Farting animal highlights ‘what a bear should be doing’ [Video]

YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS VIDEO FROM EARLIER THIS MONTH — OF A BEAR MAKING ITSELF AT HOME WHERE IT DID NOT BELONG… IN A FAMILY’S HAMMOCK IN THE MAD RIVER VALLEY. IT’S JUST ONE OF HUNDREDS OF ENCOUNTERS THE VERMONT FISH AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT HAS HEARD OF THIS YEAR BETWEEN BEARS AND PEOPLE. WELL NOW — SOMETHING SHOWING EXACTLY WHERE BEARS ARE áSUPPOSED TO BE — DOING EXACTLY WHAT BEARS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. <áBEAR FARTSá> YES — THAT REALLY WAS A BLACK BEAR FARTING. BOB ETZWEILER’S TRAIL CAM CAPTURED THE MOMENT THIS SPRING. WE’RE NOT SHOWING IT TO YOU BECAUSE IT’S SILLY — WE’RE SHOWING IT BECAUSE THERE’S ACTALLY A SERIOUS MESSAGE BEHIND IT. ETZWEILER IS A CERTIFIED WILDLIFE TRACKER AND AN EDUCATOR AT THE VERMONT WILDERNESS SCHOOL IN BRATTLEBORO. HE AND AN APPRENTICE WERE CHECKING OUT A REMOTE SECTION OF MARLBORO WHEN THEY THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A …