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On Sep 24, 3:42 pm, [email protected] (Floyd L. Davidson) wrote:
> Jim Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Floyd L. Davidson wrote:
> >> [email protected] wrote:
> >>> Mike, your ignorance of wildlife and factless statements become irritating.
> >> True.
>
> >>> While black bear attacks on humans are rather rare, as a carnivore, they can
> >>> and do attack humans from time to time. The probability of an attack is
> >>> measured in the 1 to 400 million or more (given the number of recreational
> >>> visitor days a year in black bear country).
>
> >> I assume all of that is correct. I don't see it as
> >> significant, one way or another. If you are in bear
> >> country... *do* be concerned.
>
> >It isn't. But you don't have them where you live Floyd.
>
> Guess what Dingbat, I grew up 1 mile from where that
> particular bear attack happened.
>
> As is common with you, you just stepped into another
> pile of stink.
>
> >And by 2020 or so you won't have polar bears either.
>
> You didn't read something right. Why are you always
> just a little... off. Nobody is saying polar bears will
> be gone by 2020.
>
> >>> The motivation for the attack
> >>> can range from protecting cubs (and yes I would suggest this is one of the
> >>> more common reasons),
>
> >Startling them.
>
> That is almost as rare as protecting cubs as a
> motivation for an attack (of which there are exactly
> ZERO known cases). You need to get is straight, black
> bears are not like brown bears.
It's hard to say if it was the sole motivation, but there are known
cases of a black bear sow with cubs attacking people. I'd hardly say
there's ZERO known cases. The following has several incidents,
including several which on the face of it sounds like a sow being
protective of cubs.
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/issues/bear/bear_incidents.html
> Jim Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Floyd L. Davidson wrote:
> >> [email protected] wrote:
> >>> Mike, your ignorance of wildlife and factless statements become irritating.
> >> True.
>
> >>> While black bear attacks on humans are rather rare, as a carnivore, they can
> >>> and do attack humans from time to time. The probability of an attack is
> >>> measured in the 1 to 400 million or more (given the number of recreational
> >>> visitor days a year in black bear country).
>
> >> I assume all of that is correct. I don't see it as
> >> significant, one way or another. If you are in bear
> >> country... *do* be concerned.
>
> >It isn't. But you don't have them where you live Floyd.
>
> Guess what Dingbat, I grew up 1 mile from where that
> particular bear attack happened.
>
> As is common with you, you just stepped into another
> pile of stink.
>
> >And by 2020 or so you won't have polar bears either.
>
> You didn't read something right. Why are you always
> just a little... off. Nobody is saying polar bears will
> be gone by 2020.
>
> >>> The motivation for the attack
> >>> can range from protecting cubs (and yes I would suggest this is one of the
> >>> more common reasons),
>
> >Startling them.
>
> That is almost as rare as protecting cubs as a
> motivation for an attack (of which there are exactly
> ZERO known cases). You need to get is straight, black
> bears are not like brown bears.
It's hard to say if it was the sole motivation, but there are known
cases of a black bear sow with cubs attacking people. I'd hardly say
there's ZERO known cases. The following has several incidents,
including several which on the face of it sounds like a sow being
protective of cubs.
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/issues/bear/bear_incidents.html