It followed them to school one day

 

(1902 Illustration by William Wallace Denslow) 

These days, Mary might just as well have a little bear on her heels.  With just one catch: The bear’s brain would need to be inflamed from a condition commonly known as encephalitis.

It turns out that such bears tend to exhibit puppy-like behaviors.  They cozy up to humans as though they were long lost buddies.  One such cub near Sacramento, California walked right into a classroom and calmly “sat in the back.”

Similar examples have been noted in other parts of the state, as well as in Nevada.  One young black bear hugged a snowboarder, another comfortably hung out in “a residential backyard.”  Sadly, they all seem far too docile to survive for long in the wild.

Resources

https://news.yahoo.com/bear-cubs-california-developing-unexplained-105223090.html

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