The Times has an intriguing story of a genius bear roaming the Adirondacks:
NORTH ELBA, N.Y. — It was built to be impenetrable, from its “super rugged transparent polycarbonate housing” to its intricate double-tabbed lid that would keep campers’ food in and bears’ paws out.
The BearVault 500 withstood the ravages of the test bears at the Folsom City Zoo in California. It has stymied mighty grizzlies weighing up to 1,000 pounds in the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park.
But in one corner of the Adirondacks, campers started to notice that the BearVault, a popular canister designed to keep food and other necessities safe, was being compromised. First through circumstantial evidence, then from witness reports, it became clear that in most cases, the conqueror was a relatively tiny, extremely shy middle-aged black bear named Yellow-Yellow.
Some canisters fail in the testing stage when large bears are able to rip off the lid. But wildlife officials say that Yellow-Yellow, a 125-pound bear named for two yellow ear tags that help wildlife officials keep tabs on her, has managed to systematically decipher a complex locking system that confounds even some campers.
In the process, she has emerged as a near-mythical creature in the High Peaks region of the northeastern Adirondacks.
Yesterday's Ramirez cartoon gives a pretty good summation of the uninsured in this country:
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/CartoonPopUp.aspx?id=333232530356809> Ramirez on Fire
Posted by: Gmax | July 25, 2009 at 12:07 PM
We need to send Yellow Yellow to Washington--sounds like that middle aged female bear is smarter than Pelosi. Yellow Yellow will straighten out the health care mess!
Posted by: Mike Myers | July 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Geez, they can't even sex a bear.
That's obviously Boo-Boo stealing picanic baskets.
Posted by: Veeshir | July 25, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Maybe that's Algore's "lock-box".
Posted by: Barry Dauphin | July 25, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Next step: "Bears Discover Fire".
Posted by: Bill Woods | July 25, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Obviously, he's smarter than the average bear.
Posted by: matt | July 25, 2009 at 01:29 PM
but what about the ranger, Yogi?
Posted by: matt | July 25, 2009 at 01:45 PM
“I’m an engineer, and if one genius bear can do it, sooner or later there might be two genius bears."
And, if those bears mate...
Posted by: mockmook | July 25, 2009 at 02:47 PM
So mockmook, what you're saying is that Heston was wrong and it'll be Planet of the Bears?
Crap, some of them think I taste good.
Posted by: Veeshir | July 25, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Jupiter's got a new zit!">http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/24/2008517.aspx">zit!
Posted by: daddy | July 25, 2009 at 03:41 PM
He obviously understands how to solve complex problems better then Forest Ranger Obama.
Posted by: William Teach | July 25, 2009 at 04:19 PM
Did you see the tiny monkey cowboy in full Western regalia riding a border collie?
Posted by: Giddyap. | July 25, 2009 at 04:21 PM
OT (kinda)
Carol Rosenberg a reporter for the Miami Herald is being sued by a Lt. Commander in the US Navy for sexual harassment.
Does anyone have a picture of Ms. Rosenberg who is described by her colleagues as agressive?
Posted by: BB Key | July 25, 2009 at 06:33 PM
Oh the Gitmo detainee's mouthpiece, that is too rich, and quite fitting
Posted by: narciso | July 25, 2009 at 08:15 PM
Cool!
Posted by: patch | July 25, 2009 at 08:20 PM
Continuing with this hi-jacking-
Rosenberg pic at bottom of article here.
Posted by: Greybeard | July 25, 2009 at 09:43 PM
Yikes!! that would scare crows out of a corn field.
Posted by: Gmax | July 25, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Thanks for the pic graybeard,
Just as I suspected journalist Rosenberg looks to be a match for the Bear Vault.
Posted by: BB Key | July 26, 2009 at 07:57 AM