Tenacious Black Bear Kicks Back, Takes Snooze In Backyard Hammock

ASHEVILLE, NC — A black bear in North Carolina recently learned the hard way just how precarious it can be to climb in and out of a hammock, but lucky for him, his persistence paid off with a brief, relaxing repose in Michelle Baber's backyard escape.

Baber, who lives in Asheville, said she's used to black bears in her yard, she told the Raleigh News & Observer, but this bear's keen interest in her hammock was definitely a first.

“It went to the hammock and got in and then fell out once,” Baber told the News & Observer. “There was another bear waiting for him and he moved on. I went to the back of the house to tell my husband and when I walked back up I saw him again.”

This particular black bear is only the latest example of wild animals being in the wrong place at the right time when a recording device was readily available to catch their antics.

Earlier this year, a herd of cows in Indiana made a run for it, escaping the farm and taking to the highway in a single-file line. The crafty getaway was also caught on video.

In April, Cleveland police went bananas trying to solve a missing monkey mystery after someone reported several of the primates swinging through a cemetery's trees. The "monkeys" were reportedly caught on video, but some claimed they were just wild turkeys roosting.

Sometimes, the animal antics aren't funny at all.

Just last month, a North Carolina family was attacked in their driveway by a bobcat, which later tested positive for rabies. The incident was captured on a security camera.

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North Carolina's bear populations are primarily concentrated in state mountain ranges and along the Coastal Plain; however, sightings do occur in the Piedmont, or the area of the state located between the Smoky Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.

Today, black bears can be found across 60 percent of North Carolina's total land area.

Sightings usually happen in May, June and July, according to the federation's website, typically a time when young bears are looking for a new home after being pushed away by the adult female as she starts breeding again.