"JOHANNESBURG. They're dashing and daring, courageous and caring, faithful and friendly with stories to share, but hundreds of Gummi bears have already been pulped by tunneling machinery under Johannesburg. According to conservationists, the Gautrain will wipe out Gauteng's population of the magical bouncing bears "far more quickly than Duke Igthorn could ever have imagined".
Construction workers on various Gautrain tunneling sites say they are finding fewer and fewer traces of the magical bears.
"It used to be that we'd see them once every couple of weeks," said mechanic Josiah Mphundu.
"We'd break through some rock, and we would see these bears, bouncing here and there and everywhere.
"But not any more."
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Conservationist Eric Monkey-Chandler said that efforts to save the remaining bears had been hampered by a lack of knowledge about the secretive animals.
"Magic and mystery are part of their history," he said. "
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