Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: raccoon, bear butt at Reed Spring
Things I learned from Wikipedia:
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The word raccoon is derived from the Algonquin word ahrah-koon-em—other transcriptions exist—which was the pronunciation used by Chief Powhatan and his daughter Pocahontas, meaning "[the] one who rubs, scrubs and scratches with its hands".[8] Similarly, Spanish colonists adopted the Spanish word mapache from the Nahuatl word mapachitli of the Aztecs, meaning "[the] one who takes everything in its hands".
Interesting critters actually - they are very, very distantly related to bears (maybe), but have their own genus - Procyon. Very smart animals too.
The idea here was that animals would come to this small pool right off the trail to drink, and I would get their faces...did not work as planned. I think this bear is the mama bear (based on her size) of Gary Valle's bear cubs :http://www.photographyontherun.com/BearCubsOnTheSouthForkTrail.aspx
Also happened upon the late papa bear, may he rest in peace...or pieces as the case may be.
Actually right on the south fork trail, about a mile down from Islip Saddle. The water is flowing much less than it was two weeks ago - might dry up altogether, I think. _________________ http://www.cougarmagic.com
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