DSK wrote:
"Capt" Rob wrote:
Black bears have killed 37 people over the last 100 years

Wrong, black bears have killed 37 idiots and wimpy city boys.

An animal that comes up on an old lady's back porch and eats from her
dog's bowl, only to be shoo'd away by said little old lady, is not
really very dangerous now is it?

So you can stop wetting your pants now. Besides, bears rarely come into
Noo Yawk Sitty (although I understand there is a growing coyote
population in many large cities).



.... Black bear males weigh in at over 400 lbs and very large
specimens can exceed 500 lbs.

Well, how much do you weigh now, Bubbles? Close to 400# yourself, aincha?

Anyway, the record black bear is over 700# so obviously your Googling
skills are a bit deficient. But very few black bears along the East
Coast get anywhere near that big.



.... Understand that the muscle mass of even a
small black bear is many times more than a human.

Especially the "muscle" mass of a human who lives in front of a computer
all day, has no accomplishments in life other than to brag about his
home theater.


.... Black bears are known
for making bluff charges when they feel threatened

Uh huh.

What part of "bluff" don't you understand?



Please leave the bears alone.


Yes, that much is good advice.

DSK

There were pictures a few days ago on netscape of a large orange
kittycat that chased a black bear up a tree, not once, but twice...did
the hissy kitty thing and off the bear went...woman took pictures from
her back porch...When we camped in the UP we'd go to the local dump to
watch the bears and cubs...there were always sign around that siad to
stay in the car, but many didn't..had to get those pictures..never saw a
bear make so much as a wink at a human..they were too busy feeding their
faces. They would come into our campsite regularly looking for treats
(which were either locked in the car or slung off a branch in a tree)
One night a bear decided to drink the bee catcher (a Hi-C can 1/3 full
with holes punched in the lid where they can crawl in but not back
out...) didn't deter the bear in the least...drained the can dry abd
left the seething mass of wasps, bees, and flies buzzing around in there
the next morning....we would shake cans of rocks and bang spoons on the
wash basin when they came too near the tent. My Dad had odd ideas of
"fun".....but we did learn how to camp "for real"