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Apr. 27, 2012 7:19am Jonathon M. Seidl

You better believe you’ll be seeing this on Fox anchor Shepard Smith’s show. The host, who has a fascination with bear stories, will be delighted at the latest gem to come out of Colorado.

There, a 200-pound black bear had crawled up into a tree on the campus of the University of Colorado. And it was then that officers decided to tranquilize it around 10 am on Thursday. Its fall onto a fluffy mat produced one of the best photos of the year so far, captured by Andy Duann of the CU Independent:

Photo of Bear Being Tranquilized and Falling in Colorado

Andy Duann/CU Independent

“He was just resting up in the tree probably for a good two hours,” police spokesman Ryan Huff told KMGH-TV.

“He was pretty mellow. He was resting up on the branch,” he added.

The bear will now be relocated.

“We try to move bears more than 50 miles and also try to get them across a major river or highway so that there is a barrier to them heading right back to where they came from,” Randy Hampton, a spokesman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife told the station.

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MotoMofo
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:20am
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/535/bearqu.jpg

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- astrodog1959
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 11:43am
  Well all I see is one dead bear , unless they cover the cage he is in when they move him !!! Bear’s are like cats if they can see the way they were moved they can find there way back home !!! when we move a bear in Idaho we cover the cage because we don’t want it back in the yard in 2 or 3 weeks !!! Just saying
  
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- Huguenot Descendant
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:24pm
  Beware of Karate Bear. LoL
  
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- orkydorky
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:21pm
  I’m just wondering why the person that injured the bear with the dart is not being charged with a misdemeanor by the feds like Ted Nugent was?
  
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- blair152
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:37pm
  It’ll be on Fox News Channel’s Studio B next Wednesday.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:00pm
  Can you fly, Bobby?
  
  Look Ma, no hands!
  
  Damn, shot out of another canon……
  
  Hey, who’s levitating me?
  
  I was told not to inhale the entire helium tank….
  
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dont_drive_slow_in_the_left_lane_obliviot
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:18am
I just found the solution for tree huggers and occuposers who won’t leave…. then relocation to Greenland… which should make them happy, until they wake up.

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- NickyLouse
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:58pm
  Concerning your handle: How slow is slow? I am constantly harassed for driving the legal limit in the “fast” lane. I can guarantee you that not one law-abiding person passes me on the right. I do not have contempt for people who are in a hurry and need to pass on my right. But there are about 25% of those who do pass me (illegally) who express their disdain by cutting me off unnecessarily short and sometimes even slow down below the limit to be sure I kow that they are unhappy.
  
  I am just curious which one you might be.
  
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- harumph
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:16pm
  Louse,
  Remove common courtesy, add righteous indignation, and we arive at your doorstep.
  
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- candcantiques
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:17pm
  @ NickyLouse
  “I am constantly harassed for driving the legal limit in the “fast” lane.”
  
  You’ll have to show me which lane is the “fast” lane. The only lanes I know of are the right “driving lane” and the other “passing lanes” If you are driving the speed limit in the far left lane then you are using that lane improperly and hence the reason you get “their disdain”. When you learn to use the far left lane as a “passing lane” and drive the speed limit in the right or “driving lane” I bet that will stop.
  
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- Girard1974
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:43pm
  @NICKYLOUSE – It’s called the “fast” lane for a reason. But more accurately it should be called the passing lane. In some states (and most countries) one can receive a citation if they are not actually passing someone in the far left lane. Of course this applies to non-urban areas where all lanes are free-access. Out between cities where there are only two lanes on the Interstate driving in the left lane while not passing someone is not only rude, it’s unsafe. That’s why you’ll never see any experienced OTR truckers spending much time in the left lane – they know how to drive defensively and with courtesy.
  
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- Recceman90
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:46pm
  @ NickyLouse Are you really this much of a tool? Get a life! Oh and learn to drive, left lane is for passing….not continually driving! I will salute you as I pass you too!
  
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- drphil69
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:52pm
  @Nicky – In NJ, it is ILLEGAL to drive in the left lane if NOT passing. So, if you drive through NJ and sit in the left lane, IT IS YOU WHO ARE BREAKING THE LAW. (And yes, the state police do write tickets for morons who get in the passing lane while not passing.)
  
  BTW, it is common courtesy to stay OUT of the passing lane if not passing… so if you are not passing you are just blocking traffic and forcing others to pass you in the wrong lane, then getting on YOUR HIGH HORSE about how all those people are “breaking the law.” For your own safety, don’t do it! There are plenty of NUTS out there that will run you off the road or even pull out a gun and shoot you right then and there. It happens, google it.
  
