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[sweeper5]

Good afternoon Tundra, well, it is here in miserable wet Birmingham!

Thought you might like to know that there was an extremely good Wild Life programme on BBC TV last week about a Ghost Bear family, filmed in an area possibly near to where you are - the Great Bear Rain Forest.

If you can access BBC iPlayer, it is available now to view - well worth an hour of your time.

[TundraWolf]

Thanks, Sweeper, I know of the bears, and their rarity, but they are quite a ways north of me and not always easy to spot when in their habitat at the best of times! I will try to pick up the broadcast on the link as you have suggested.

Hope Brum dries out for you!

A bit I have plucked from the internet on the subject:

"Over the years, I’ve spent many happy hours sitting quietly on a rickety wooden observation platform on Gribbell Island, overlooking the Ryordan River, in the heart of the magnificent Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, Canada.

Most of the time, nothing much happens. I daydream; I listen to the gentle patter of rain on the makeshift tarpaulin roof (it rains a lot in a rainforest); and I try not to make too much noise while swatting buzzing clouds of “no-see-ums” – tiny insects with surprisingly painful bites.
Occasionally, a black bear might wander down to the river to fish.

But then an apparition appears. Usually, I sense it before I see it. Emerging sile

[tony]

Awesome programme with some spectacular footage. The documentary claimed that outside of this particular region, the occurrence of these white coated American Black Bears is one in a million, but within the Western Canadian great bear rain forest islands, the geographical isolation and consequent shrinking of the gene pool throws up a one in ten chance of a ghost bear!

Western Canada must be a terrific area for wildlife enthusiasts like me. I have lost count of the number of documentaries which seem to be filmed there, some of them actually on or around Vancouver Island itself (I keep looking out for my tall Canadian friend but I have yet to spot him!).

The last one I watched was about the Pacific Giant Octopus; some huge specimens can be found just North of Puget Sound in the coastal waters near Vancouver apparently. Prior to that I'd enjoyed a broadcast about Killer Whales off Vancouver Island.

A couple of months ago I watched an intriguing film about Bigfoot, much of it shot on t

[TundraWolf]

It is quite popular with film crews, Tony. In area, Vancouver Island is slightly bigger than England and much of it is forested. the biggest danger to humans there is actually mountain lions (cougars). As for Bigfoot, the highest number of sightings in North America is British Columbia, my home province (the two biggest cities being Vancouver & Victoria).

Didn't see me, Tony? If you look closely the next time the show is on you might see me in the background if you notice a hairless Bigfoot propping up a park bench.