Posted on 11/18/2023 4:37:41 AM PST by marktwain
From 2007 to the present (2023), there have been more fatal bear attacks in Japan than in the United States. It is possible there have been more total bear attacks in Japan than in the United States, but records of total attacks are not as clear. Through the end of October of 2023, there were 180 bear attacks where a person was injured in Japan. From JapanNews:
Tokyo, Nov. 1 (Jiji Press)—The number of people attacked by bears in Japan between April and October totaled 180, already a record high on a fiscal year basis since the statistics started in fiscal 2006, the Environment Ministry said in a preliminary report Wednesday.
The previous record high was 158 marked in fiscal 2020.
The ministry is calling for maximum vigilance until the bears go into hibernation, due to the poor acorn crop mainly in the Tohoku northeastern Japan region.
Five people have been killed in attacks by bears so far in fiscal 2023, which started in April.
While there is no central registry of all bear attacks in the United States, fatal bear attacks are well-recorded in the media. Different websites keep track of fatal bear attacks in North America. The location of each attack is noted. The number of fatal bear attacks in the United States can be determined.
The number of fatal bear attacks in the United States for 2023, as of November 14th, was four. Two people were killed by a polar bear, one person was killed by a black bear, and one person was killed by a brown bear. The number of fatalities in 2023 was one more for Japan than the United States. One year does not tell the story. Reports online show Japanese fatal bear attacks from 2007. Japan started keeping records in 2006.
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That’s good. Thanks. I passed that one on to friends.
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I think you are being unfair to the bears. You suffer from arkoudaphobia. The fear of bears. Sadly, it’s too common. Take the Polar Bear for instance. The first step to overcome your baseless fear is to face it. Start off slow by having a Klondike ice cream bar. Then study Yogi and boo-boo cartoons. And finally fly to the remote regions of Alaska and tell yourself these are friendly bears. And they are. They are warm and cuddly and only want to give you a hug. Everybody needs a hug nowadays. So, now you have a plan. I’m glad to be of help.
Japanese should only go into bear country in groups of 300 fully armed with bayonets for a Banzai bear charge.
I ate bear meat for the first time about two years ago. Utterly delicious. I had no idea of what I had been missing out on. My old german shepherd and I were at a cookout and a friend had it. My dog loved it too. I had always been told it was greasy and tough. Suddenly 200 years of American literature made sense. Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, all the settlers describing eating bear meat. They weren’t wrong.
I hear there have been a few seen in Arkansas and Louisiana though.I heard a rumor of one sighted at Mena Airport back in 80s. Turns out it was just the Arkansas Governor after rummaging through the luggage.
Years ago my wife and I were hiking in Albion Basin, near the Alta ski resort. We were on a well worn trail, passing through a meadow, when we came upon three bull meese (plural for moose?) browsing among the forage. We quietly climbed up on some large nearby boulders and watched them for about 30 minutes as they came within three feet of us. They acknowledged our presence, but seemed indifferent to us. It was an awesome experience. The meese eventually wandered off the trail and we resumed our hike.
I was hiking one time and came across a fatal bear, but he ran away.
Bipolar Bob, you have earned your name well!😜
to me it taste a bit like pork- very delicious actually-
Sword control. Yes, they have that as well as gun control in Japan. Give them back their swords and the problem will go away. Plus it’ll make for some great Tik Tok vids...
The fatal bear attacks in Japan are more fatal than the ones in the US? Amazing.
Didn’t know that there were any bears in Japan...
Thought that Godzilla (Godzira) would have eaten all of them by now...
Bears are a religious icon to the Ainu people.
Lol. Just an additional phobia to the approx. three I already have then. I’m an animal lover even the big cats but bears especially big ol’grizzlies, mostly grizzlies, are the stuff of nightmares.
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