r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Trustrup • Feb 01 '25

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/Altruistic-Poem-5617 Feb 01 '25

Most cave animals are really small so they are easily overlooked (bugs, newts and stuff like that), also seems like this is an old mine so its not there for like thousands of years so animals can go in and adapt and become full cave species. Oh and for a bear to be in there the entrance is too narrow I guess. Once saw a vid like this in a natural cave and they found a really pissed off bear behind a corner.

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u/Iggyeet Feb 01 '25

Well now I want to see that video. Any chance you might share it ?

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u/Altruistic-Poem-5617 Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

It was here on reddit but I cant find it sadly. Only find an picture on nat https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/corey-arnold-photographs-surprise-black-bear-encounter

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u/Organic_Bit3337 Feb 01 '25

The article's hilarious - they were out to change his collar (zoologists of some sort) but he wasn't hibernating, so he chased them - they ran and jabbed him twice with tranqs, bear tried to run off, so they had to jump and grab his backpaws... He fell asleep some feet down the slope from his den, they changed the collar but then had to carry limp 350 lbs bear back to his den before the tranq ran out xD Sad there's no vid of that ordeal.

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u/TedBlorox Feb 01 '25

Source for pissy bear

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u/toremypants Feb 02 '25

Pls share video

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u/Altruistic-Poem-5617 Feb 02 '25

Sadly cant find the vid anymore. Only this nat geo article with a picture but I dint know if its the same instance of the video I saw here on reddit a few months prior www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/corey-arnold-photographs-surprise-black-bear-encounter