I normally try to keep my animal-related stories on the cute n’ cuddly (or at least bizarre) side, but its nice to remember that Mother Nature is a cruel bitch-goddess. So that’s why I’m posting Russian Bears Trap Geology Survey Crew from The Moscow Times. It’s the type of terrifying reality that us animal lovers tend to glaze over, but hungry animals equal desperate animals. However, the situation is completely created by men in this case. Over fishing? Check. Littering and attracting bears to populated areas? Check. Russian government delaying rescue efforts and leaving a team of geologists to fend for themselves when two of their own have already been killed by the bears? You best believe that’s a check!
WWWHD? What Would Werner Herzog Do? I smell a sequel! Grizzly Men? Either way, the most troubling part of this article is that there is no resolution. It’s like when you watch news coverage of trapped miners. The drama! The intrigue! Only, replace coal with huge, starving bears and you’ve got yourself one dilly of a pickle. My thoughts are genuinely with these men and with the bears that will inevitably be shot to death. Ain’t life grand?
Tags: bears, geologists, hunger, Russia, whateva
