“And the fox said to the little prince: Men have forgotten this truth. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” – Antoine De Saint-Exupery, From The Little Prince

 

 

A very large black bear, not far from the back door, strips a fruit tree in the early fall in Aspen, Colorado.

 

 

A young elk tests out a hummingbird feeder in a backyard garden, somewhere near Carbondale, Colorado.

 

 

Not to be undone, a mule deer buck gets his licks in too!

 

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Posted by Michael Patrick McCarty