John Hightower wrote:
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On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:42:51 GMT, "Alaskan420"


Also, the picture of the half eaten man has
nothing to do with the big bear shown in the photos. Barnard would
like everyone to think that the bear pictured killed said man. Ain't
true. Two entirely different cases.


I've been told that, as far as getting eaten goes, black bears are a bigger
problem than griz. Griz attacks tend to be more territorial, black bear
attacks, while rare, tend to be predatory. I guess its possible to survive
a griz attack by the old fetal position if ALL else fails, but with a black
you'd better think of something else. I have no idea if thats true for the
Alaskan Brown bear (their version of the griz)

That bear was huge. He must have been old. Maybe he had bad teeth, or a
broken bone, or was really, really ****ed off about not scoring with the
sows because some young stud kicked his ass. Maybe offing some arrogant
hairless bipedal ape seemed like a really good idea at the time.

Whatever. The point is that brown bears aren't cut out with a
bear-shaped cookie cutter. They come in all different colors of
personality and circumstance. The mere fact that even an immature one
can tear you to pieces in seconds should at least give you pause.

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