Wouldn’t shoving your arm into a bear’s mouth and throat force the bear to chomp down on your arm?
But he might not be able to bite it off.
Gag reflex and it can’t breathe, your supposed to do the same thing if your being mauled by a big dog
its a gag-reflex. Assuming the arm is far enough in, biting down would immediately cut off the bear's air supply, so they couldn't force themselves to do it. Having an arm down their throat would also be quite a startling new experience to the bear also....
No, not if he is gagging on the arm.
An animal will choose breathing over eating, any day of the week!
I think its a gag thing. I know that technique is used to cure a dog of play biting. I’ve done it and it does work. I can’t imagine doing it to a Grizzly. I wonder if pooping your pants works? :-)