Black bears aren't a huge threat...
...as long as you aren't between mama bear and their cub. Yes, they can possibly be dangerous, but they aren't known to be a huge threat to humans. Now brown/grizzly bears... Well, you see one of those and it decides you're lunch, you'd better have a "friend" with you that you are either a) faster than or b) can trip. Ceterum autem censeo pars Republican esse delendam. |
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lone blackies are more dangerous than momma with cubs
"In particular, the common belief that surprising a mother bear with cubs is the most dangerous kind of black bear encounter is inaccurate," Herrero said. "Instead, lone male black bears hunting people as a potential source of food are a greater cause of deadly maulings and related predatory attempts." https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/lone-predatory-black-bears-responsible-most-human-attacks/2011/05/11/ "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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This looked like a young one
By the sounds of it, it had been running for a while. It's hound huntin' season here and although I did not hear any baying, who knows what happened miles away. |
Heavy breathing and a big black bottom
- (scoenye)
- (6)
- Sept. 13, 2021, 07:40:42 PM EDT
Time to practice protocol
- (drook)
- (2)
- Sept. 13, 2021, 10:06:54 PM EDT
Indeed. At least I managed not to start running.
- (scoenye)
- (1)
- Sept. 14, 2021, 07:50:50 AM EDT
Makes a big difference to your response, maybe; not much difference to the bear
-NT
- (drook)
- Sept. 14, 2021, 08:09:09 AM EDT
Black bears aren't a huge threat...
- (InThane)
- (2)
- Sept. 14, 2021, 03:35:34 PM EDT
lone blackies are more dangerous than momma with cubs
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Sept. 14, 2021, 04:36:40 PM EDT
This looked like a young one
- (scoenye)
- Sept. 14, 2021, 07:08:32 PM EDT