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Does A Bear Scat in the Jungle

posted 8 years ago by marloweisdead
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There is an age-old question for when someone says something to which the answer is obviously "yes", and that is "Does a bear *beep* in the woods?" (excuse the language if you're sensitive).

In The Jungle Book, Baloo the Bear does quite a bit of scat singing, the jazz vocalisation that includes a lot of skippety-doo-bops etc. Scat is, of course, also another word for animal poop.

So.. "Does a bear scat in the jungle?" ... "Does a bear *beep* in the woods?"

I wonder if this was a deliberate pun on the part of the film makers!

[–] snelling 8 years ago

If that was their intention, good for them. There are many rumours that the folks at Disney had a lot of slightly dirty or adult jokes hidden throughout their animated movies. Good catch to you though. If you check out YouTube you will find more, some more convincing than others in my opinion.

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