The common belief that surprising a mother bear with cubs is the most dangerous kind of black bear encounter is inaccurate..~Dr. Stephen Herrero, University of Calgary.
Instead, lone male black bears hunting people as a potential source of food are a greater cause of deadly maulings and related predatory attempts..
I knew this about grizzlies/kodiaks/brown bears. I did not know it about black bears. My husband used to live in Alaska; many people told him of the bears there stalking people as prey.
Yep