Bears are evolutionary. Each generation seems to know to look for fresh meat after hearing gunshots. Guides should know this.
Uptain and Chubon were attacked by bears as they field dressed the elk they had shot Thursday but were only able to find Friday, officials said.
Bears can also smell a freshly gutted animal carcass from miles away. Most guides know that you have to quarter the animal and move out quickly after the kill.
First thought as I started to read this:
That guide was not qualified to be a "guide" in grizz country.
Around here in northern Alberta, if you shoot something, be prepared to shoot again in a few minutes. It’s like ringing a dinner bell.
What a terrible way to go.
So, Pavlov’s dogs were evolving when they heard the bell and got food?
No, that’s not a new genetic trait that was not there before ( def of evolution), but rather the simple and common definition of learning.
Bears and other creatures learn from experience. In this case, they likely did not hear the shot and come to sound, being the next day and all, the elk was not already touched but rather smelled the dead elk and wanted breakfast, the hunters were incidental.
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