Smokey the Bear

Buddha? Smokey the Bear? While the two may have similar characteristics, this piece expresses how the two may be one in the same. However, I found many issues with the relation. Why did Buddha show up in the Jurassic period? Who was there to pass enlightenment on? T-Rex surely couldn’t receive it being just a ferocious carnivore. Also, I wasn’t a big fan as Smokey the Bear as a protector of all nature. He is an advocate against forest fires, not a total tree hugger like this piece makes him to be. I would really like to ask the author, why did Smokey show up in the 1940s and not the mid 1800’s when the industrial age began?