Survival Skills of Bears

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The Grizzly by Enos A. Mills.

In a zoo one day, a piece of hard-tack ( Webster - hard-tack - unleavened bread made in large, hard wafers ) that a grizzly bear wanted fell into the hands of a black bear. The black bear dipped the hard-tack in the water and then started to take a bite. Evidently it was too hard. He put it in the water again, and while it soaked gave his attention to something else. While the black bear was not looking, the grizzly, standing on the further edge of the pool, stirred the water with a forepaw and started the hard-tack toward him on the waves. The instant the first wave touched the black bear he looked around, grabbed the precious hard-tack, which was rapidly floating away, and, pushing it to the bottom of the pool, put one hind foot upon it. How very like the mental processes of human beings! Reply