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- Zwiseguy
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:03pm
  When relocating, remember to cover the carrier. Don’t want them coming back. PS. your name… YES.
  
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- hayesstephen
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:34pm
  Why in the name of common sense don’t you move out of the fast lane? In most states the far left lane is for going around slower traffic. You enter the fast lane and than get out of it. Just because you are doing the posted speed limit is no excuse for holding up traffic. What are you the traffic monitor? Get out of peoples way!!!
  
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- Tom K
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:53pm
  @ NICKEYLOUSE: There is No left lane – there is / are the driving lane(s) to your right and one PASSING LANE on the left. You see, after you pass, look in your rearview mirror and when you can see BOTH headlights of the car you just passed, you may SIGNAL and proceed to the driving lane. OR, just stay in the passing lane and (1) some road rage nut job will shoot you OR (2) we will all see you on tv being taken out by the driver of a stolen car that comes crashing into your A$$ during the high speed chase. As much as you wish you could, you can not control everything, so, move over ! Your President has not learned that he can’t control everything either and soon he will be FIRED !
  
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- SoCalStar
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:24pm
  @Nickylouse It is not for you to judge that you are going the speed limit so nobody needs to pass you. Regardless of what speed I am driving, if I am in the fast lane and someone comes up behind or is approaching fast, I just try to get out of the way and let them pass ASAP. It creates greater jeopardy for all drivers around to block traffic and frustrate people and have them weaving in and out of traffic trying to get around. Just let them go!
  
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- Arthur Spooner
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:36pm
  Nicky, it’s idiots like you who make the roads unsafe. Most cops will tell you that.
  
  Let me ask you a question: Why don’t you drive in the right lane?
  
  Is it because you get some sense of power from making others go around you?
  
  Idiot.
  
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- Captain Crunch
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:27pm
  @NickyLouse
  
  It’s drivers like you who incite others to curse at you, flip you the bird, and spit a big hunker out the window as we pass you on the left. Learn to drive before you provoke someone into an act of road-rage.
  
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Taxpayer550
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:55am
Hey Boo-Boo, I’ma feelin a little tipsy from one of those pickinic baskets!

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- rangerp
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:06am
  If I was the school president, there would be a bear skin rug on my office floor.
  
  Where is Ted Nugent when you need him?
  
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- rangerp
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:08am
  would be more hilarious if they were shooting OWS protesters out of a tree. Instead of a air bag, you could let them fall in a dumpster.
  
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doubleplusgood_constitution
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:25am
To bad the bear didn’t show up earlier in the week I heard that they like yogurt!

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duckwalker
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:17am
Come on people, the photo is hilarious. He looks delicious. Uncle Ted would have plans for a delicious dinner for this bear. Bear steaks, bear roasts, bear burgers, BBQ bear!

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- Blacktooth
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:27pm
  Whaaat???
  
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- countryfirst
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:24pm
  Can I get Tranquilized till Obama is out of office.
  
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- GoodStuff
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:07pm
  Mmmm bear ribs….
  
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GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:48am
@THE BLAZE:
Do you really think it is necessary to tell us what is hilarious?

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- garybkatz
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:30pm
  It’s bearly possible.
  
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dsm
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:43am
Hilarious photo?????????????

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- Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:11am
  What would really be funny is to catch several of these bears in a van and then release them in the occupy camps! That would clean them up!!!!!
  
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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:21pm
  Oh come on. A bear falling in mid air spread eagle is hilarious. Look it’s a bird it’s a plane it’s superbear. Lol
  
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- shimauma
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:30pm
  Someone needs to photo shop that picture of the bear flying over the bascillica in rome.
  
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Rick Steele
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:36am
Talk about politically correct: They even had an air-bag for the bear to land on. Didn’t want Boo-Boo to get a boo-boo. They should use this video for the ‘dead-bear bounce’ instead of the ‘dead-cat bounce’.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:54am
  Well, the mat is somewhat better than the trampoline that was used on a bear a few years ago. That bear hit the trampoline alright then flew up in the air and landed on the ground anyway. So , the mat was humane. I commend their professionalism. Yogi is just trying it survive, that’s all.
  
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- JJ Coolay
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:29am
  Umm yeah… a 700 pound thud from 10 feet high could crack a neck or break a limb. So why wouldnt they use a mat?
  
