finished updating my old bears picture!
the panda and polar bear are completely redrawn, the brown bear has a new face, and it's all just had a go over and touch up
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It is Feels Fabulous Friday! Treat yourself.
Y'all made it to the best day of the week.
Make your weekend amazing. Lift each other up.
Thanks for hanging out with us. 🤎
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"Sloth bear" by Scorius is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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public service (bearvice?) announcement
i think that this website in particular needs to be aware of the existence of sloth bears. look at this dude
(image description: a sloth bear sitting hunched over on the ground. the sloth bear is broad, with thick black fur that obscures its body. the fur becomes thinner towards its face, where its muzzle and the inner corners of its eyes are splashed with very pale brown.)
the book that i'm reading (Eight Bears by Gloria Dickie) laments that conservation efforts for sloth bears are hindered by their lack of charisma—especially when compared to, say, a tiger (a creature that does pose competition re: conservation) but like. look at this guy.
image description: another sloth bear, this time standing on an uneven rocky surface. there's a certain mournful quality to its eyes. it looks almost doglike, mostly because of the fur on the sides of its face that hangs down like huge fluffy ears.
they're the only species in Melursus (one surviving genus out of three in the Ursidae family). females range from 55 to 105 kg (121 to 231 pounds), while males range from 80 to 143 kg (176 to 320 pounds). their diet is mostly ants and termites, and their mouths are suitably adapted—a lack of upper incisors lets them vacuum up more bugs, and they can close their nostrils completely.
it is worth noting at this point, i think, that sloth bears are the deadliest bears in the world by a large margin (though this seems to be largely because of expanding human settlements encroaching upon Bear Land and thus creating conflict. I Think). they have caused seriously horrible injuries and deaths but they are wild animals and we cannot blame them for this. they have inherent value despite the harm they have caused, not just because of how aesthetically appealing they are, but because they ARE. just because they exist. they are living things, so they have value.
image descriptions: the first image shows sloth bear in the middle of a step, its gaze fixed on something off-camera. its fur is hugely fluffy and luxurious, especially around the sides of its face/the back of its head and neck.
in the second image there are three sloth bears—an adult and two cubs. the adult's mouth is open, giving it a sort of vacant smile. also, it is standing against a shadowed background, such that its fur blends in with the dark behind it, rendering it one indistinct mass of bear. beside it are two small cubs. their fur is shorter and spikier, and their proportions markedly different, but their colouring is the same.
i don't have a call to action. there aren't any petitions to sign, at least not that i can see. i just think that the sloth bear deserves some more love :-)
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Source details and larger version.
I have some rather fun vintage bear imagery collected here.
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sloth bear; ink and watercolor
last eight day’s listening:
sparks - the girl is crying in her latte
steve earle - jerry jeff
the new lost city ramblers with cousin emmy - the new lost city ramblers with cousin emmy
sparks - exotic creatures of the deep
sparks - in outer space
minor threat - out of step outtakes
paint it black - famine
steven wright - i have a pony
soulside - a brief moment in the sun
mary timony - mountains
soulside - this ship
dead prez - let’s get free
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Sloth bear
By: Unknown photographer
From: Wildlife Fact-File
1990s
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Here's to 7 years of TheBearMinimum! A 'trust' fall with all the bears that show up in the comic, as they would be in full color!
This was an extremely big effort to paint with so many characters & is only just releasing now, having been funded by my patrons a year ago! Please consider supporting me over there if you'd like to see more art like this created: https://www.patreon.com/TheBearMinimum
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donita is so funny in sloth bear suction because she doesn’t actually try to steal an animal for her fashion. she legit just sees this messy-haired bear thing and goes “nope. this won’t do” and takes it for the exact purpose of giving it a makeover
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🎉 IT'S 2024!!! 🎉
New Year! New Bears! New Memories! It's going to be great.
We're so glad you're here. You mean the world to us.
Happy New Year :)
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"File:Indian Sloth Bear.jpg" by Samadkottur is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Wildlife SOS staff photographers Lenu and Shresatha took some wonderful Sloth bear images this month, and we love to share them. In this photo Ron bear shows his bushy coat and digging claws at a full run. To see some of the photos we haven't featured, check out our photo store where you can order custom wall art and have it delivered to your doorstep.
Photo taken by Wildlife SOS photographer/communications staff Shresatha Pachori.
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