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andym
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09/19/2017 10:52PM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
We went to the Bear Center in Ely last week for the first time in a few years. We did get to see Lucky climb a tree and watching a 460 lb bear do that is pretty impressive.

But perhaps the coolest new thing, and it's a couple of years old, is a northwoods ecology room with an excellent diorama including a large number of taxidermy animals. Really an excellent way to hone those species identification skills and a reason to bring BWCA newcomers there before their first trip.

If you haven't been there lately, give it a see.

After that we stopped at the wolf center and got treated to all 5 of the display pack running around and interacting. Last year's pups are starting to test the leaders for dominance and that was pretty interesting to watch. Denali, the biggest male, put up with it for a while but then made it clear who is boss.

Both visits were excellent and we just got lucky at the wolf center. It helped that we went near the end of the day and perhaps that they were getting fed later that evening. If they realized that, it might have revved them up a bit.
 
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09/20/2017 03:00PM  
Fun reminder to allow extra time before/after a trip to see the local sights. With animals going more than once means you'll see something new each time.
 
VoyageurNorth
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09/20/2017 03:12PM  
Thanks for the reminder about the Bear Center. Haven't been there all year. I remember when Lucky was just a little cub bugging Ted. :-)
 
andym
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09/20/2017 03:53PM  
quote VoyageurNorth: "Thanks for the reminder about the Bear Center. Haven't been there all year. I remember when Lucky was just a little cub bugging Ted. :-)"


Yep, we remember that, too. They had a video of those days playing over the windows to outside. Pretty amazing contrast.
 
09/20/2017 04:25PM  
Is Ted still around?
 
VoyageurNorth
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09/20/2017 04:57PM  
Ted is, Honey is not.

Bear Center - Ted live camera
 
09/21/2017 03:19PM  
quote VoyageurNorth: "Ted is, Honey is not.


Bear Center - Ted live camera "


Thanks!!
 
09/22/2017 09:24PM  
Agree, traveling to Ely without visiting the Bear Center is a sin. Our first visit to the Center was last week. Very impressive. I've been going to the Boundary Waters for 40 years now. First time I've ever seen a bear. Staff member reminded me however, that this was probably not the first time an Ely bear has seen me. :)
 
09/24/2017 12:40PM  
quote knapp9: " Staff member reminded me however, that this was probably not the first time an Ely bear has seen me. :)"


Good one!
 
09/25/2017 06:50PM  
Oh yea that room is super awesome. We spent a lot f time in that room a few years ago. It was super interesting, especially to see just how big a moose is if you haven't seen one in the wild!
 
09/25/2017 07:31PM  
I was fascinated by the skeleton of the short-faced bear. I sure wouldn't want the aroma of my frying bacon attracting one of those to my camp.
 
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