black bear vs kyles mom

This is idiotic. Black bears kill about as many people as Grizzly bears(1). Obviously that's partly a product of them being much more common, but still -- they are undeniably dangerous. The actions of this woman might be 99% safe, but that's not good enough considering how often black bears and humans run in to each other. I would definitely defend myself if a black bear charged me -- there's a non-trivial chance that bear has selected me for his dinner menu.

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America

so um, when's Werner Herzog's 'Black Bear Woman' documentary coming out?

>> ^Gallowflak:

>> ^grinter:
wow what a moron.
being an idiot is not a good way to change people's attitude towards bears.
Didn't Timothy Treadwell and Werner Herzog teach us anything?
..and don't give me some crap about grizzlies being dangerous and black bears being harmless. That logic would imply that it's fine to taunt a grizzly because it's not as bad-ass as a polar bear. Bears are dangerous. Accept it.. treat them with the respect the deserve.

Well, no, it would imply that black bears are behaviourally different than grizzlies in a way that makes them less of a threat. These assessments are done species-by-species, according to the facts, not with an arbitrarily imposed system of logic.


well, no. Saying that black bears are "less of a threat than Grizzlies" is both true and a good message to get out there. Saying that "black bears are harmless" is will get people killed and is criminally negligent.

>> ^BoneRemake:

2:30
" I am a woman, im all alone "
is that somehow supposed to inspire some sort of scenario of what , she is less capable ?
what sexist b/s


Men are, on the whole, stronger, faster and bigger than women. I think she's just making a point that she's more vulnerable than most of the pussies people claiming to have been attacked by black bears. I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, though.

>> ^grinter:

wow what a moron.
being an idiot is not a good way to change people's attitude towards bears.
Didn't Timothy Treadwell and Werner Herzog teach us anything?
..and don't give me some crap about grizzlies being dangerous and black bears being harmless. That logic would imply that it's fine to taunt a grizzly because it's not as bad-ass as a polar bear. Bears are dangerous. Accept it.. treat them with the respect the deserve.


Well, no, it would imply that black bears are behaviourally different than grizzlies in a way that makes them less of a threat. These assessments are done species-by-species, according to the facts, not with an arbitrarily imposed system of logic.

wow what a moron.
being an idiot is not a good way to change people's attitude towards bears.
Didn't Timothy Treadwell and Werner Herzog teach us anything?

..and don't give me some crap about grizzlies being dangerous and black bears being harmless. That logic would imply that it's fine to taunt a grizzly because it's not as bad-ass as a polar bear. Bears are dangerous. Accept it.. treat them with the respect the deserve.

black bears are known to be seclusive and extremely shy

I mistakenly thought that this said, "Beer week." LOL

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Bear week? Great idea!

Thanks for the promote!

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Bear week? Great idea!

Stolen car, huh? Was it a uh... Black Bear?

>> ^Sketch:
I hope he doesn't slip on it and get it in his pretty hat!


Those hats are still made from Black Bear fur from Canada.

>> ^gwiz665:
If something as small as a cat can scare off a bear like this, you'd think we could develop some sort of mechanism to scare them off ourselves. Instead of just crapping our pants and playing dead.


It's a black bear. They're heavier than most humans, but you can certainly chase them off yourself 99.9% of the time. I would reserve pants crapping for grizzly bears.

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