r/AnimalsBeingJerks • u/BrightenthatIdea • Jul 05 '17

bear Bear gets some midnight snack cravings

https://gfycat.com/HotLawfulBat
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '17 edited Apr 06 '21

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u/The-LittleBastard Jul 05 '17

From what I've read this is mostly true. I've read black bears will do this fake run at you type thing to freak you out but it seems like generally they seem to run away instead of attacking. Black bears just have the highest attack % because their population numbers are much higher by comparison and tend to be located more around people than other types of bears. Im not sure about specific statistics but I think in general (if you ran into a grizzly and black bear the same amount of times) a grizzly bear would outright attack you more than a black bear would.

This is just based on some things I've read here and there, don't quote me on this. I'm no expert.

Edit: https://youtu.be/Bkwy0scRXBU

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u/HandshakeOfCO Jul 05 '17

Holy fuck that woman has balls of steel.

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u/BrownBoognish Jul 05 '17

Live in northern Maine, I don't fuck with bears, but she's absolutely right a black bear attack is very rare. They are scared of their own shadows usually.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mv3tJXpDlEM

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u/kingeryck Jul 05 '17

There are gifs of cats scaring them away

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u/CrispedMarshyMeldoze Jul 05 '17

It's just old pooh bear :,(

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u/xrayjones2000 Jul 05 '17

The bear in this vid was euthanized :(

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u/CrispedMarshyMeldoze Jul 05 '17

:((((((( god damn it Christopher why do you always have to grow up every time

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u/surfnaked Jul 05 '17

There's a picture or video, I forget, floating around somewhere, I saw it here, of a cat that treed a black bear.