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To: lambo
She's telling him to play dead, then it changes to fighting back.

It's been a few years since I've been to Alaska, but I thought you were supposed to yell at grizzlies, and curl up for black bears. Is it the other way around?

29 posted on 10/08/2003 7:28:50 PM PDT by speekinout
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To: speekinout
I live here with a wife and 5 kids. We don't run or curl up, we shoot. In 24 years of hunting, trapping, and fishing I've had two encounters that went in ours and the bears favor because of my gun. They lived and we lived.
Only took a warning shot.
My advise, Always carry.
42 posted on 10/08/2003 7:40:10 PM PDT by liberty or death
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To: speekinout
I thought you were supposed to yell at grizzlies, and curl up for black bears. Is it the other way around?

So to which bears are you supposed to sing I Just Called to Say I Love You as this fellow did?

43 posted on 10/08/2003 7:40:14 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Far out, man!)
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To: speekinout
The way I recall it, you're supposed to fight back and yell at grizzly bears, since they're considered more "predatory" than black bears. It's the same logic applied to situations involving mountain lions and other predatory cats - make yourself look bigger, and don't act like a victim. The black bears SUPPOSEDLY grow tired of batting you around if you're playing dead. Not that I'd ever actually try either of these things . . .
68 posted on 10/08/2003 8:12:31 PM PDT by LanPB01
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To: speekinout
"It's been a few years since I've been to Alaska, but I thought you were supposed to yell at grizzlies, and curl up for black bears. Is it the other way around?"

No, you just change the channel.
119 posted on 10/09/2003 6:23:50 AM PDT by ought-six
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