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News Disney World's Magic Kingdom is experiencing widescale attraction closures this morning due to a bear
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DisneyOutsider
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So, essentially , it's complicated. Re-wilding of former farmland definitely appears to be a factor in the population recovery, but definitely not the only or even primary factor, at least not in most of North America. I would guess that, given the current development and land-use trends, Florida currently is more of a case of sprawl forcing the growing bear populations into tighter corridors, like how the NatGeo article you linked describes.
Rewilding: as farmland and villages are abandoned, forests, wolves and bears are returning to Europe
The abandonment of crops and pastures allows the natural regeneration of bushes and forests and the recolonization of fauna.theconversation.com
The Return of Nature
This is not because the resources are exhausted, but because consumers have changed consumption, and because producers changed production. Then, in about 1940, acreage and yield decoupled in the United States. Since then American farmers have quintupled corn while using the same or even less land…thebreakthrough.org
Black Bears Are Rebounding—What Does That Mean For People?
The North American omnivores have expanded their ranges in recent years thanks to healthier forests and stricter laws—which means more run-ins with people.www.nationalgeographic.com
It's certainly not a "Woe is Bear" situation like the tone of the post you replied to, but the growing human-bear contact situation is a lot more complex than just former farmlands driving a population boom.
We've got lots of bears. We're not just a land of gators, snakes and flamingos.
CumulusIsobar
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Bear captured after sighting prompts closures at Magic Kingdom
Parts of Magic Kingdom were closed around midday Monday due to sightings of a bear.
www.wesh.com
some other guy
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crocs, brain eating amoebae, iguanas, parrots, monkeys
practically a DnD random monster table
Like coyotes, bears are found frequently in residential areas in the state.
I watched a coyote casually stroll down my street one morning. I'm used to seeing raccoons, skunks, deer, fox, possums and armadillos (usually roadkill
), but this was the 1st coyote I've seen outside of the canyons around LA I grew up in.
The American crocodile isn't as prolific in the state as the alligator. But it is still a listed species, which is why you need a permit to hunt gators...the reptile, not the ones in Gainesville.
Bear captured after sighting prompts closures at Magic Kingdom
Parts of Magic Kingdom were closed around midday Monday due to sightings of a bear.
Here's video from WESH 2.
TrainsOfDisney
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I’ve seen bears on property before, years ago when leaving magic kingdom. There used to be bobcats by Disney springs.
And of course deer, turkeys and gators. I saw a very large gator from the skyliner 2 days ago right next to DHS parking lot.
Seems pretty extreme… why close so much of the park?
And of course deer, turkeys and gators. I saw a very large gator from the skyliner 2 days ago right next to DHS parking lot.
Seems pretty extreme… why close so much of the park?
Bears are the only wildlife I've not seen on property. Watched a group of turkeys stroll down the main road leading to the boat dock at Ft. Wilderness. I thought "dinner!". But then, "I'm gonna have to pluck that dang bird".
As they took it away they could hear the Bear cry out "THIS ISN'T OVER....HUMANS!"
Beacon Joe
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Looks like the woods just behind It's a Small World.
Love that video's audio. Reminds me of UVB-76
JohnD
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I've seen turkeys along Western Way. Also bunnies and deer (a real one one the opposite side of the tracks on the back side of MK, not a plastic one you would see on the right).Bears are the only wildlife I've not seen on property. Watched a group of turkeys stroll down the main road leading to the boat dock at Ft. Wilderness. I thought "dinner!". But then, "I'm gonna have to pluck that dang bird".
Epcot82Guy
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I've seen gators in Rivers before. Lots of birds, bats, etc.
And we all realize the bear was released at 4700 W. Sand Lake Road, right?
And we all realize the bear was released at 4700 W. Sand Lake Road, right?
TheMaxRebo
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I am sure just being safe ... can't predict how a bear will act/react and if it hurt a guest that would be a huge issue/deal.
Plus the way the parks are set up and staffed I think easier to say "Adventureland is closed" vs just part of it
durangojim
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I believe the bear was trespassed because he didn’t have a ticket. He was also told he needed a park reservation to which he replied ,”I thought you guys weren’t doing that anymore.” “Not until January” the CM told him. He could be seen being escorted out of the park by Orange County Sheriff Deputies.
ppete1975
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but you would never know they were there if there werent people everywhere. He just wandered further in a direction that he shouldnt have. If this was a huge uninhabited swamp area you wouldnt know there was a black bear population boom. Im just glad he could be relocated, since he was just exploring he should be fine. Its the ones that get used to human food and handouts that are hard to return to nature.
MrPromey
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Free park hopping for MK tickets should have been an automatic with this.
It's not like they don't have experience with that.
ChrisFL
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mf1972
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NJ. nothing here but devilsI love this picture
…and you live in Pennsylvania…by the way.
You have plenty of bears
