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Project Grizzly Bear-Proof Suit Up For Auction

Posted by simoniker on from the electric-boogaloo dept.

Ch_Omega writes "The Project Grizzly suit, The 'Ursus Mark VI', a 'grizzly-proof' suit of armour', was mentioned on Slashdot a few years ago. For all of you who then wished for such a suit (for wrestling with Grizzly Bears?), both the original Mark VI and the improved Mark VII (featuring 'a built-in video screen, a cooling system, pressure-bearing titanium struts, protective airbags, shock absorbers, a robotic third arm, built-in regular arms and swivel shoulders') are now for sale on eBay!"

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  1. Animals are not toys by Gothmolly · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just as well if this thing flops. Animals are living beings, not toys, and wild animals, especially grizzlies, are nothing to mess with. Just because we CAN invade their territory, disrupt their ecology, and torment them, doesn't mean that we should.

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    I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
    1. Re:Animals are not toys by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Just because we CAN invade their territory, disrupt their ecology, and torment them, doesn't mean that we should.

      Can we assume that you've moved out of your house (built on land that used to be some sort of natural, unbuilt spot inhabited by creatures of all sorts), and moved into some place on the planet that had no natural wild animals?
      Like...well...actually nowhere.

  2. Pursuit of a Dream by serutan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There's something inspiring about a lone inventor relentlessly pursuing a goal, even if it seems like more of an obsession.

    "Canadian inventor Troy Hurtubise spent 10 years perfecting the Ursus Mark-VI suit of armour."

    "Perfecting" might be an exaggeration. Every time he tested any of the suits against an actual bear (unmanned), it was always Bear 1, Suit 0. Still, I have to admire Hurtubise's perseverence.

  3. Re:up-and-coming industry? by cexshun · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As there is no ebay member "bearsuits", there is a member "bearsuit". Although he/she has had no action on the account since August of 2001.

    His Profile
  4. interesting statistics on the website... by BinaryJono · · Score: 2, Interesting

    from the bear page: From a standing start, a grizzly can run 100 metres over rough terrain in just over 6 seconds.

    from the suit page: Trigger finger-activated "blaster can" on right arm, capable of spraying a 38 centimetre (15 in.) diameter cone of bear repellant for a distance of 4.6 metres (15 ft.), for a duration of 7 seconds.

    so in other words, i better be able to run in my 150 pound suit 100 meters over rough terrain to safety within 7 seconds or i'm dinner...