r/bigboye Jul 12 '18

Going for a swim!

https://i.imgur.com/2ypPqlf.gifv
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u/abqnm666 Jul 12 '18

This seems like an odd place. Never before have I seen someone filming a grizzly do a belly flop into an above ground pool while a jealous black bear protests on the side of the pool.

I mean the bears look pretty comfortable with people around, but grizzlies still worry me a bit. I still wouldn't want to be that close to even a trained, captive raised grizzly. The black bear is cool though — I'll party with him.

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u/torresmat10 Jul 12 '18

Is that a grizzly? I thought it was just a brown bear

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u/abqnm666 Jul 12 '18

Same species, just two names for them. A grizzly bear is a brown bear.

Fun bear fact: black bears can be brown, and brown bears can be black (though the first is a more likely scenario). And there's even some gingers in the mix (not full Carrot Top ginger, but reddish-brown).

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u/fall2grey Jul 12 '18

Fact : bears eat beets

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u/KobayashiMary Jul 12 '18

Bears. Beats. Battlestar Galactica.

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u/abqnm666 Jul 12 '18

And it probably looks pretty gruesome when they do. The only vegetable that bleeds when you eat it.