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Subject: [OM] Re: Camera Bags
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 01:59:51 -0700
All bears are creatures of opportunity and will eat people but most do not
actually hunt people like the polar bears do. Most people killed by bears
simply get in their way or surprise them and the bears react. Bears are very
unpredictable but are quick to defend their cubs and their feeding areas,
especially their kills. As I understand the situation, Treadwell was camping
right where the bears were feeding and many thought he was just asking to be
attacked. He believed very strongly in what he was doing and ignored his
critics. /jim

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Subject: [OM] Re: Camera Bags



Ummm.  I have just read the account of Tim Treadwell and his girlfriend
Annie who died as food for Grizzly in Alaska last September; it was
pretty harrowing, especially as the attack was recorded on tape.  I
should think that Grizzly bears have more access to humans than Polar,
although that may not be what you mean Jim.

Chris

On 2 Feb 2004 , at 22:19, James N. McBride wrote:

>
> As I understand it, Polar Bears are the only members of the bear
> family that
> actively hunt humans as a food source. A friend working on the North
> Slope
> fields told me the bears equated the sound of a plane landing with the
> possibility of food, much to the consternation of the passengers. And
> they
> look so playful and cuddly.  /jim
>
<|_:-)_|>

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