Southey's all-male ursine trio has not been left untouched over the years.
His own experience and his observation of others lead him to believe children align themselves with the tidy, organized ursine protagonists rather than the unruly, delinquent human antagonist.
At those times in the fall when the park's ursine residents are using the area for their fishing purposes, the trail is closed so as to lessen bear-human interactions.
Nor can he order them to do it themselves, as the conspirators might have, his ursine mouth and throat being incapable of human speech.
While primarily herbivorous, the giant panda still retains decidedly ursine teeth, and will eat meat, fish, and eggs when available.
