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CASEYANDERSON.TV [ BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT… ] BEARS
» Bear Brutus is just part of the fam- ily for naturalist Casey Anderson. His 800-pound ursine pal attended Ander- son’s wedding as his best bear. He’s even sat down with the family for dinner.
» Bears can run at speeds up to 35 miles per hour. The average human sprinter clocks in at 12 to 15 miles per hour. Don’t even try it.
» Spokesbear for U.S. Forest Service, the original Smokey Bear was an American black bear cub rescued from a 1950 wildfire. After being nursed back to health, he lived at Washing- ton’s National Zoo for 26 years, receiv- ing up to 13,000 fan letters per week.
» Though attacks are a common wil- derness fear, bears have been respon- sible for only two to three deaths per year in North America since 1990. By comparison, dogs kill an average of 15 people and lightning kills 80 people each year.
» For his show, Man vs. Wild, Bear Grylls has consumed frozen yak eye- balls, camel intestine juice, raw goat testicles, a live snake, giant maggots and live insects. The goat testicles were the worst, he reported—he bear- ly made it though.
» It was Theodore Roosevelt refus- ing to shoot a tied-up bear on a hunt- ing trip that gave the toy teddy bear its start. Roosevelt’s refusal made the papers, painting the soon-to-be- president as a compassionate man. It boosted his popularity and toy manu- facturers jumped on the opportunity, creating the immediately successful “Teddy’s bear.” —Kaydi Pyette
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