Andy Duann’s photo from the University of Colorado student newspaper, The Independent, shows a tranquilized black bear falling from a tree. (©CU Independent / Andy Duann / http://bit.ly/K0KWM7 )

Once-in-a-lifetime shot shows sleepy bear falling from a tree

4/26/2012

Don't worry, this bear wasn't injured during the taking of this photograph. He simply wandered into a neighborhood near the University of Colorado, and, after officials successfully tranquilized him, fell from a tree onto mats from a nearby recreation center placed to cushion his fall. That's when a student photographer from the CU Independent got the shot of a lifetime. A police spokesman says the animal "is now in a cage" and "will be relocated at a higher elevation."

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What do you think this bear is dreaming of?