Dechristo Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 After a pet owner gives their charge a bath, one should NEVER hang the pet on a clothes line to dry! I'm calling PETA. Quote
Stemalot Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 That's awesome! Now I can justify not hanging my food up any more! Quote
thelawgoddess Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 that's pretty funny. i can't wait to see when he learns how to slackline! Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 I recall watching squirrel acrobatics with the birdseed feeder when I was little. Wild stuff. Something is bothering me about the pictures though: how heavy is the bear? what type of rope/cord is being used? It seems that the cord would have to be very strong (certainly not your household twine), and either very low stretch or pretensioned (with possible backties to where it's anchored in the trees). Dru, do you know any history about the photos? Quote
Dru Posted July 10, 2005 Author Posted July 10, 2005 The photos are making the rounds via email, they were taken near Long Lake in Ontario. Looks like that bear is a cub/young adult to me, not full grown. But think if that feeder was your food bag or haulbag! Quote
specialed Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 I recall watching squirrel acrobatics with the birdseed feeder when I was little. Wild stuff. I watched some squirrel accrobatics earlier this summer. It was entertaining for a while. The arrow split open the fuckers belly and created quite a mess. After that I realized a .22 was a lot more efficient for the next few. The new squirrels haven't figured out how to get in the feeder yet, so there's a ceasefire for now. Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 The photos are making the rounds via email, they were taken near Long Lake in Ontario. Looks like that bear is a cub/young adult to me, not full grown. But think if that feeder was your food bag or haulbag! Ok, I guess that makes sense. The bear is probably under 100 lbs? (And the bear doesn't care about a 10:1 safety factor. ) Quote
Dru Posted July 10, 2005 Author Posted July 10, 2005 Well look at the give in the rope as seen by angle it goes up to the far tree at. Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 There's a fair amount of give, but it's still a pretty obtuse angle. The force on each anchor is probably double the mass of the bear. Quote
Dru Posted July 10, 2005 Author Posted July 10, 2005 I'm certain you can calculate the mass of the bear from the knowledge that the rope did not break and it looks like yellow polypropylene boat line. Answers on a single sheet of paper please class. No cheating Quote
Kraken Posted July 10, 2005 Posted July 10, 2005 I didn't know ron jeremy was a climber That's a black bear, not a hedgehog. The resemblance is quite similar though! Quote
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