Bear Family Visits Lake Tahoe Beach

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36983821

I was at this spot, in September 1992, and the water was bloody freezing.

Still, I suppose they have all that fur to keep them warm !

[waterboatman]

A lovely enchanting event. :o}

[ummmm]

Cute and scary at the same time.

[wolf63]

Bears get bad press. The fact that they 'can' decapitate you in a matter of seconds doesn't mean that they 'will' do so.

I agree with ummmm - if the mere humans had got between her and her babies it might have turned nasty.

Thanks for posting this mikey

[mikey4444]

Wolfie...only too happy to oblige !

I am looking at my photos from that trip in 1992. Lake Tahoe is simply a wonderful place for a holiday. The scenery is stunning. But that water was bloody cold !

[NoMercy]

Fantastic! How wonderful to see humans and animals coexisting and going about their own business without feeling threatened by the other.

[mikey4444]

NoMercy....Yes, very nice, but I did notice that the humans were keeping a wide berth ! ( and understandably )

[NoMercy]

Indeed, Mikey, if it came down to a bare-knuckle fight, my money would be on mummy bear.

However on the whole animals are at far greater risk from humans than we are from animals, largely due to our ignorance, vanity and greed, and hence seeing something like this gives me great pleasure.

[ummmm]

They are probably well fed.

[jno]

isn't that where they shot some of The Godfather? There was a villa by the shore, as I recall.

[sandyRoe]

And Fredo Corleone sleeps with the fishes there now.
Nice video

[mikey4444]

I might be wrong but this looks awfully like the Corleone place at Lake Tahoe. Its in a part called Fleur de Lac.

http://agent.rebusiness.net/HomepageImageGallery/315512/114427.jpg

[mikey4444]

Death of Fredo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9eEf-D39KA