Bears

Bears. They may seem like cute/cool animals for our amusement...but they are really sneaky powerful creatures.

Fact: Bears can't run downhill well

Fact: Bears will release their bowels when fighting

Fact: A Black Bear is known not to attack humans unless it fears for it's cub's safety.

Fact: You are more likely to get hit by a car than attacked by a bear

Well actually...I made up that last one. But it kinda sounds true. Anyways, bears are dangerous, no matter how funny they look. I used to look at bears as giant hamsters. But, as I became more educated, I found out that they are more related to the canine family. I can see that. They are like bulky dogs that can climb trees.
Another thing I wanted to talk about was domestication of bears. I have friends that say that it is possible, and other friends that say that it isn't. The answer is simple. You can train a bear to be friendly, dance or anything else like that, BUT, the domestication does not get passed onto the cubs. That is why trainers are always needed to socialize the new cubs into captivity. Bears are just one of many creatures that are not bred into automatic domestication. It's a shame too. Imagine the possibilities. Bear cavalry....packs of bears to hunt people...dancing bears. Well actually, there are people that get bears just to make them dance. It's kinda sick. I youtubed "dancing bear", with the intent of finding a funny video of a bear dancing to a song. When I scrolled through the searches, I found one about a type of bear in the asia area I think. It had rope that went into it's nose and around its head. It then had to dance whenever it's master made it. The first thought that came to mind was: "That's fucked up"
I believe that some animals should be domesticated, but I believe that they should be respected at the same time. I'm all down for a bear dancing, but I think a bear should dance naturally; not forced to dance with a rope put into it's body.
43% of bears, that dance, are abused (statistic not proven)

20% of those bears are forced to do nasty things (statistic also not proven)

But anyways...here is a random picture of bears that I got off wikipedia. I am so confused. lol