A group from a Buncombe County apartment complex in North Carolina was recorded pulling baby bears out of a tree to take selfies.
How dumb can you get?
If you see a baby bear, mama bear can't be too far away.
While no humans were mauled for the stunt, there's still a tragic end. The cubs that managed to not get pulled from the tree later disappeared, probably picked up by mom. But the one grabbed for a selfie was stuck on the wrong side of the fence.
Ashley Hobbs, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission special projects biologist said,
An apartment complex in the Fairview area that officer did ask me to assist him in response to that, so I did get on site and I saw the cub.
The cub was very wet and cold and had been alone for quite awhile.
She added that it's not uncommon during this time of year for a female to drop their cubs off in a safe tree and then come back.
"We did see the video in response to the bear being left alone," Hobbs said. "We do think that the bear probably had a pretty traumatic experience."
Hobbs was frustrated when she saw the video.
"We did follow up with the people who pulled the bear out of the tree," Hobbs said. "We did confront them on site that day and let them know how irresponsible and potentially deadly it could be for that cub to be separated from its mom, especially ripped out of a tree like that."
The cub seems to have been abandoned, so it was taken to the Appalachian Wildlife Refuge Center, a rehabilitation facility in nearby Candler.
The cub will be raised until it's five-years old and then released into the wild.
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