Wildlife

[Ripitz]

No worries mate.

Charging crocodile is sent fleeing by a frying pan by lodge owner in Australia — USA TODAY

Tourists in Australia were set to depart their lodge in the Northern Territory, but there was one problem: A crocodile blocked their path.

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[Low Angle Life]

Well, it finally happened. After 40+ years of roaming the northeastern woods, I finally saw a bear outside the state of NJ. Close to a leanto on the way to Belleayre. No photo though. He heard me and he split.

Seen plenty of footprints and scat... first time seeing an actual bear.

Do NJ bears not count as "actual bears?" I know they are almost as common as a chipmunk in the mountains of Passaic County but surely they are still bears...

I had a good run in with a smaller bear in the Watershed at Port Jervis going back a few weeks. I was riding fast along a bench cut trail dug across a very steep hillside. Below me I heard something barreling through the woods trees and branches crashing everywhere. I got a good look and said to myself "at least it was downhill from me" only to have the exact same thing happen 15 minutes later on a lower trail, this time the bear above me. Thing could have somersaulted into my handlebars.

 

[jasonwx]

Do NJ bears not count as "actual bears?" I know they are almost as common as a chipmunk in the mountains of Passaic County but surely they are still bears...

I had a good run in with a smaller bear in the Watershed at Port Jervis going back a few weeks. I was riding fast along a bench cut trail dug across a very steep hillside. Below me I heard something barreling through the woods trees and branches crashing everywhere. I got a good look and said to myself "at least it was downhill from me" only to have the exact same thing happen 15 minutes later on a lower trail, this time the bear above me. Thing could have somersaulted into my handlebars.

i was riding in ring last fall..bear scared the crap out of me
I bet you were flying down Comic Charlie ..

 

[Peter Minde]

Do NJ bears not count as "actual bears?" I know they are almost as common as a chipmunk in the mountains of Passaic County but surely they are still bears...

I had a good run in with a smaller bear in the Watershed at Port Jervis going back a few weeks. I was riding fast along a bench cut trail dug across a very steep hillside. Below me I heard something barreling through the woods trees and branches crashing everywhere. I got a good look and said to myself "at least it was downhill from me" only to have the exact same thing happen 15 minutes later on a lower trail, this time the bear above me. Thing could have somersaulted into my handlebars.

Hell to the yeah, NJ bears count as real bears. I saw one several years ago that had to weigh 600 lb.

 

[tirolski]

if ya believe in reincarnation I’m about ready to be a bear or a red tailed hawk.

 

[raisingarizona]

Hell to the yeah, NJ bears count as real bears. I saw one several years ago that had to weigh 600 lb.

Yikes.

 

[Low Angle Life]

i was riding in ring last fall..bear scared the crap out of me
I bet you were flying down Comic Charlie ..

It's tough on the bike, you come up faster on em than they can run off. That said I always prefer a run in on the bike rather than on foot.

And I think I was on Scouts Honor when it was below me, just north of the campsites and above Cosmic Charlie, are bears known to hang out in that spot? Port seems like heaven for a bear.

 

[tirolski]

It's tough on the bike, you come up faster on em than they can run off. That said I always prefer a run in on the bike rather than on foot.

Bears can do 30 mph.
I’d bet on the bear vs a mountain bike in a race thru the woods.

 

[Sbob]

Bears can do 30 mph.
I’d bet on the bear vs a mountain bike in a race thru the woods.

Ride with a slow friend, so you don’t have to out run the bear

 

[Brownski]

When I was a trail guide in AK somebody would ask on almost every ride if a horse could outrun a bear. It was an easy laugh to say “I don’t know but that one you’re on is slower than mine so I’m good.”