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Seems like being quiet is not the thing you should do under those circumstances. Yelling LOUDLY is recommended, yeah?

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I looked up the whole "what to do about bears" thing last time a bear vid came up here. Its quite interesting really.

Anyway, I believe the whole "shout and man up" thing only applies if the bear charges you, which usually occurs if you surprise the bear since they mostly avoid humans if they know you're there. If you see a bear from a distance you should try and attract its attention, if you come across a bear without it noticing you should back away quietly and slowly. Maybe they did the former before this video starts, and the latter sort of isn't possible when it decides to join you in the tree. Basically you don't want to surprise a bear because thats what triggers their defensive behaviour, and thats when acting like prey gets you eaten.

The real danger are the bears which have been conditioned somewhat, ie they associated humans with food and not as possible threats. This is why you shouldn't feed a bear or leave food lying about etc. It could be that this bear knew they were there, didn't care and smelt some food up there with them, in which case I think playing dead/keeping quite may have been the best strategy.

but this is all academic (and interesting!), it seems they survived their encounter so go them.

They wouldn't to scare away deer prey in the area with loud noises...But now they scared it by the smell of shit in their pants.

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