and sometimes the bear, well sometimes he eats you.

4/28/2008 3:29:01 AM

4/28/2008 3:30:14 AM

Don't eat the bear:

Trichinellosis Associated with Bear Meat --- New York and Tennessee, 2003

Quote :

"Trichinellosis is a parasitic infection caused by tissue-dwelling Trichinella roundworms and is associated traditionally with ingestion of pork from infected domestic swine. As a result of improvements in swine production, trichinellosis has declined steadily in the United States (1). However, infection also can result from eating the meat of wild animals. During 1997--2001, a total of 72 cases of trichinellosis (median: 12 cases annually; range: 11--23 cases) were reported to CDC; the majority of these infections were associated with eating wild game, predominantly bear [emphasis added]."

http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5327a2.htm

4/28/2008 3:54:25 AM

im more worried about the bear cavalry coming to get me than Trichinellosis

4/28/2008 4:06:59 AM

^^ That's why you don't eat medium rare pork chops. Cooking it kills the parasites. You have to know how to cook bear meat though. I've had some that was delicious, and some that was awful.

[Edited on April 28, 2008 at 4:07 AM. Reason : ...]

4/28/2008 4:07:10 AM

My post was simply meant to be informative. Any "eating" at issue was likely metaphorical.

4/28/2008 4:16:37 AM

I was half expecting a picture of Pedobear to be in here. That would have been funny.

4/28/2008 7:15:09 AM