In Rancho Sahuarita, Arizona, a wildlife rescue unfolded like a live-action cartoon when a tranquilized bear dropped from a tree and knocked over one of the rescue officers waiting below with a tarp. The bear was unharmed. The officer's dignity, less so. According to Boing Boing, it's a humbling reminder that even the most carefully planned animal rescues can't predict the physics of a falling thousand-pound mammal.

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