No bald jokes please. He lost a chunk of scalp to a defensive mama grizzly. The Otters were carrying bear repellent, but there was no time to react. The mother bear lunged at the two hikers. All Johan Otter remembers…
Wildlife
Just when you thought coyotes were cute and harmless…
by tmangan • November 2, 2005 • 0 Comments
… Comes this tale of a grandfather attacked by a rabid coyote on a trail near the burbs of Boston. On Oct. 5, the 76-year-old grandfather had been walking a trail behind his home at the Birchwood Community Development with…
Why wildlife need to fear us
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 2 Comments
Happened across this fascinating article about predatory bears at backpackinglight.com. It talks about how bears are losing their fear of humans and that camping with “bear proof” containers could be counterproductive. California wilderness parks make for good case studies of…
Somebody call the caped crusader
by tmangan • October 29, 2005 • 0 Comments
Over at HighSierraTopix, a guy talks about his solo hiking/fishing/backpacking trip at Hetch-Hetchy in Yosemite National Park. It’s your basic “what I saw on the trail” account, till this part: Late that evening as I was casting a bat took…
An ode to spiders
by tmangan • October 29, 2005 • 0 Comments
In honor of tarantula mating season, a reflection on eight-legged wonders: My older brother has always commanded my admiration. But my well-hidden admiration only goes so far. He is scared of spiders. Scared spit less by them. My brother is…