From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:07:55 -0700
One difference between Grizzlies and Polar Bears is the fact that Polar
Bears will hunt humans as food. The Grizzlies just don't like us. They will
certainly eat a human though if convenient. In fact, they will eat about
anything. We can cover two threads at once here. A couple of years ago a
Griz got in my neighbor's refrigerator (on his porch) and ate five pounds
of chocolate. They didn't elaborate on the type or grade of chocolate. He
wrapped a rope around the fridge to keep the door closed and the next night
he heard a ruckus on the porch and the bear had come back and tipped the
fridge over and was jumping up and down on it in a fit of rage. He took a
picture and ducked back in the house. The picture was in the local paper
and I have attached a copy of it. /jnm
> At 22:30 1/12/01, Chris wrote:
>
> >LOL!!! Not hardly! Fully-grown male polar bears can reach 7' tall
> >(standing on their hind legs), and have claws that can be 2" long (or
> >longer)! I don't know what they clock-out at, but I've seen them go
> >from lying down to full-trot-boogie at the blink of an eye.
> >
> >Not something that ANYONE wants to mess with!
>
> Sounds slightly smaller than a North American Grizzly, but just as
> nasty. I've seen a Grizzly run and it's anything but slow.
>
> >I don't know 'bout the American variety, but the Canuckian buffalo don't
> >look *anything* like cattle. Uhhh.... well, I suppose that
> both *do* have
> >four legs and a long tail! :-)
>
> They don't look that much like cattle to me either, especially the front
> end. The resemblance is apparently enough to lure some onto the other
> side of the fence if their "elevator doesn't quite reach the penthouse"
> (i.e. some of their cylinders are misfiring).
>
> >I was out on the tundra about 200 yards off the the road, and he got to
> >about 15 yards behind me (and closing fast) before I finally hit
> the road
> >and was able to gun the 4-wheeler. Had he had 'nuther few yards
> of rough
> >tundra to chase me, he *might* have caught me. VERY scary!
>
> Rule (3) is never go alone and always be certain you can outrun at least
> one other person in the group. (OK, I know; that's bad, very bad).
>
> -- John
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