Milk can removed from bear's head, bear back in woods

[Liberal_in_LA]

looks kinda undignified. poor bear. glad it's ok



READING, Vt. (AP) - A 120-pound Vermont black bear is back in the woods after getting its head stuck in a milk can.
It took a state biologist, firefighters and police about 45 minutes to free the bear's head from the can after the animal was found late Sunday morning off Vermont Route 106 in the town of Reading.

The Rutland Herald said officials estimate the bear had its head stuck in the old fashioned milk can for at least six hours before it was found.

Fish and Wildlife Biologist Forrest Hammond said the bear had been running and bumping into trees and boulders.

Hammond used soap to lubricate the bear's head so the can could be pulled off, but it didn't work. Firefighters helped him cut the can off.

http://www.topix.com/news/weird/2010/04/vermont-bear-with-head-stuck-in-milk-can-rescued

[FSogol]

1. Sorry but Milk cannot be removed from a bear's head, only from it's breasts if it is lactating.

;-)

Headline aside, nice story.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. smarty pants

[lumberjack_jeff]

7. That headline was like... gibberish art. n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. :-(

[FSogol]

11. Liked the story, though. Glad the little guy is ok.

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. me too

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. Sorry, the story was good, but I clicked on the headline the way I select valentines' chocolate.

I had no idea what I was gonna get.

[HereSince1628]

2. Where are Piglet and Christopher Robin?

There just HAD to be Honey in the milk can...nice place foo a hive.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

6. Bears go after the bees and larvae in a hive, not necessarily the honey.

The fact that they will consume some of the honey is incidental.
The bears are really after the larvae and porotien found in a hive.

I always thought it was ironic that honey is sold in plastic bear-bottles when it's not really the honey that they prefer.
It would make more sense to sell honey in plastic bee-bottles... or bee larvae in plastic bear-bottles (yuk).

[HereSince1628]

8. Clearly, you do not know Pooh!

Winne the Pooh, that is! :)

[Shell Beau]

4. Bless its heart.

Glad they got it off.

[SteppingRazor]

5. As long as the bear's OK and no one got hurt, all I have to say is ...

ahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

:spray:

:rofl:

[hlthe2b]

10. I had the sweetest little brittany spaniel that did this with a mayo jar

--one of those enormous commercial mayonnaise containers. My sister was keeping him for me when I was out of town and could hear him banging through the woods and whimpering, but it took a while to find him. Poor little guy had horrendously goopy, nasty mayo all over him, but got freed from his torment. That little dog was truly the sweetest little guy I ever had and it still almost breaks my heart to think of his momentary torment, even as it gives me quite a smile. ;)

Glad they were there to help this bear.

[Jackpine Radical]

13. Reminds me of the time my cousin found a skunk wandering around

with its head stuck in a bean can. He pulled the can off the skunk's head.

Big-hearted guy, my cousin Stinky.

[XemaSab]

17. .

:D

[spanone]

14. great news....

[BoneDaddy]

16. LOL

THank fucking God, that bear is ok. this is so newsworthy, I almost feel funny responding to it. but oh well.