Comments on: OMG, Who invited the BEAR?

By: Kar

Kar — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:01:33 +0000

To quote Spike at the Thanksgiving table:

"You made a bear! You made a Bear! Turn him back!"

I'm trying to see the cute but all I can think is "What's going to happen when they run out of dark meat?"

By: Theo

Theo — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:45:45 +0000

Tiffany -- actually I *strongly* suspect all the humans in the video are professional. This is definitely staged, so it stands to reason that the people are the ones staging it, and who better to do that than Brutus' regular keepers & handlers?

By: jm

jm — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:30:58 +0000

These people are all wearing Bad Idea jeans.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:19:24 +0000

The bear is cute, but are these people CRAZY?

By: Skoonj

Skoonj — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:13:10 +0000

Every family has at least one relative with Horrible table manners!!! I'm talkin' 'bout the rude guy who took away the pie away before he was finished!

Gotta read the background on this one. I can't stop laughing!

By: stickler

stickler — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:30:16 +0000

In addition to Brutus' own website, here's a really nice story about the place from the local newspaper:

http://livingstonweekly.com/grizzly.html

Just in case the first link didn't make you all warm'n'fuzzy enough.

By: aleah61

aleah61 — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:40:01 +0000

The family was not impressed with Meg's new boyfriend.

[If that were the case, Aleah, I imagine Meg's husband would be even less impressed... - Ed.]

By: k

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:07:27 +0000

i second the cute....or creepy/terrifying? nominations. He's defintely charming and does seem to have very good table manners for a bear, I guess, but....hmm.

By: cosmiquemuffin

cosmiquemuffin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:04:35 +0000

Michelle> He will be my friend and I can ride him to work.

If you haven't read _The Golden Compass_, now is the time!

(I sublimate my bear-wants with big ole dawgs)

By: cosmiquemuffin

cosmiquemuffin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:01:13 +0000

Mary,

Please visit http://brutusthebear.com/brutus-story.html

The bear is called Brutus. He was rescued and lives in about as good a situation as can be for a non-wild situation -- open skies, room to roam, and great care. He helps his wild brethren by allowing his handlers to educate about the grizzly. He can never be released in the wild because of his previous exposure to humans.

I *do* wish the Nuffs would at least try to read the thread before tsk-tsking. Honestly!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Big bear hugs all around.