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- ZombieJesus
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:12pm
  @Rick
  I like how you think it’s PC not to let a bear fall and destroy his neck. How exactly is that PC? Some of you are so dominated by your political ideology you can’t evan read any simple article without blaming it on the PC liberals.
  
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Jackie Rogers, Jr.
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:24am
For some reason this picture reminds me of the opening credits of, “Lost In Space”. The Soviet version. Weird.

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jhaydeng
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:19am
This is a bear from Woodstock!

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lgccac
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:01am
I’m still waiting for the “Hilarious” part.

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- Yes a ConsvNY Mother
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:12am
  Hillarious comment… LOL
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:01am
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Run! Boo Boo Run! Oh No Mr. Ranger Sir don’t shoot…..

Took Yogi down just like Trayvon……….

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- 1956
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:38am
  Not THAT was funny. Not so much the pic.
  
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Living In NYC
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:58am
Love this story, made my morning and a great laugh too! Seriously, now I want to be an Animal Control Officer back in my old state of Colordao! Just being there and helping out the folks on the plains and in the mountains!

The big plus is I get to wear jeans, boots, a cowbow hat and have a rifle, a handgun while driving pickup! Goodness I mess Colorado!

Now that’s the America I know!

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- Amren
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 1:27pm
  And that’s why I moved from Kalifornia to America-zona!!!
  
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Quiata
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:52am
Hollywood stunt bear. =)

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dsm
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:48am
HILARIOUS VIDEO?????????
Sometimes the headlines on Blaze stories don’t really match the story.

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- jerseyjo
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:18am
  title says hilarious PHOTO. There is a difference between video and photo. Look below the video…it IS a very funny photo
  
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momrules
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:44am
That was probably one confused bear when he woke up.

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- Blacktooth
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:08pm
  This is an outrage!
  The indignity is too much to bear.
  
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- WhiteFang
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 12:54pm
  I support the “Dignified Bears Coalition” (DBC)
  
  I call on all bears and their supporters to Occupy the University of Colorado. “OUC”
  
  :-)
  
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bald stick
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:42am
Maybe he was taking a vacation from trying to prevent forest fires and touting another “green” job that will save the earth from the menace called “man”. Forget it, only our best and brightest will understand.

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Optimist4now
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:42am
Obviously a bear with religous values, removed from the campus by atheist sympathizers.

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4xeverything
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:37am
Hey TEABUNNY,
Does crap stick to fur?

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4xeverything
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:35am
I prefer moose.

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MiCurmudgeon
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:35am
I can think of a lot of Congress that should be tranquilized and transported across a major river or highway so they would never return to Washington and cause more havoc.

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- Living In NYC
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:51am
  How about north over the Detroit River so they can go to Canada or maybe south thru the Rio Grande for a warmer climate.
  
  Eric Holder said you don’t need any papers to get back in..so we will even give each government offical $100.00 for their papers! In Columbian terms that equates to a couple of visits from ladies of the night!
  
  PARTY DOWN!
  
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angelcat
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:34am
I couldn’t bear to watch this. The bear (sic) truth is that our furry friend was more like a wet noodle than a bear. He reminded me of what it was like to get up my son in the morning when he was in high school. I’m glad the bear is safe and no one was harmed.

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- Baddoggy
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:51am
  My granddaughter was like that when I woke her in the mornings. Screamed and yelled…So I just started throwing cold water on her to wake her and told her that she could avoid the cold water IF and only IF she wasnt angry when i woke her. Now she wakes up with a thank you and a smile…Funny how discipline works…
  
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- 4xeverything
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:24am
  My parents finally got fed up with us kids waking them up at 6AM on the weekends so they resorted to revenge. They woke us up on Saturday mornings at 5AM by blaring the Hallelujah chorus through the house and coming into our rooms banging pots and pans and yelling “goooood morning!!!”
  
  We learned quick that Saturdays were made for sleeping in.
  
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Constructionist
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:32am
Unfortunately, the park ranger missed the bear with the first shot… and was promptly apprehended by federal agents.

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Baddoggy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:30am
The only way they knew it wasnt an OWSer is that they saw it crap in the woods and not in the park…

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- skimmer57
  Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:45am
  Speaking of crap it would have been great to have ole draft dodging pooh pants Ted Nugent kill the bear illegally. He’s my hero!
  
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changedone
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 7:29am
He was there—without photo ID, of course—to vote for the Democrats!

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