Bear in a Hammock Gets Ready to Attack the Weekend

One black bear in Florida prefers to bring in the weekend not by raging, but instead with a nice, relaxing lounge in a hammock

Local resident Rafael Torres caught this totally chilled-out bear climbing into a hammock on Thursday night in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Bear takes break on hammock after roaming Daytona Beach neighborhood: https://t.co/uGlV1A2Ace pic.twitter.com/1YPzFgZq0G

— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) May 30, 2014

The bear really did, apparently, just want to relax. When asked about approaching it for the photo, Torres told local NBC affiliate WESH that he was about 60 feet away when he took the photos and the bear didn't seem to care. Instead, it just kept lounging. Read more...