The term anthropomorphize
refers to the act of attributing human characteristics to non-human subjects,
be they animals, plants, politicians or other inanimate objects. But if
ever there was a creature that was a prime candidate for anthropomorphism, it
is the bear. If you are one of those people who are ardent people watchers, you
would enjoy watching bears – from a safe distance, of course. Bears seem so
human in so many ways. Anyone who’s ever spent any amount of time
observing bears will notice that they usually appear to be just kind of
bumbling their way through life, just like so many of the humans that we all
know and love. I can see myself and my friends in many of the actions and
behaviors of bears.
