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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    Show them some panda porn. #science
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    10/29/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Awesome! #science
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    Some folks say that bears go around eating babies raw.
    Some folks got a bear across the hall. #science
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    Image of AshThePirate AshThePirate
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    That's actually pretty interesting. Everything I've read about bears suggests that the males have no part in raising the young (mate, parts ways, mom gives birth in winter and raises the cubs). I guess French bears are a little more sensitive and proactive?
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    Image of Greg Lynch Greg Lynch
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    Who knew there were bears in France and they were having population problems #science
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/29/09

    @Greg Lynch: Yeah. I haven't thought of France as having any bear country. Are there more stretches of wilderness than I am imagining? Do they just scavenge for half-eaten baguettes behind adorable cafes? #science
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/29/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: while singing "Anarchy In the Paris" #science
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    Image of Heriloke Heriloke
    10/29/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: Indeed. France is not exclusively made up of effeminate men wearing ridiculous hats and sophisticated women wearing expensive and fashionable clothes made in Paris.
    You ever allude to beret-wearing bears, I'd better warn you, I might pout.

    Anyway, most of us do *not* actually eat baguettes.
    (And if you want adorable cafés, I advise you to rather go to England. There, they have lovely pubs, albeit less deliciously smoky than they used to be. The pubs, not the English.)

    Although I do not recall seeing a bear personally, which I find myself quite grateful for, I would like to speak for our ursine population, an ill-spoken minority whose cultural development I fear might be compromised.

    Although not as much as the wolves', which have been crossed off the list of endangered species since this Spring. You might be interested in learning that some consider lupine wilderness as a real danger to the sheep, and each and every year there are mentions of wolves (or bears, for that matter) shot down by a shepherd. Or shepperson. Or whatever they are called these days.
    (Of course, this doesn't happen in Paris. In Paris, there are no sheep; because they'd look silly even in Dior)

    Have frogs.
    Will travel.

    Yours truly,
    Heriloke
    (beret-less batrachian) #science
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    Image of Heriloke Heriloke
    10/29/09

    @gorehound: And stop thinking that we put definite articles everywhere, grrr. We don't even say "Le Big-Mac".

    We say UN big-mac.

    Ha! #science
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    This isn't limited to Bears. Lions have been known to do the same thing.

    There is something off-putting about watching a female lion who has lost her cubs blatantly hitting on the cubs' murderer. #science
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    10/29/09

    @NerD: Blattella:

    She never liked the little bastards anyway. #science
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    Image of pH-unbalanced pH-unbalanced
    10/29/09

    @NerD: Blattella: Chimpanzees too. Not to mention, other primates. #science
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    Image of Indigen Indigen
    10/29/09

    @NerD: Blattella: Seems to me behaviour like this makes a species a prime candidate for extinction. It's fucking retarded and incredibly wasteful of time and energy.

    I don't like extinction caused by humans, but I wholly approve of creatures too stupid to survive their own stupidity dying out ASAP. These dumb fucks have evolved the amazing desire to wipe out anyone but their own children to propagate only their own genes. And they say evolution is elegant. Perhaps one day I'll hear brown bears are all gone, and I think I'll fistpump and toast the raising of average intelligence across all life on the globe by a fraction.

    I really just cannot stand stupid animals. In fact tell you what, hand me a machinegun and a lot of ammo and send me to France and I'll finish the job they've started for them. #science
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    Image of Trystero Trystero
    10/29/09

    @NerD: Blattella: Don't hate the player, hate the game. #science
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/30/09

    @Indigen: Except that the gender imbalance is likely our fault to begin with.

    And the human race is the biggest candidate for extinction if you're choosing candidates through stupid behaviour. #science
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    I thought bears were into guys? Oh wait, wrong bears.. #science
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    10/29/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I thought that too! Apparently these are rare straight bears? #science
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    10/30/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Didn't Jack Hanna do a special on those?
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    Image of Eridani Eridani
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    Homicidal polygamist bear cult in France? It's more likely than you think! #science
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    Image of Jeriba Jeriba
    10/29/09

    @Eridani: The biologists' plan calls for relocating them to America so they can get tax exempt status. #science
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    Image of Heriloke Heriloke
    10/29/09

    @Eridani: Don't tell them! Don't tell them! Oh fine, now I'll have to kill you. Well, feed you to a bear, that is. #science
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    Way more infanticidal than the Aaaaverage bear! #science
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women

    Headeaches aren't the only excuses... #science
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    Image of Trystero Trystero
    10/29/09

    @Roklimber: This...this deserves special praise!

    Here's a star: *
    I know you already have one, but this one is a different shape. #science
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/29/09

    @Trystero: Thank you. I aim to amuse. :) #science
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    There is virtually no chance that this story will fail to make the Colbert Report. #science
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    10/29/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: I don't know, this is France's #1 threat.

    Oh. Carry on. #science
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/29/09

    @NerD: Blattella: As a side note, the subject #1 sure has a grab bag of content when you click it. #science
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    Image of Heriloke Heriloke
    10/29/09

    @NerD: Blattella: Oh... I thought France's #1 threat was actually less toothy, smaller and way more nervous. You know. #science
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    Brown Bears: 50% fuzzy adorableness + 50% Carl Panzram

    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    10/29/09

    In reply to In France, Brown Bears Desperately Need Women
    I propose they should arm the bear fathers and give them basic gun training. What could go wrong? #science
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/29/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!:
    Stephen Colbear DOES NOT APPROVE!! #science
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    10/29/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: I support the right to arm bears. #science
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    Image of cadrina cadrina
    10/29/09

    @jajbowler: As they have the fundamental right to protect them and their families #science
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    Image of LiC LiC
    10/29/09

    @jajbowler: Win.

    Can I use this? I would give you a 2nd star if it were possible. #science
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    10/30/09

    @LiC: We need a superstar for some comments, stat #science
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    Image of LiC LiC
    10/30/09

    @Dirk Anger: Or a comment of the week system like Kotaku does. #science
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    Image of cletar cletar
    07/22/09

    In reply to The Comet that Destroyed America
    That's a crappy explanation for Clovis. I don't think archaeological evidence supports that at all.
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    Image of IraeNicole IraeNicole
    07/22/09

    In reply to The Comet that Destroyed America
    If only they had Bruce Willis.
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    07/22/09

    In reply to The Comet that Destroyed America
    Esplodo.
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