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marmar

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Thu Jun 26, 2025, 09:40 AM Thursday

Bears escape enclosure and eat so much honey they pass out




Two young bears escaped from their enclosure at a U.K. wildlife park and devoured a week's worth of food store honey before falling asleep, the park said on Tuesday.

Mish and Lucy, both aged four, got out of their enclosure at Wildwood Devon in southwestern England on Monday afternoon.

The pair made a beeline for their food store where they scoffed snacks, including the seven-day supply of honey, a park statement said. The park released video of Lucy devouring the food and "looking very pleased with herself."

The bears "posed no threat to the public at any point" although visitors on site were escorted to a secure building as a precaution. ....................(more)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bears-escape-wildlife-park-enclosure-eat-honey-fall-asleep/




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Bears escape enclosure and eat so much honey they pass out (Original Post) marmar Thursday OP
They are in the heftiest bear contest wendyb-NC Thursday #1
Meh, many of us have been there. Xavier Breath Thursday #2

wendyb-NC

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1. They are in the heftiest bear contest
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 09:48 AM
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Who will be the heftiest weight champion, come the first snows of winter?

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