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Florida Black Bear Takes Break, Rests in Hammock

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Black Bear Climbs into Hammock to Rest Up
Courtesy Rafael Torres/Photos from WFTV
ByBEN CANDEA
May 31, 2014, 12:28 PM

May 31,2014— -- Yes, even black bears like to take a break every once in a while.

Rafael Torres snapped photos of this bear lying in a hammock in a Daytona Beach, Fla., neighborhood Thursday.

Torres told ABC affiliate WFTV in Orlando that the bear wandered through the neighborhood before climbing into the hammock. He said the bear stayed there for about 20 minutes, then headed back into the woods.

Apparently he was just resting up for the weekend.

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After making its way through a Daytona Beach neighborhood Thursday, May 29, 2014, a black bear took a moment to rest on a hammock before ambling back into the woods.

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