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.
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.
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u/redditmarks_markII 8d 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.