About 15 years ago, while sauntering down a midway side channel at the State Fair I came a across a little Bear Exhibit basically in a Semi trailer. Always excited to see new bears I paid for my ticket and walked up the three steps to see two fairly large, c. 400 lb. blonde Syrian bears. Bear watching is always engrossing so I enjoyed watching these guys play around for a few minutes when the door opened and in walked a HUGE dark chocolate Bear! He was probably close to 8 feet long and weighed around 750 lbs. Twice the size of those pretty Syrians. A few minutes later a keeper came in with a broom and some snacks. While he was going about his duties the huge chocolate bear kept pestering him. He would paw at his leg, paw at his shoulder and make little noises. Finally the keeper couldn't take it any longer , He put down his broom and said "Oh Alright!" He went over to the big sitting bear whose head was about the same height as the standing keeper and raised his thumb. He then proceeded to stick his thumb into the mouth of that huge bears and the Big Bear sucked away like a happy two year old on his pacifier.
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