Question of the Day - Sunday, July 27th, 2025

[R2elk]

Yes to both...
and the bear defecated in the woods True

They also turn over rocks.

 

[tripletfeb]

Yes to both...
and the bear defecated in the woods True

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[CombNWattles]

I saw a moss from the car once:

If you look closely you can see the tracking collar on (him? her?).

Bears are annoying here; luckily we haven’t had a visit yet this year. They come onto the porch, steal the garbage, and scatter it in the woods. It’s a pain to pick up. :/ Once a great fat one ran off carrying the garbage can by its handle in his mouth.

Our neighbors lost three chickens a few months ago when two adult bears and three cubs payed a visit. Last year we also lost three birds to a mama and cubs. Imagine my surprise when the two ‘raccoons’ I was treeing turned out to be bear cubs.

 

[jxp]

Bears are annoying here; luckily we haven’t had a visit yet this year. They come onto the porch, steal the garbage, and scatter it in the woods. It’s a pain to pick up. :/ Once a great fat one ran off carrying the garbage can by its handle in his mouth.

Woke up hungry this last spring I guess.

 

[CombNWattles]

Woke up hungry this last spring I guess.View attachment 4187941

Wish this was a reaction option:

 

[Michele-A-EIE]

I have not seen either, but my neighbors have the bears on their ring camera checking out the trash cans.

 

[Devyn Nagy]

Never seen a bear, but I did see a moose from 30 yards on Isle Royale. I didn't want to get that close but we turned a corner on the trail and there they were.

 

[jxp]

I was trying to count the number of I've actually seen "in the wild" and I'm stuck about Pancake (momma) and FlapJack (new baby). If a moose chooses to deliver in an empty lot in the middle of a business area in the largest city of the state, is it still "in the wild"? Does it count if there's some shrubby plants and a small tree growing in one corner of the lot?

 

[Gill-b]

And no to ever seeing a moose neither wild nor in captivity, but if the moose is the largest in America, then I have seen the largest in Africa, in the wild, which is the eland.

I dug this image out of my archives today. It is a photograph I took of a herd of bachelor eland in the early morning before the sun is up. The young bucks learn from the old males, and there is safety in numbers.

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[jxp]

The young bucks learn from the old males, and there is safety in numbers.

Sounds like a well-ordered thriving community.