Bears - in case of attack
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Amazingly, you're allowed to get out your car and hike the trails, even though there are bears, cougars and wolves walking about. So at the entrance to Banff National Park, you get this pamphlet with all the necessary info, but with this whole section of what to do in case you're attacked by any animals. This is pretty much what they say about bear attacks:
There are two kinds of bear attacks, DEFENSIVE and PREDATORY.
Defensive:
The bear feels threatened, and needs to protect itself, its cubs or its space. In this case, PLAY DEAD! The bear will no longer see you as a threat and should leave you alone.
Predatory:
The bear wants to chow your fat ass in preparation for hibenation. DO NOT PLAY DEAD. Fight back or run fucken far, fucking fast!
Come a bear attack, I wonder if any of us would remember what to do. Play dead? Don't play dead? Make Yogi Bear noises? Offer it some honey?
Even funnier is that a defensive attack may have changed to a predatory attack, if the attack has lasted longer than two minutes. So have you an egg timer handy too.
