitor Center in South Lake Tahoe, California.

"Bears are unpredictable, wild animals and may attack if threatened," Forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson said in a statement. "We can't have visitors creating dangerous situations for themselves and others. People are risking serious injury or death if they get too close to a bear."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/travel/bear-selfies-warning/index.html

 

[anthony]

Some people are morons... just like the idiot who jumped into the water on the news this morning, a dead whale being feasted upon by white pointers.

http://stabmag.com/man-climbs-aboard-floating-whale-carcass-while-sharks-circle/

MORONS is all I can say!

 

[Raven]

Who here took a bear selfie? /confused.

 

[Deleted member 43454]

I try and take a bear selfie every morning, keeps the beast in check ya know... :ROFLMAO:
Reminds me of this video of a woman so certain bears were harmless she recorded her self getting charged at over and over and punked the bear
with no fear of it's bluff charge. I still think I'd rather have a .44 magnum being that close to one. :poop:

 

[Sludge]

(CNN) -- Dear park visitors,

Please don't take selfies with bears. It's stupid.

Love, the U.S Forest Service

That pretty much sums up a warning issued recently by wildlife officials at Taylor Creek Visitor Center in South Lake Tahoe, California.

"Bears are unpredictable, wild animals and may attack if threatened," Forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson said in a statement. "We can't have visitors creating dangerous situations for themselves and others. People are risking serious injury or death if they get too close to a bear."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/travel/bear-selfies-warning/index.html

I have to disagree with the USFS on this one. I feel they should encourage such behavior. look at it as an unemployment solution. These folks are doing the rest of us a favor by trying to remove themselves from the gene pool.
;)

 

[Friday]

I laughed so hard I hurt myself. But, then, I think the Darwin Awards are effing hilarious.

 

[anthony]

If I wasn't a natural blonde... I could otherwise be a bear if black haired. Had a mate that we called Wookie... he had hair everywhere, and had to shave down his chest and neck near daily, otherwise he wouldn't pass inspections. That bad... Serious Wookie! We didn't have smart phones back then.... let alone mobiles really... so #selfies didn't exist.

 

[Sarg]

Sludge, you stole my comment. I was thinking the exact same thing! "Yeah, go over there and give that bear a big bear hug". And then watch as the bear turns into a Waring blender. We get tons of visitors because of our location..."Gateway to the Grand Canyon". As soon as the station wagon is packed and ready to go, they all seem to lose fifty IQ points.

Sarg

 

[Grizzly]

I was going to make a similar comment as there ignorance only moves me higher on the food chain.

We need to stop warning stupid people that are doing stupid things. They are using all the oxygen.

 

[BaMuoiBa]

Ya, can't make this shit up.......

NO cure for stupid, illustrated in real time!

Ba

 

[Sludge]

Proper Bear Selfies Guidelines:

1. Slather self in a mixture of Honey, Bacon and Cheeseburger grease.
2. Set mobile phone so that pictures auto upload.
3. Set up a Will that leaves all your money to Sludge.
4. Smoke a big fattie and find a bear.
5. Selfie Away!
6.Enjoy the the praise from those of us left behind.

 

[Friday]

Proper bare selfies include... One or more deliciously nekkid bodies. Honey optional :sneaky: