Listen "Hollywood lied to us: Cocaine Bear"
Episode Synopsis
In 1985, a real American black bear consumed a bunch of cocaine that'd been dropped from a plane into the forest, and died.Nearly 40 years later Hollywood stepped in the rewrite the story. What would happen if the bear survived? Maybe it'd go on a coke-fueled rampage. That's how it works, right?Cocaine Bear (2023) launched a lot of memes, but does it get anything right about bears, or how they'd act under the influence of blow...or did Hollywood lie to us?Would a black bear really eat a drug dealer alive?Do bears do 'snow' *wink* angels?Dr Ann Jones cuts through it all to get some serious answers. Guests:Nate Bowersock, Black Bear and Furbearer Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation, Chair, The BearWise ProgramDr Ben Kilham, founder Kilham Bear CentreNat Tencic, What the Duck?! producer Production:Ann Jones, Presenter / ProducerNat Tencic, ProducerIsabella Tropiano, additional masteringThis episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the lands of the Wadawarrung, Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Kaurna people.If you want to hear more "What the Duck?" episodes- please like and subscribe here.
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