Bear Story on Airwaves

Part of my field work involves driving. I have to drive to see various project sites. As I work throughout Washington State, sometimes I spend a fair chunk of a field day in the car. My radio listening includes NPR stations, CBC (Canadian) and Seattle's KIRO. KIRO, a for profit radio station, formerly used have news talk format but switched to all sports. The sports talk gets flat out silly at times - a good match my mind set after a few hours in the car.

Yesterday there was a discussion about how bear would fare in a fight cage fight with a top fighter. This apparently was a follow up on a discussion the day before. But on this day they got a hold of a Seattle Zoo worker that works with bears. The bear expert made it clear that the bear would win every time. "But, What if it was a little bear? A bear that would be considered a wimp by all the other bears?" The Seattle Zoo guy told a story about a sun bear captured in Indonesia. The bear was only 100 pounds and was captured in a 55-gallon drum. The bear tore its way out of the drum and escaped.

Perfect story while slogging up Highway 99 between Seattle and Everett.