Yes, people are moronic, but the media and movies do not help the matter any. Just a few days ago here on FR was a story about how grizzlies were eating only wild berries. Absolutely no mention that they eat meat and are deadly killers that eat their prey alive. Stories like that and dumb movies showing bears as pets help dumb down the public.
Poster boy for this nonsense is “Grizzly Man”. The fellow in Alaska who hung out with grizzly bears . “Grizzly Man” was totally ignorant about bears and had no respect for them., until one ate him and his girl friend.