. The continent we live on. Physical geography; Natural history. Bolh White-lailed and Mule Deer are found in this province. The does of the two species are very hard to tell apart until they raise their tails. These are mules shuffle over to peer fixedly at you through your car windows. They have learned that tourists usually carry food and like to hand it out. But they are so shortsighted they may not distinguish your hand from the food, and when you run out of food they may take umbrage and become very unpleasant. I was once driving through one of the national parks here— accompanied by an
. The continent we live on. Physical geography; Natural history. Bolh White-lailed and Mule Deer are found in this province. The does of the two species are very hard to tell apart until they raise their tails. These are mules shuffle over to peer fixedly at you through your car windows. They have learned that tourists usually carry food and like to hand it out. But they are so shortsighted they may not distinguish your hand from the food, and when you run out of food they may take umbrage and become very unpleasant. I was once driving through one of the national parks here— accompanied by an authorized person—to write a story on these bear beggars, when we met a brownish black bear on a road running along a sheer cliff face—a place the bear had cunningly diosen because nobody could get away from it. and thus had to stop! My companion opened one window just a crack and tossed two slices of bread to the animal. The bear ate the bread, then came to the car. stood up. and put its claws over the glass of the window and refused to let go until more bread was tossed out. If there had been no more bread, it might have started ripping the window out. The window was then closed, but the bear immediately climbed onto the roof of the car! To dislodge it we had to perform some rather complex maneuvers. Yet these animals are of immense interest. I will never forget coming across two bear cubs in a small bush in this same country. Although they stood only about thirty inches on their hind legs, it did not seem possible that the slender twigs of the berry bush could support their weight: yet they were some ten feet aloft and were reaching out to pull the fruits toward them with their paws, stripping them with their tongues, and munching away happily. When we came on them, one immediately slith- ered down the bush, tramped up to us. and stood up on its hind legs begging with its paws and peering intently into our eyes. These were perfectly wild animals, so we shooed the littl
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