Descending from the Heights 4137
In places where bears climb trees, even big bears like this several years old female can climb a tree with swiftness and agility that somehow seems uncharacteristic for an animal this large. After watching her lumber across an open pasture, in a slow, quasi lethargic fashion one could be lulled into imagining that her closest living relative might be the sloth. That assumption would be completely and totally incorrect, for these bears are capable of running upwards of 35 miles per hour, and can bound up a tree in a matter of seconds. Coming down, however, is a bit more difficult and sometimes precarious. For bears don’t have rear view mirrors and seeing beyond a not so tiny tush can be difficult. For black bears, there’s a lot of head turning and hesitant contemplation of footing that goes into descending from the heights. #BackBears
Descending from the Heights 4137
In places where bears climb trees, even big bears like this several years old female can climb a tree with swiftness and agility that somehow seems uncharacteristic for an animal this large. After watching her lumber across an open pasture, in a slow, quasi lethargic fashion one could be lulled into imagining that her closest living relative might be the sloth. That assumption would be completely and totally incorrect, for these bears are capable of running upwards of 35 miles per hour, and can bound up a tree in a matter of seconds. Coming down, however, is a bit more difficult and sometimes precarious. For bears don’t have rear view mirrors and seeing beyond a not so tiny tush can be difficult. For black bears, there’s a lot of head turning and hesitant contemplation of footing that goes into descending from the heights. #BackBears