Forget Snakes On A Plane
The black bear cubs, each just a few months old and weighing only about 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms) have twice had to be pulled off rail cars after travelling about 20 km (12 miles) through the mountain passes that separate Banff National Park in the province of Alberta and Yoho National Park in British Columbia.
The cubs and their mother were climbing onto grain cars stopped at a siding to eat grain that had spilled onto a platform at the rear of the car. When the trains started up, the cubs were trapped.
"Mom can jump off but the little guys are too scared so they end up catching a ride," said Hal Morrison, a specialist in wildlife-human conflict with Parks Canada in Field, British Columbia. "This happened twice in the space of two days."
Of course, the cubs were not looking for a little grain. They were intent on hijacking the train and taking all the grain. And not just for food, either. The Animal Uprising™ has a new ethanol initiative. They plan on producing so much of the stuff that the humans starve. Human politicians are cooperating in this endeavor, it seems.
By fozzie, Thursday, 14 June , 2007 @ 4:58 pm
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