Grizz Vs. Ant.

[LukeJ]

Your a young antelope lying in the tall grass when A Grizzly storms the herd. Instinct tells you to lie still, hoping the beast will pass. But when he gets closer, fear overcomes instinct, and you lose your nerve and bolt. The giant monster moves fast for it's size and you can feel it gaining on you. You start to feel a burning in your underdeveloped lungs.

Out of desperation you try to jump a felled tree but you get all entangled in the branches. Your leg is broken, sticking off at a weird angle but it doesn't hurt because shock has set in and your little fawn heart is clipping along at about 200 bpm.

And you can hear the bear taking it's time now, methodically snapping the branches around you, decluttering his meal area. And you smell it's breath before it takes your head in it's mouth. And you hear your skull crunch but again, there's no pain. And the last thing you think to yourself before the lights go out is this, "At least I didn't go out like a chump eating the wrong berries or something, cuz that would be emberrassing."

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Bears hunt antelope ?

 

[Terry_Lasater]

Bears are opportunistic omnivores.

Hey, I think that'd be a cool name for a band. Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together and make some nooise for Epic recording artists... The Opportunistic Omnivores!

[crowd screams; goes wild]

 

[n8ture]

Grizzlies do eat pronghorn antelope babies. However once they get their legs under them antelope are almost impossible to catch.

I've never seen them in tall grass though as they have such keen eyesight they usually like to hang out where they can see great distances in every direction.

 

[Jdaniels]

And the last thing you think to yourself before the lights go out is this, "At least I didn't go out like a chump eating the wrong berries or something, cuz that would be emberrassing."

As I'm reading this, the first thing that popped in my head, was wth? Then I think maybe he is talking about Steve Irwin. Sure he was a nut, but he made nature videos fun to watch again.
At least he went out doing what he loved doing

JD

 

[mjmcneese]

I'm not doubting this, but where in North America do bears and pronghorn share the same territory?

 

[Kirk Gillock]

I agree, the story is flawed. Why not just change it to an antelope in Africa being chased by a lion? Leave it to a group of filmmakers to nit-pick a plotline.

 

[LukeJ]

Hey a guy with the codename "N8ture" says that Bears kill antelope. Thats all the proof I need.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

As I'm reading this, the first thing that popped in my head, was wth? Then I think maybe he is talking about Steve Irwin. Sure he was a nut, but he made nature videos fun to watch again.
At least he went out doing what he loved doing

JD

Instead of going out eating a cheeseburger you mean ?

 

[mjmcneese]

Hey a guy with the codename "N8ture" says that Bears kill antelope. Thats all the proof I need.

I kill bears...trump.

 

[donkathon]

Bears hunt antelope ?

I just fell out of my chair, laughing.

Like the carbon-fiber member said, bears are omnivores, but will not necessarily (as far as I know) kill an antelope.

 

[Jared Meyer]

I don't get it. What's the context for this post?

 

[mjmcneese]

Not to be a smarty, but the range maps for the grizzly and the pronghorn do not overlap.

 

[Jared Meyer]

You sure? I think they might in Yellowstone.

 

[LukeJ]

The context: It was late and I was bored and buzzed and I wanted to write a little story. I didnt' realize at the time that I was going to have to do extensive research into the migratory patterns of Pronghorn and Grizzlies. But I like the fact that the flaw encouraged participation.

 

[n8ture]

Yellowstone has pronghorn antlelope, grizzly and black bears all in the same range.
Pronghorn usually hang out by the Northern entrance before you get into Mammoth.

Look on the right on the flat plains as you enter the park and you'll see them all the time.

When grizzlies come out of hibernation, elk calves and pronghorn calves are on their menu without a doubt.

 

[LukeJ]

So tell me DVXer's, if that's the truth, is he lyin'? (lion)?

 

[n8ture]

Don't believe me?
http://www.greateryellowstone.org/ecosystem/wildlife/other.html

 

[LukeJ]

Yeah! Don't believe him? Check out that sight then! Or are you scared to?
Me and N8ture know our animals and the land they inhabitat or whatever.

Were woodsman, outdoor guys, something you film geeks just couldn't understand. And while you all are sitting at home googling ****, we're living it!

Your guys' heroes consist of names like Spielberg and Gates and Rodriguez.

But not me and N8ture, we pattern our lives after real men. Like Paul Bunyon, Davie Crocket, Daniel Boone, Casey Jones, Ol' Dan Tucker, Tarzan, Roy Rogers, and Audie Murphy.

And when we die, it won't be in front of a computer. For us, it will be like the baby pronghorn. It'll happen so fast that our death will come at the peak of our adrenaline rush, so as to make it a positive experience, without pain, fully understanding why it's happening, not blaming the Grizzley (or knife weilding attacker) but understanding that they know not what they do. Sure,we'll fight for our lives, but we'll go at peace. And in the end, I think that's what we all want.

 

[LukeJ]

Hey Nature, in all seriousness, that's a sweet web page.