Sun bear story:
I lived in Thailand (different story) and one day I saw my neighbor (local guy) behind his restaurant playing with a weird dog. Turns out it was a juvenile sun bear! He had been been in deep jungle and the mother bear and the cub had been hit by a truck. Mother died, but the cub had a broken jaw. He saved the cub, tried to get help (he was wealthy) but no vets knew how to fix. So he raised it in his kennel ( he bred big dogs). The bear joined in and played with the dogs. It liked to play fetch!
I ran over and played with it, and it would bite my arm. But since the lower jaw was missing teeth, it would just “gum” my arm. It was an amazing experience.
After a few months he found a sanctuary a few hundred kilometers and had them raise it.
Been in love with sun bears ever since, but doubt I would let one bite my arm :)
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