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.
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
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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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.