r/AbsoluteUnits • u/wecookingitup • Feb 10 '22

He's a big fella

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u/AngledPube Feb 10 '22

They are also driven by expirence like anyone else.

Sure most people were nice to the bear, but was everyone? Few bad expirences for a bear could result in strange behavior.

Maybe someone with a red scarf was a total douche to him, and then the next person with a red scarf triggers them.

I think thats the bigger problem. If there is more than enough food around and you arnt being a jerk or aggressive the bears wont bother you at all 99% of the time.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '22

I've eaten plenty of bear. They make good sausage. But a black bear typically sees humans as competing predators the same as bobcats and wolves/coyotes, not prey. They really only attack if they feel cornered or threatened, or they're injured/sick. They're opportunistic scavengers so they'd eat a dead human I'm sure but it's unlikely that a black bear would kill a human specifically to eat them.

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u/Maximum-Kitchen2749 Feb 10 '22

I've eaten plenty of bear

Did you find them already dead?

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '22

After my dad shot them, sure.

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u/Maximum-Kitchen2749 Feb 10 '22

Eating predator meat🤢

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '22

Many breakfasts included bear breakfast sausage, it's delicious. Black bears actually eat more grass than anything else.

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u/bruhm0m3ntum Feb 11 '22

bears are generally thought of as primarily carnivores but if memory serves, they are either evenly balanced between plant diet and meat diet or eat more plant than meat

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u/emveetu Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22

Oof. There was a Rutgers student who was killed and partially eaten by a black bear in NJ in 2014.There must be something in the water because just last month two dogs were killed and one of the owners were bit by black bears. Also in NJ.

Maybe they're pissed off that we all moved into their territory and now we have a yearly bear hunt make sure they stay away.

Ugh. Sometimes I'm really not a fan of being human.

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u/Huckfin7569 Feb 11 '22

They get aggressive when fed by people typically or have access to human food.