Stuck Bear Climbs To Safety On Ladder (PHOTOS)

This bear wasn't caught with his paws in the honey jar but close to it. He was trapped in a skateboarding park in Colorado. After spending the night in the skateboard park, the ensnared bear climbed to safety on a ladder which was lowered into the skating bowl by the Snowmass Colorado Parks and Recreation Department. Check out our slideshow of the event.

• • • • The bear inspects the ladder.

Comments

[Willow207]

Where is his skateboard?

[adamnb]

Put lipstick on it and we'll call it Sarah.

[crayola 08b]

aww, that's great. glad the fuzzy guy was able to figure it out.

[starrianna]

ALREADY this bear is smarter than

* George Bush
* Sarah Palin
* Michelle Bachman
* Carrie Prejean

[igiveadam]

did he have to cross the road?

[jemborg]

How do the kids get out?

:D

[CalculatedRiskTaker]

Hopefully they don't

[robin50]

Hey Hey Hey, smarter than the average bear boo boo!

[justdoodling]

The amazing thing about this is that they put the ladder in so the bear could leave rather than shooting it.
Thank you Snowmass!

[ChaiKat]

I agree.

[larmarch5]

Proves bears are smarter than Republicans. Will use assistance to get themselves out of a pit instead of trying to dig themselves deeper.

[longfeltwant]

This was clearly a communist bear. Why did the government have to lower the ladder? Where was private enterprize?

[grandma58]

thanks for the laugh

[Kissedbyfire]

LMAO!

[ahoyhoy]

I can't imagine being the guy who has to carry the ladder, drop it into the skate-park, steady it to make sure it's sturdy enough for the bear---ACK! Surely the bear was not in a feeding state of mind right then, but you never know! Autumn is their peak eating season.

I'm just saying it takes balls I don't have to spend the minute or so it would take to place that ladder. ACK!
In the words of Monty Python---"Run away!!!!"

[Hedonist88]

He was just taking cover - heard Palin was in in the vicinity

[TAC]

That's why she needs the helicopter...

[Pema]

This once again shows us the losss of wild area for bears and other wilflife. i have been fighting off a hawk , i have never seen a hawk at the beach before. since i wont hurt it i just go our waving my arms and yelling at it to get it away from my song birds and give the nieghbors a good show!

[AndyWright68]

Heeee's smaaarter than the aaaverage bear!

Hey Boo Boo, let's go steel some picnic baskets!

[theiccemann]

Any animal living in the wild, should know that if you climb on something, you should go up. It's like a hill. What is so amazing about this?

Put an inclined plain in a box with a rat, betcha he will climb out. Put a stick in an aquarium with a snake, betcha the snake will crawl out.

... Put a job in front of a lazy human being, who is broke and living off of mom, or the gov't, ... betcha, they won't climb out. See? We are so much more advanced than the typical animal. We know when it's better to stay trapped within ourselves.

[kittyarmy]

Nobody is saying it's amazing. But it's cute =)

[theiccemann]

Aaah yes, ... cute.

[Dolmance]

He sure looks a lot like James Gandolfini.