Topic: Oh great, Chutt will never shut up now.

[Sirgod]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2062507

WEST MILFORD, N.J. Jun 10, 2006 (AP)— A black bear picked the wrong yard for a jaunt, running into a territorial tabby who ran the furry beast up a tree twice.

Jack, a 15-pound orange and white cat, keeps a close vigil on his property, often chasing small animals, but his owners and neighbors say his latest escapade was surprising.

"We used to joke, 'Jack's on duty,' never knowing he'd go after a bear," owner Donna Dickey told The Star-Ledger of Newark for Friday's editions.

Neighbor Suzanne Giovanetti first spotted Jack's accomplishment after her husband saw a bear climb a tree on the edge of their northern New Jersey property on Sunday. Giovanetti thought Jack was simply looking up at the bear, but soon realized the much larger animal was afraid of the hissing cat.

After about 15 minutes, the bear descended and tried to run away, but Jack chased it up another tree.

Dickey, who feared for her cat, then called Jack home and the bear scurried back to the woods.

"He doesn't want anybody in his yard," Dickey said.

Bear sightings are not unusual in West Milford, which experts consider one of the state's most bear-populated areas.
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A bloody Bear. what where you thinking chutt.

stephen

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

Thats just part of the basic training for Kzinti cubs,  We use larger bears to show them how its done....


http://www.metacafe.com/watch/99814/cougar_shows_bear/

.....then let them practice with smaller ones unsupervised as in your link above.

[762_XC]

Pic goodness

[FCM_SFHQ_XC]

Its just the balance of nature. Some big animals are just afraid of the smallest animals. Sort of like how humans are very afraid of small bees, or spiders... its just how it works I guess, but its always funny, still.

[Alphageek]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!


That is too funny.  I've seen my scrawny 12 year old cat go after our very large dog and win but I never thought cats could take on something like a bear.  Cats rock.

[CaptJosh]

Some of us knew that already. *looks thoughtfully at his own avatar*

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

Treed Bears Draw Crowds in Northern Maine

 
CARIBOU, Maine (AP) -- A 500-pound black bear and her three cubs climbed down from a pine tree on Tuesday after attracting hundreds of curiosity seekers wanting to see the sight of four bears in a backyard tree in a residential neighborhood.

The mother bear and her triplets, which were born this winter and weigh about 20 pounds apiece, were foraging in the neighborhood late last week before making their way up an 80-foot tree in a backyard on Sunday.

The mother and two of the cubs made off on Monday night, but the third cub was scared back up the tree by a cat before it could make a clean escape, said Mark Latti, spokesman for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Early Tuesday afternoon, the third cub climbed from the tree and was last seen running toward an area in the wild where the mother bear had been recently seen, Latti said.
 
Before the animals scurried off, the unusual sight of four bears in a tree drew hundreds of people to the neighborhood. They craned their necks as they drove by and stopped on side streets for a better view.

Caribou police Sgt. Paul Vincent said officers spent Monday clearing crowds and blocking some streets in an effort to make the bears feel safe enough to climb down the tree and venture back into the wild.

"Everyone wants to take a picture or get a picture with the bears," Vincent said.

The bears first took shelter in a tree early Sunday morning when they were eating at a neighborhood bird feeder and something spooked them, said Ed Christie, a warden with the Maine Warden Service.

 The bears stayed in that tree until late Sunday night when they made their way to another bird feeder in a yard about a quarter-mile away.

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Looks like "Jack the cat" must have been on the scene again