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quintuplets????
« on: March 07, 2009, 09:03:39 PM »
i got this in an email from my father. i've never seen the pics on the web before and have no clue if they are real.


Black bears typically have two cubs; rarely, one or three. In 2007, in northern  New Hampshire , a black bear Sow gave birth to five healthy young. There were two or three reports of sows with as many as four cubs, but five was, and is, extraordinary. I learned of them shortly after they emerged from their den and set myself a goal of photographing all five cubs with their mom - no matter how much time and effort was involved. I knew the trail they followed on a fairly regular basis, usually shortly before dark. After spending nearly four hours a day, seven days a week, for six weeks, I had that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and photographed them. I used the equivalent of a very fast film speed on my digital camera. The print is properly focused and well exposed, with all six bears posing as if they were in a studio for a family portrait.

   
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I stayed in touch with other people who saw the bears during the summer and into the fall hunting season. All six bears continued to thrive. As time for hibernation approached, I found still more folks who had seen them, and everything remained OK. I stayed away from the bears as I was concerned that they might become habituated to me, or to people in general, as approachable friends.  This could be dangerous for both man and animal.

After Halloween I received no further reports and could only hope the bears survived until they hibernated.

This spring, before the snow disappeared, all six bears came out of their den and wandered the same familiar territory they trekked in the spring of 2007.

I saw them before mid-April and dreamed nightly of taking another family portrait, an improbable second once-in-a-lifetime photograph

On April 25, 2008 I achieved my dream. 



When something as magical as this happens between man and animal, Native Americans say, 'We have walked together in the shadow of a rainbow.'

And so it is with humility and great pleasure that I share these photos with you.

:fire.:

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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2009, 09:44:02 PM »
That is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2009, 12:01:59 AM »
I saw that not to long ago.  I think it was on Trapperman.

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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2009, 12:19:57 AM »
WOW thats crazy! 8)
You sure you know how to skin griz pilgram

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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2009, 07:19:59 AM »
she's just doing this for the media attention and the welfare check 
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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2009, 08:05:25 AM »
she's just doing this for the media attention and the welfare check 

 :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2009, 08:20:33 AM »
I wonder if she will pose "bare" like octomom?




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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2009, 08:24:18 AM »
bare, ha i get it, bear bare HA
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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2009, 01:59:10 PM »
shes got her paws full thats for sure. They all look nice and healthy. Great pics.

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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2009, 02:05:36 PM »
That is awesome man.  Nice Pics

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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2009, 02:44:15 PM »
We need the deer and the elk to start pumping out litters like that.
It is not my duty to validate your delusions.

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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2009, 04:46:01 PM »
I wonder how big the father is? 

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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2009, 12:08:28 AM »
thats awesome!

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Re: quintuplets????
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2009, 12:18:26 AM »
Wow thats cool!!

 


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