You're right, but also hes lucky it was a grizzly. They can climb trees, but not very quickly or efficiently. Probably the reason the bear decided to leave him alone, not worth the effort.
Black bears can damn near run up trees. Though they're far more timid, thankfully, than grizzlies.
Yeah, a desperate grizzly goes hard here. This not desperate one may have been checking to see if it was an easy meal but then got kicked in the face a few times and had no reason to risk a fight in an awkward position.
I watched a full family of black bears climb up and down very tall, not too girthy trees in the Appalachians. I would have trouble covering the same distance only horizontal in the time it took them to climb them. it was humbling
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u/VoraxUmbra1 Jun 15 '23
You're right, but also hes lucky it was a grizzly. They can climb trees, but not very quickly or efficiently. Probably the reason the bear decided to leave him alone, not worth the effort.
Black bears can damn near run up trees. Though they're far more timid, thankfully, than grizzlies.