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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_zjV2crtJ6sDolggfUJIBwQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I can't resist adding a bit to this note from Chris (apologies to those who have heard these): For telling the difference between black and grizzly/brown bear, I heard a slightly different version on a ferry in coastal B.C. -- Climb a tree, yes. A black bear will follow you up the tree. On the other hand, a grizzly will knock the tree down! Another great one-liner I also heard on that same ferry, I think: never run from a bear, but, if you do, make sure you are with someone who is slower than you! Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ------------------ On 9/24/07, c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: Oh boy, I can't wait to try this! :-> It reminds me of the advice that forest rangers used to give people out west about how to differentiate between a black bear and a grizzly: "Throw a rock at the bear and when it chases you climb a tree. If it follows you, it's a black bear. If it doesn't, it's a grizzly." Another illustration of "learning reinforced by punishment" although in this case the duration of the learning might be rather short, given that the life of the student might be somewhat attenuated. Oh well, live (at least for a short interval) and learn! :-> Cheers, Chris --Boundary_(ID_zjV2crtJ6sDolggfUJIBwQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>re telling black from grizzly bears</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE>I can't resist adding a bit to this note from Chris (apologies to those who have heard these):<BR> <BR> For telling the difference between black and grizzly/brown bear, I heard a slightly different version on a ferry in coastal B.C. -- Climb a tree, yes. A black bear will follow you up the tree. On the other hand, a grizzly will knock the tree down!<BR> <BR> Another great one-liner I also heard on that same ferry, I think: never run from a bear, but, if you do, make sure you are with someone who is slower than you!<BR> <BR> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<BR> ------------------<BR> On 9/24/07, <B>c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</B> <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: <BR> <BR> Oh boy, I can't wait to try this! :-><BR> <BR> <BR> It reminds me of the advice that forest rangers used to give people out west about how to differentiate between a black bear and a grizzly: "Throw a rock at the bear and when it chases you climb a tree. If it follows you, it's a black bear. If it doesn't, it's a grizzly." Another illustration of "learning reinforced by punishment" although in this case the duration of the learning might be rather short, given that the life of the student might be somewhat attenuated. <BR> <BR> <BR> Oh well, live (at least for a short interval) and learn! :-><BR> <BR> <BR> Cheers,<BR> <BR> <BR> Chris<BR> <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_zjV2crtJ6sDolggfUJIBwQ)--
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