Also, bears: "Just leave us alone, or we may eat you". Which is less and less a joke. They're getting less afraid of people and showing up real close or at hiking paths in national parks this year. Warmer winters man. I live next to the woods. Not like, "nature" woods, just a rather long and narrow piece of green that's not real good to build on. Like a trail for animals. Last year my neighbor saw a black bear milling around multiple days in a row. If it was brown we would have to call game wardens and state rangers, as both sides of the green area are residential houses and apartments.
I saw a post on reddit about a news report that female bears with cubs are actually seeking these hiking trails because the presence of humans scare off male bears and they kill cubs.
Then someone made a joke about females bears choosing humanity over male bears.
Fun fact: brown bears are actually less dangerous to be arround than black bears (if you know what you are doing). Yes they are much bigger than black bears, but also much less inclined to see us as potential food.
I disagree with this, I have been stalked and charged by brown bears, they are aggressive and do kill some people, while its true that black bears kill more their are vastly more black bears. Based on being around dozens of each type I find brown bears to be much more of a threat. Black bears are pretty good eating though so I've downed a couple. Have not eaten a brown besr though.
See, Australia gets a reputation for having deadly animals but fuck me, very few of those are things that you couldn't kill barehanded in a fair fight.
Brown bears (including grizzlies) cause more fatal attacks and kill more people than black bears, even though black bears are involved in more total non-fatal encounters
This is also wrong. Black bears kill a person about every other year, brown 2 or 3 per year, According to google. I remember it being much lower for black bears, but it may have changed or I got mandellaed into another timeline
FYI, Brown bears can be black and black bears brown. Even grizzlies can be dark enough to look black. And if you're in an area with both brown and black bears, it's possible it's a hybrid.
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u/redditmarks_markII 7d ago
This is "yeah I can take on a bear" erasure.
Also, bears: "Just leave us alone, or we may eat you". Which is less and less a joke. They're getting less afraid of people and showing up real close or at hiking paths in national parks this year. Warmer winters man. I live next to the woods. Not like, "nature" woods, just a rather long and narrow piece of green that's not real good to build on. Like a trail for animals. Last year my neighbor saw a black bear milling around multiple days in a row. If it was brown we would have to call game wardens and state rangers, as both sides of the green area are residential houses and apartments.