The Cat and a Black Bear
Posted on June 10, 2006 Comments (12)
Tabby cat terror for black bear
A black bear picked the wrong yard for a jaunt, running into a territorial tabby who ran the furry beast up a tree – twice.Jack, a 15-pound orange and white cat, keeps a close vigil on his property, often chasing small animals, but his owners and neighbors say his latest escapade was surprising.
“We used to joke, ‘Jack’s on duty,’ never knowing he’d go after a bear,”
“We used to joke, ‘Jack’s on duty,’ never knowing he’d go after a bear,”
See larger photo – AP Photo by Suzanne Giovanetti
Clawless kitty chases bear up tree – read more on the story and see more photos.
In, How to get traffic for your blog, Seth Godin writes: “Don’t write about your cat, your boyfriend or your kids.” Good advice, in general. Of course he follows that up with: Write about your kids – a sentence later. You have to learn the rules and then learn when (and how) to break them.
Curious Cat Travels: Bear Warning sign (I will have to see about bring Jack on my hiking trips) – Bear at Yellowstone – Big Cats in Kenya
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June 15th, 2006 @ 5:29 pm
That poor bear. He probably only wanted a little garbage to eat.
Here’s the full story on this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/09/national/main1697234.shtml
September 26th, 2006 @ 11:26 am
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December 14th, 2006 @ 8:55 am
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June 3rd, 2007 @ 4:52 pm
This is my favorite home engineering project. The concept is great. The explanation of the technology is great. The adjustment to real life situations is great. The end result (the photos) is great. This wins the non-existent Curious Cat Cool Contraption award…
September 2nd, 2007 @ 3:44 pm
“As soon as I opened the doors the cat ran towards the bus, jumped on and ran under one of the seats, I don’t think any of the passengers noticed…”
September 10th, 2007 @ 8:53 am
Fun slides on American Public Media: Stuart Brown describes Norbert Rosing’s striking images of a wild polar bear playing with sled dogs in the wilds of Canada’s Hudson Bay…
October 20th, 2007 @ 1:53 pm
They saw what appeared to be a seal with its snout out of the water, but they didn’t think any seals were around their fishing grounds and they kept watching. Soon they realized it was a deer trying desperately to keep afloat…
November 13th, 2007 @ 8:00 pm
The next morning, the 12-year-old cat can always be found in exactly the same place, on a pavement about one and a half miles (2.4km) away, waiting to be driven back home.
May 7th, 2008 @ 4:27 am
buahaha, I want cat like this one
July 25th, 2009 @ 8:26 am
Yellow-Yellow, a 125-pound bear… has managed to systematically decipher a complex locking system that confounds even some campers.
May 14th, 2010 @ 9:51 am
The baby bear holds onto the tree pretty well.
June 9th, 2010 @ 3:48 pm
Regarding the bear treed by a cat: We have a number of cats and it is either their upbringing or something in their genetic makeup that makes one cat run and another cat take on anything that wants to get in the game. Jack, our stray siamese/tabby mix, is bold, strong and very sure of himself. Other cats will scurry out of the way at feeding time but Jack will literally take off my hat if I don’t get to his feed dish before anyone else. A small dog, full of himself, came charging at Jack and he just continued to clean himself, ignoring the charging canine until the dog started to have second thoughts but could not stop in time. There was a serious a** whuppin’ and the dog’s owner secured it in the car to prevent further damage. I would bet that dog won’t be running at cats anytime soon.;^}