Baldy and the Bears. Bears in Israel?

[sooda]

You can stop now, I am satisfied that you wont
ever just say you made a mistake.

I already said I got it wrong and that I don't know much about bears..

 

[Audie]

I already said I got it wrong and that I don't know much about bears..

No, you did not. All you said was
"Well, I know very little about bears."

But never mind, its not worth more talk.
You do tend to make things up, and
are slow to take them back. If that
changes, it wont be from my pointing
it out.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Well, I know very little about bears.. I thought that Asian black bears mostly ate berries, bugs and vegetation as well as carrion.

Do you think the story is plausible? I mean that 2 bears suddenly showed and mauled or ate 42 young people?

Two adult bears?. Unlikely. A mother bear protecting her baby and mauling a few kids, that could happen. Myths grow with the telling.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Basic Facts About Black Bears | Defenders of Wildlife
defenders.org/black-bear/basic-facts
Black bears are extremely adaptable and show a great variation in habitat types, though they are primarily found in forested areas with thick ground vegetation and an abundance of fruits, nuts, and vegetation. In the northern areas, they can be found in the tundra, and they will sometimes forage in fields or meadows.

Black bears are North American. They are not a good example to use.

 

[Audie]

Black bears are North American. They are not a good example to use.

There is a saying about when to drop the shovel.

 

[sooda]

Two adult bears?. Unlikely. A mother bear protecting her baby and mauling a few kids, that could happen. Myths grow with the telling.

Truth About Bears | VisitMammoth.com (Official Visitor Information)

As myths go its not even interesting.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Truth About Bears | VisitMammoth.com (Official Visitor Information)

As myths go its not even interesting.

Why the link about black bears? Brown bears are the ones that people are warned about when hiking in the wilderness.

And @Audie has a point. Just admit that you made a mistake and moved on. Brown bears very likely lived in the area at that time. But the myth was probably started by a bear attack by a mother protecting her cub from two or three kids.

 

[sooda]

Why the link about black bears? Brown bears are the ones that people are warned about when hiking in the wilderness.

And @Audie has a point. Just admit that you made a mistake and moved on. Brown bears very likely lived in the area at that time. But the myth was probably started by a bear attack by a mother protecting her cub from two or three kids.

We are talking about black Asian bears in Syria.

i doubt it happened at all.

 

[Audie]

We are talking about black Asian bears in Syria.

i doubt it happened at all.

The Asian black bear is not known to have
ever occurred in Syria.

 

[sooda]

The Asian black bear is not known to have
ever occurred in Syria.

Yep.

Syrian Brown Bear - BEARS OF THE WORLD
bearsoftheworld.net/syrian_brown_bear.asp
The Syrian brown bear was classified as subspecies Ursus arctos syriacus. in 1828 by naturalist Wilhelm Hemprich and zoologist Christian Ehrenberg. HABITAT The Syrian brown bear sleeps and hibernates in caves and hollow trees found in mountainous areas. Historically, the Syrian brown bearcould be found in Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Lebanon ...

 

[Audie]

Yep.

Syrian Brown Bear - BEARS OF THE WORLD
bearsoftheworld.net/syrian_brown_bear.asp
The Syrian brown bear was classified as subspecies Ursus arctos syriacus. in 1828 by naturalist Wilhelm Hemprich and zoologist Christian Ehrenberg. HABITAT The Syrian brown bear sleeps and hibernates in caves and hollow trees found in mountainous areas. Historically, the Syrian brown bearcould be found in Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Lebanon ...

Are you agreeing or disagreeing?
The Syrian BROWN bear Ursus arctos syriacus.
is not the same as the "black Asian bear" for lo,
such is a non existent creature. And brown is not
black.

Perhaps you mean the Asian black bear?
Ursus thibetanus? Those are not known
to have ever lived in Syria.

 

[sooda]

Are you agreeing or disagreeing?
The Syrian BROWN bear Ursus arctos syriacus.
is not the same as the "black Asian bear" for lo,
such is a non existent creature. And brown is not
black.

Perhaps you mean the Asian black bear?
Ursus thibetanus? Those are not known
to have ever lived in Syria.

Right.. brown not black.

 

[Audie]

Right.. brown not black.

so the link about american black bears was because
we were talking about syrian brown bears.

 

[sooda]

so the link about american black bears was because
we were talking about syrian brown bears.

Two adult bears?. Unlikely. A mother bear protecting her baby and mauling a few kids, that could happen. Myths grow with the telling.

I had to go back and read the scripture. It says two female bears.

I think the story is silly .. That was the whole point, but there are lots of silly stories like Balaam's donkey and finding the shekel in the fish's mouth.

 

[Audie]

I had to go back and read the scripture. It says two female bears.

I think the story is silly .. That was the whole point, but there are lots of silly stories like Balaam's donkey and finding the shekel in the fish's mouth.

WE already knew the story was silly, like pretty
much every other story in the talking snake book.

 

[The Reverend Bob]

The bears weren't really bears

 

[The Reverend Bob]

Was Jericho even inhabited during Elisha's time?

 

[sooda]

Was Jericho even inhabited during Elisha's time?

Jericho was unoccupied from the late 15th century to around the 10th century BCE. Elisha is from the 9th century BCE.