No, we didn't see any lions or tigers, but we did see a bear in Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP. Ursus Americanus is the Latin name for American Black Bear, and he was so funny. At first he was scrounging for food, ripping apart logs and eating the grubs inside. Then he crossed the hiking trail and proceeded down the hill across the trail, when he crossed in front of us, he was only about 30 feet away! After he looked for some food down on the hill he got an itch on his left side. He went over to a small tree and proceeded to scratch it for a good 5 minutes. After a good scratch, he headed down the hill and we didn't see him again! Here are some pictures of him. I got a video of him scratching against the tree, and uploaded it to youtube, here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDFU1ztadzY
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| Scrounging for food |
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| He had a tag: it was red and his number was 41! |
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| He almost knew that we were taking pictures of him! |
That is AWESOME! I've only once seen a wild bear, and... it's kinda hanging on a wall now. :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to know what has been your favorite so far. If yall have a chance email us to Kala's email and let us know... We leave tomorrow for Peoria for wedding. You will be at your destination very soon too.
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