Hi Per,
As I recall, there was some discussion when I lived in Wyoming about 12
years ago about bears actually stalking humans as a slow, dumb, and quite
tasty food source. It wasn't just those who bumbled into a bear, or came
between the female and her cub that were suffering.
BTW, how can you tell the difference between a black bear and a grizzly
bear? The black bear comes up the tree after you, the grizzly pushes the
tree over!
Gregg
From: Per Nordenberg
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> ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: Gregg Iverson
> > Subject: [OM] Fwd: [Man vs. Bear]
>
> "We advise outdoorsmen to wear noisy little bells on
> their clothing so as not to startle bears that aren't
> expecting them."
>
> Sorry Gregg, but I couldn't help notice this in your message. A similar
advice or
> recommendation about how to avoid bear contact was issued a couple of
years ago
> from the authorities in one of counties in the north of Sweden. The
recommendation
> for all outdoor people was to carry the same little bells that are carried
by some
> reindeers to help the reindeer owner and his people locate the heards.
When people
> from the local population heard about this recommendation they issued a
warning
> saying that this might turn out to be quite fatal, since the specific
animals that
> carry those bells usually are the first one's to be killed by the
bears(!).
> Whenever such a kill has occured the bells themselves are usually also
found
> crushed or chewed on as well, indicating that the bears actually hate the
specific
> sound of the those bells. So much for the bear experts...
>
> Per Nordenberg
> Zoo keeper at Kolmården
>
>
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