They have slightly different behaviors. A grizzly will often attack but break it off and stop and not kill if a victim covers up and plays dead. If a black bear attacks you it is generally going to kill you and eat you, so you better damn well fight for your life. Yeah, most of the time black bears run off, but that doesn't mean you should lose respect for what they can do.Bears have a 20X better sense of smell than dogs, so bear spray https://bestoutdooritems.com/best-bear-spray/ very effective on them. Personally, I prefer the option of defending myself to plan B -- roll into a fetal ball, and hope the bear doesn't rip open a major artery while he's mauling you. Check out this video about When black bears attack!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNWYbglFgQ8
Sue
anybody else read Kelly's response and naturally cut that dozen into no more than 6 bear sightings.
05/13/23 Traverse City Trail Festival 25K
08/19/23 Marquette 50 dns 🙄
anybody else read Kelly's response and naturally cute that dozen into no more than 6 bear sightings.
Was his answer "Hide in a port a potty" ?
hahahaha that would have made more sense.
Tim
Hahahahaha
“Paralysis-to-50k” training plan is underway!
Refurbished Hip
:high five:
Running is dumb.
Faster Than Your Couch!
Now that might explain it. Strange that he didn’t come up with that one at the race.
Run for fun.