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In a move that is sure to go down in adorable bear history, the BBC has named a female panda named Sweetie one of its female Faces of the Year. 2011 was either lacking severely in girlchievements or a banner year for lady pandas. So what was Sweetie's glorious achievement that elevated her, a bear, over that of all female humans who did stuff? More »
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Last night during the much anticipated Packers-Bears football game, NBC flashed a shot of a lady Packer fan holding up a sign that read "My cheating ex-boyfriend is watching from couch instead." The unusual sign made an instant impression on the audience. I happened to be watching the game in Wisconsin, and, as I rushed to take the above snapshot of this genius, everyone in the room was giving her major props for cleverness. By this morning, her bold move was all over the news! High-five for a game well-played. Deadspin has identified the girl as Annie Wagner. So far the cheating cheesehead's name hasn't been revealed. He should be very glad she showed some restraint and didn't put his name on the sign, since he'd probably never be allowed back into Lambeau Field for as long as he lived! More »
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 06: Susan Boyle poses during a visit to WILD LIFE Sydney on November 6, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. This is Susan's first visit to Australia. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images) More »
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Clyde Gardner wanted to murder his ex-girlfriend. So he devised a foolproof plan: dress up as a bear. More »
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When two little bear cubs halted traffic in both directions to play in the middle of the road, a group of sight-seers in Yosemite National Park filmed the adorable action from inside of their car. It's like watching life-life teddy bears play with each other, except for how they'll grow up to be monster-sized beasts that don't mind munching on human beings. But nevermind that, for now, just squee! More »
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Tomorrow Christie's will auction 1,300 Steiff stuffed animals that belonged to hedge fund manager Paul Greenwood, who pled guilty to fraud earlier this year. The collection, valued at $1.5 million, includes a 1925 Steiff Harlequin bear worth $80,000. More »
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More out of Michigan today: the Young Achiever Award goes to high-school senior Jessica Olmstead of Battle Creek, Michigan, who killed a 448-lb bear with a bow and arrow from just 16 yards away. It was her first hunting trip. More »
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A six-month-old bear has finally been freed from his painful prison. The cub got his head stuck in a plastic jug while rooting around in a trash bin. After 10 days of garbage-induced starvation, the Wildlife commission intervened. More »
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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, a queef joke squeaks out on live TV, Bill Cosby claims he isn't dead, and Teresa Giudice gets grilled about her money problems on The View. More »
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A black bear broke into a New Hampshire home Tuesday and stole some fruit, Goldfish crackers — and a teddy bear. Says the homeowner, "I thought maybe ... [the teddy bear] looked like a little baby cub to her." More »
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While we're all for the retirement of passe classifications - particularly of the manscaping persuasion — when we read about the lame "how to deal with gay people" Tumblr, the "straight bears" community start sounding better: More »
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A polar bear cub was spotted playing in newly-formed ice in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, jumping in and out of the water. Later, his mom showed him how to slide on their makeshift ice rink. [Daily Mail] More »
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• We're so used to thinking of dogs as companions that we often forget the most basic reason people buddy up to animals: Food. A new study suggests wolves were first domesticated in southeastern China for their meat. • More »
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Late last night, a Tweeting Sarah Palin dispensed with the Plato, Aristotle and other notable quotables in favor of a different sort of callout: her admiration for American bears. We asked some bears what they thought of this, and her. More »
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What would A.A. Milne say? Pigs are suffering from flu; bears are being abused for "medicine"; now, thousands of kangaroos are being shot to death in Australia. [Times, HuffPo, The Awl, Guardian] More »
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• Roxana Saberi, the American journalist being held on charges of espionage in Iran, was hospitalized. Her ill health is the result of a hunger fast, which she intensified by refusing to drink water. • More »
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Cuddly former Project Runway contestant Chris March did a photo shoot for a publication called New York Tyrant, and the theme, of course, was "bears." Tell us: Are we alone here? Or does Mr. March look a wee uncomfortable? Click the image at left to see additional pix. [Html Giant] More »
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Japanese zookeepers have discovered why their attempts to mate the two polar bears at the Kushiro city zoo have failed: Both are female. When Tsuyoshi, a supposedly male 4-year-old polar bear was introduced to Kurumi, the zoo's 11-year-old female, "he" failed to make any advances. "One day we realized that the two bears urinate in the same way, and we thought, is that how males do it?" said zookeeper Masako Inoue. The sex of polar bears is often difficult to determine because of their long hair. Despite the zoo's breeding plan, it will keep Tsuyoshi, who has become immensely popular with zoo visitors. [CNN, Reuters] More »
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The end of every relationship has its he-said, he-said moments, like who called who last and who should have told who what. Colin Powell and John McCain are no different, but Racialicious Editrix Latoya Peterson and I try to help by creating a playlist for the former paramours. Our thoughts on that, why we aren't Real Americans, murdered bear cubs with Obama stickers, the fucked-up economy, the Republilove for Obama, fertility dances and where the disaffected Republicans should go after the election since they hate Canada. Oh, and best wishes to the Obama family and his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, because we're nice like that. More »
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Got a hairy man fetish? You're not alone! Sassy vet Marjorie Ingall goes on for almost 1,300 words about her love for "men with hair. And not just a tasteful little patch, dead-center, either: I like a full-on chestal pelt, hirsute arms, be-furred legs, even a butt rug." (Butt rug is officially my new favorite phrase!) She describes the straight bear type as "primal, manly, sexual," and wonders what other women see in virtually hairless teenyboppers. That chest waxing scene in the 40-Year-Old Virgin must have been traumatizing for Marge. Later on, she wonders, "why do so many grown women skeeve at the sight of male fuzz? Is it because they see hairless men as gentler, more likely to respect a woman's equality? Is a womanly preference for dainty smoothness a statement about our growing economic power and the mainstreaming of feminism? Or does it show our own ambivalence about gender roles?" I can only speak to my personal preference, but I think my distaste for back hair has nothing to do with the mainstreaming of feminism. That shit is just nasty. More »
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