Timothy Treadwell: Bear “Expert” Killed By Bears (Page 2)
Timothy Treadwell was certainly one of the more foolhardy of this breed of nature documentary star but I doubt he will be the last. Even some scientist types have started imitating these guys by trying to get close to dangerous animals. Remember the idiot that had his calf ripped off by a bull shark? He was playing the same game as Treadwell, Irwin and the rest - using animals as props to attain media attention and funding. His gambit with the bull sharks nearly cost him his life, he almost bled to death after his calf was bitten off by the shark.
If you watch Treadwell’s shows you will notice him saying “I love you” and making other inane remarks as he gets close to wild bears. It’s simultaneously nauseating and mind-blowing to see a human being with so little regard for his own life and so little respect for the animals he claims to love. It’s as though he’s lost in some kind of fantasy world where he’s “special” and “different” from the rest of us and thus able to walk among wild animals without worry of being attacked.
He comes across as totally out to lunch about the *reality* of what he’s doing and where he is. Even his photos contain cutesy names for the bears such as “Holly Bear” or “Taffy Bear.” One can’t help but wonder what went wrong in Treadwell’s life that could produce such an infantile perception of dangerous predators. Or perhaps it’s just more evidence of the “Disney-ification” of our society. We seem to have become so cut off from nature that some of us have lost all sense of reality.
Does this look like a predator that should be named “Winston Cubby Bear” to you?
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