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ZenGum · 01-25-2013, 02:27 AM

Also, the play dead trick ... I've seen (docos of) polar bears scavenging. Like, months old rotting rancid whale carcass. Does the play dead trick work with polars?

With non-polar bears, I reckon if Jim stood up tall and wide and roared a bit, there's fair chance a bear would back off. Predators can often be quite wary in choosing prey. Unless they're really hungry. Which they often are. Especially bears, what with that hibernation and all.

Ok, Jim, if you get attacked by a bear, the first thing you must do is look around to see if there are any berries about.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2013, 05:24 AM

Big Browns and Grizzles, try to play dead.
Blacks, fight like hell.
Polars, you're fucked.

Griff · 01-25-2013, 05:29 AM

whs

Trilby · 01-25-2013, 06:50 AM

Why are polar bears so aggressive as to eat man meat? They are descendants of the Brown bear; maybe it's just too slim pickings up there for them.

Clodfobble · 01-25-2013, 07:50 AM

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A spokesman said: 'In all instances in which a human was killed by a polar bear, the animal in question was undernourished or had been provoked.'

Oh, it's just undernourished, you see. As in, hungry. So don't worry, after the polar bear mauls you, we know for sure that it will also eat you, and won't just leave you lying there as a message to the rest of us. It's not a complete bastard--they use every part of the human, you know.

footfootfoot · 01-25-2013, 12:14 PM

"Some times you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you."

And then there's Grizzly Man

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427312/

Trilby · 01-25-2013, 12:45 PM

yeah, that guy was crazy.

You know, they say the jungle gets to people; I think any isolated wild place will eventually drive a person mad, bad or insane. Heart of Darkness stuff.

I heard there was video of the bear attacking him but of course it's never been shown.

I saw video of a 'trained' bear who killed a guy who just wanted his pic taken with the bear---the guy made an unexpected move and the bear looks like he hardly touched him but he killed him. Was v. sad and sorry---the guy was the cousin of the 'bear trainer'-----this particular bear was in a Will Ferrell movie...can't recall the name....

footfootfoot · 01-25-2013, 01:07 PM

There's audio of the killing. The guy dropped the camera. The bear ate him and his GF. And it was a sickly, malnourished bear who failed to put on enough weight and go into hibernation when all the other bears did. It was desperate.

Trilby · 01-25-2013, 01:18 PM

Yikes.

I guess Stephen Colbert is right. The number one threat to America is - bears

tw · 01-25-2013, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Trilby

The number one threat to America is - bears

On the west coast, a greater concern is Ravens and Ray.

Playing dead is not an option.

orthodoc · 01-25-2013, 05:17 PM

This discussion doesn't help my phobia at all, you know.

Just sayin' ....

ZenGum · 01-25-2013, 05:33 PM

It's not phobia of it is rational.

Now, drop bears, you don't even want to hear about...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2013, 11:24 PM

At last, science has discovered why Polar Bears are so dangerous... they're Irish.

Quote:

The Arctic's dwindling population of polar bears all descend from a single mamma brown bear which lived 20,000 to 50,000 years ago in present-day Ireland, new research suggests.

DNA samples from the great white carnivores - taken from across their entire range in Russia, Canada, Greenland, Norway and Alaska - revealed that every individual's lineage could be traced back to this Irish forebear.

The analysis of genetic material inherited only through females also showed brown and polar bears mated periodically over the last 100,000 years.

footfootfoot · 01-26-2013, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

At last, science has discovered why Polar Bears are so dangerous... they're Irish.

The Arctic's dwindling population of polar bears all descend from a single mamma brown bear which lived 20,000 to 50,000 years ago in present-day Ireland, new research suggests.

DNA samples from the great white carnivores - taken from across their entire range in Russia, Canada, Greenland, Norway and Alaska - revealed that every individual's lineage could be traced back to this Irish forebear.

The analysis of genetic material inherited only through females also showed brown and polar bears mated periodically over the last 100,000 years.

Irish foreBears? Oh the bearmanatee

jimhelm · 01-26-2013, 10:34 AM

The bears can smell their menstruation!

-Brick Tamlin

01-25-2013, 02:27 AM	#1
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Also, the play dead trick ... I've seen (docos of) polar bears scavenging. Like, months old rotting rancid whale carcass. Does the play dead trick work with polars? With non-polar bears, I reckon if Jim stood up tall and wide and roared a bit, there's fair chance a bear would back off. Predators can often be quite wary in choosing prey. Unless they're really hungry. Which they often are. Especially bears, what with that hibernation and all. Ok, Jim, if you get attacked by a bear, the first thing you must do is look around to see if there are any berries about. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-25-2013, 05:24 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Big Browns and Grizzles, try to play dead. Blacks, fight like hell. Polars, you're fucked. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-25-2013, 05:29 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	whs __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-25-2013, 06:50 AM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Why are polar bears so aggressive as to eat man meat? They are descendants of the Brown bear; maybe it's just too slim pickings up there for them. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-25-2013, 12:14 PM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	"Some times you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you." And then there's Grizzly Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_Man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427312/ __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-25-2013, 12:45 PM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	yeah, that guy was crazy. You know, they say the jungle gets to people; I think any isolated wild place will eventually drive a person mad, bad or insane. Heart of Darkness stuff. I heard there was video of the bear attacking him but of course it's never been shown. I saw video of a 'trained' bear who killed a guy who just wanted his pic taken with the bear---the guy made an unexpected move and the bear looks like he hardly touched him but he killed him. Was v. sad and sorry---the guy was the cousin of the 'bear trainer'-----this particular bear was in a Will Ferrell movie...can't recall the name.... __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-25-2013, 01:07 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	There's audio of the killing. The guy dropped the camera. The bear ate him and his GF. And it was a sickly, malnourished bear who failed to put on enough weight and go into hibernation when all the other bears did. It was desperate. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-25-2013, 01:18 PM	#9
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Yikes. I guess Stephen Colbert is right. The number one threat to America is - bears __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-25-2013, 05:17 PM	#11
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	This discussion doesn't help my phobia at all, you know. Just sayin' .... __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-25-2013, 05:33 PM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	It's not phobia of it is rational. Now, drop bears, you don't even want to hear about... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-26-2013, 10:34 AM	#15
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	The bears can smell their menstruation! -Brick Tamlin __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

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