I think I was a witness to evidence that Darwin was wrong yesterday
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Okay, here's what happened. Some park visitor came up to me. The following conversation IS real and REALLY happened:
Visitor: "Are we allowed to approach bears?"
Me: "No, sir. Don't ever go any closer than three-hundred feet or one-hundred yards to a bear, or any of the wildlife for that matter."
Visitor: "Well, I saw a bear earlier. I was in my car and I got out to see the bear. I was probably twelve meters from the bear."
Me: "Oh, that's way too close. In that case, the best thing to do is get back in your car and view the bear that way."
Visitor: "I was only twelve meters away. Does this mean I can get closer to the bear?"
*By this point, I feel like going:
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Me: "No, don't ever approach a bear. They're very dangerous."
Visitor: "Bears have big teeth and big claws, right?"
Me: "They sure do."
Visitor: "But bears are slow, right?"
Me: "No way. They're known to charge up to forty-five miles-per-hour."
This was literally the visitor's reaction::huh:... :blink:...
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He ran to his family and he yelled somethin' like "Oh my gosh!" and started chattering in (I think) Chinese (I think they were from China, anyway :unsure:) as he made himself look like a bear while running in place. I eventually heard him yell "Forty-five mile-per-hour!"
His family: :!
Me: :blink:
I had started to wonder if I had put the fear of God in him about bears :unsure:.
