Jack the Cat Trees New Jersey Bear

Okay, I heard about it, and you probably heard about it too (because the wire story hit every paper in the nation). The cat who trees the bear in New Jersey. Jack:

Cat 1, Bear 0 In New Jersey, Feline Confronts Bruin In Suburban Backyard, And The Bear Backs Off - CBS News

Most of the stories I've seen on this say exactly the same thing. All of them talking about the cat. And yeah, I could add to that cacophony, but it seems to me there is just as much of a story in this bear. I mean, what sort of bear... even a berry-eating suburban black bear like the one treed by Jack... actually gets treed by a tabby cat. I mean, does this bear have no sense of size and danger?

I'm guessing this bear could be treed by an unhappy blackberry bramble.

No question, Jack is tough (and perhaps not particularly bright). But that bear could use a lesson or two on working up at least enough bluster to save itself an embarrassing photo in every newspaper in the U.S.

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