Ms_ladyblue
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Run bear! run!!!
Look, it's a bear!
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Ms_ladyblue
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Look! It’s not really a bear…but these Koala bears as they are known are the cutest bears I’ve ever seen. My oldest daughter loved these bears when she was a young child. She had a stuffed Koala bear/radio. She carried it with her everywhere.
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kirmmy
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Remember the movie Crocodile Dundee? All I can say in my best aussy accent is:
That's not a bear....
That's a bear.
Ms_ladyblue
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I wonder why they call them KOALA BEARS? They kind of favor a bear…just like you have different species of dogs who are dogs but look different from another.Remember the movie Crocodile Dundee? All I can say in my best aussy accent is:
That's not a bear....
That's a bear.
Patricia
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Curious, I just looked it up real quick, supposedly European settlers mistakenly called them bears because they kinda look like bears. Strangely though, their Latin name means pouched bear.
Ms_ladyblue
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HmmCurious, I just looked it up real quick, supposedly European settlers mistakenly called them bears because they kinda look like bears. Strangely though, their Latin name means pouched bear.
you wonder if they even know. Oh well, only Jehovah knows. 
Ms_ladyblue
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Paula
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I held a Koala Bear in Australia (1980 - 15 at the time a moody teenager) I loved it. It was very lethargic because there is something in the Eucalyptus leaves that make them drowsy.
Ms_ladyblue
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Lesson: Give the bear the chicken or enjoy your ’ride‘ in the cage! Slobber, slobber, slobber!
Wait a minute. That bear is not wild. There are a bunch of people strolling around in the enclosure. A hungry wild bear would maul the whole lot of those gawkers.
BARNABY THE DOG.
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You’re right!! Different species of mankind, who are men but look like each other!! The top one is my father, and I’m the one underneath - well, according to Darwin anyway. You can hardly tell the difference!
BARNABY THE DOG.
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I suspect that there is more to the bear‘s thinking when being thought of as ”tame”. Would you eat American fast food - stupid enough to stand around you while another, even more stupid portion of fast food waves a fried chicken leg at you from inside a cage? What must they have been fed on? ??? Of course your going to eat the chicken. Better quality - corn fed too. No McFats for Mr.Bear.Wait a minute. That bear is not wild. There are a bunch of people strolling around in the enclosure. A hungry wild bear would maul the whole lot of those gawkers.
kirmmy
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They make sure he gets enough fried chicken and he leaves them alone. It's an expensive but mutually beneficial partnership.Wait a minute. That bear is not wild. There are a bunch of people strolling around in the enclosure. A hungry wild bear would maul the whole lot of those gawkers.
Jim
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Polar bear. If it's not AI.
Jim
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Speaking of American fast food...... My first trip to England years ago I went to visit the cathedral in Peterborough (magnificent BTW) and was shocked and dismayed to see a Burger King amongst all the beautiful old architecture. Town centre. I have a question for you. I took my grandkids to Pizza Hut in Peterborough. Why is CORN considered an acceptable pizza topping over there?
BARNABY THE DOG.
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Interesting question. I have not made any exploration into the eating habits of the English. I was fortunate during my childhood not to go hungry, but from a social point of view, as we live on an island we have imported most of our food for hundreds of years - probably rising now to 75% or more. Our government has blindly promoted importation of food and building on our agricultural ground. Even after two world wars they refuse to learn the lesson and now import people instead as is happening in America and Europe. So, given the expense of food, the high cost, the lack of culinary imagination of the English, and their (not mine!) ability to consume fast food, corn on top of pizza is probably seen as upperclass international cuisine in much the same way that they are in awe of the French eating snails, or the Americans frying SPAM. When we are all starving, I’m sure our diet will not be so fussy. As for pizza, I make my own if I want one, with anchovies sun dried tomatoes, cheese, more anchovies, more cheese, extra cheese, garlic, German sausage, Parma ham, cheese, a bit more cheese, various herbs, my own pastry base, with cheese melted in to the pastry, parsley, white wine, salt, pepper, more cheese, onion, more garlic and lastly, a garnish of cheese. No corn I’m sad to say.Speaking of American fast food...... My first trip to England years ago I went to visit the cathedral in Peterborough (magnificent BTW) and was shocked and dismayed to see a Burger King amongst all the beautiful old architecture. Town centre. I have a question for you. I took my grandkids to Pizza Hut in Peterborough. Why is CORN considered an acceptable pizza topping over there?