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Black Bear Goes for a Swim in Koi Pond (Original Post) catbyte Aug 2022 OP
A refreshing swim--he'll be back for the complimentary fish buffet. Wingus Dingus Aug 2022 #1
The back story to this pond is interesting... Abolishinist Aug 2022 #2
What state is this? blueknight73 Aug 2022 #3
Sorry, I see that I wasn't clear in my post. Abolishinist Aug 2022 #4
Thank you! blueknight73 Aug 2022 #5
Aww. I love bears. Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #6
Bears always seem so direct, without guile. hunter Aug 2022 #7
Monet built a little bridge so he could paint it and it is now famous! CTyankee Aug 2022 #8

Abolishinist

(1,301 posts)
2. The back story to this pond is interesting...
Sun Aug 21, 2022, 03:55 PM
Aug 2022

The property where my house resides backs up to is a dense wooded, 800 acres which was previously owned by AT&T. It has a five story, nuclear-proof building underground that was a global microwave communications center during the cold war. After the Berlin wall fell and the Soviet Union crashed, AT&T had no further use for this property.

The 16 acres where the building was had been subdivided and sold to a company that did data storage for many clients. The rest of the land was purchased by the township and left as it was to be a park with a few hiking trails. Over 20 species of mammals from tiny mice to large black bears reside in the park behind my house. I have a 5K gallon koi pond in the back of my property and it has become a water hole for many animals: deer, raccoons, groundhogs, foxes, eastern coyote and a few others.

Being a photographer since I was a kid at age 11, (now 76) I have some of the finest photo equipment in production. I have a game camera that is motion sensitive which will capture day or night activity at the pond. Since this camera only will take a 30 second video clip, I needed to edit all the clips for this video. This bear has destroyed my pond several times, but it is darn cute. Recently, it had a cub with it. They raided my bird feeder, then took a swim. I only got the seed feed and not the swim.

Abolishinist

(1,301 posts)
4. Sorry, I see that I wasn't clear in my post.
Sun Aug 21, 2022, 05:39 PM
Aug 2022

I went to the YouTube site to watch this, then hit the "SHOW MORE" icon or whatever these are called. I then posted the extended comments. It says this occurred on August 15, 2021 / Flanders, New Jersey, USA.

This sounds like an incredible place!

Sky Jewels

(7,111 posts)
6. Aww. I love bears.
Sun Aug 21, 2022, 06:21 PM
Aug 2022

I always have the urge to give them big bear hugs, although I'm guessing that's not the wisest impulse.

hunter

(38,317 posts)
7. Bears always seem so direct, without guile.
Mon Aug 22, 2022, 12:11 PM
Aug 2022

Hello. I'm just a bear, being a bear. Here's a pond, I'll take a swim.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
8. Monet built a little bridge so he could paint it and it is now famous!
Mon Aug 22, 2022, 03:23 PM
Aug 2022

ttps://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Footbridge#/media/File:Japanese_Footbridge-Claude_Monet.jp

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