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 Program
- Dr Ben Kilham, founder Kilham Bear Centre
- Nat Tencic, What the Duck?! producer
Production:
- Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer
- Nat Tencic, Producer
- Isabella Tropiano, additional mastering
This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the lands of the Wadawarrung, Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Kaurna people.
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