Re: NNG Watch Out For Bears

Wayne Hoskin Wrote:
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> Down here in Australia we don't have big furry
> animals that can kill you of any kind (swimming is
> totally different game), so I was intrigued by
> your bears on my first trip to the States, and
> disappointed I didn't get to see one in the wild!
> But also not wishing for a close encounter.
> We stayed with some friends just out of Ridgway,
> with scrub land right next door, but alas, no
> bears, although they weren't uncommon by accounts.
> We had I got home when Greg emailed a message that
> his son in law had to shoot a bear, I asked
> 'where' out of curiosity, expecting a 'out in the
> country' type reply, I wasn't expecting it when he
> said 'thru the back door'.
> You can keep your bears!
>
> Wayne from bearless Oz


Maybe you can tell me what this was...

I spent a bit of time at Woomera, south-central Australia, in the '90s. One day, we decided to drive out to Andamooka. On the way, something moving caught my eye on the roadside right as we passed it; looking in the rearview mirror, I watched a lizard of some start to sort cross the road. When his nose reached the centerline, his tail was still a couple of feet into the shoulder...