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Thought we give the clergy a well deserved rest today...but keep the bears.

A beautiful national park was having an unusual amount of bear encounters by humans...such that they felt the need to post warning signs to educate visitors about the dangers of bears.
  The following was taken from an actual sign.
  Visitors are advised of increasing bear activity, both black bears and grizzly bears. Visitors are advised that although bears do not frequently seek human confrontation, they may act adversely if startled by humans. The park advise visitors to attach small bells to hikers garments so the bears may hear the the humans from some distance to avoid confrontational behavior. In addition, visitors are advised to carry pepper spray.
  Visitors are also advised to learn to identify bear scat to know what type of bears are in the area. Black bear scat frequently contains nuts, bugs and berries.


A visitor was reading the sign and looking puzzled...a park Ranger was passing by and asked "Can I help you"?
  The visitor asked:
 How can I identify Grizzly Bear Scat?

The park Ranger said: that's easy!...it often contains tiny bells and smells like Pepper Spray.