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Originally Posted by MTVN

Black bears are quite scared of humans and you're supposed to make yourself big and make a lot of noise around them so I don't think she was that foolish really, it's probably not the first bear she's seen living there

I was going to say, my TV-based knowledge tells me that these types of bears are actually quite wary of humans and likely to run away.

A grizzly bear or polar bear on the other hand, weighs as much as a car, runs as fast as a horse, and will claw your face off in one swipe. .

[edit] I also heard recently that grizzlies have such thick skins and tough skulls that a small-calibre gun (like a handgun) probably won't even take one down. If you don't have a large calibre rifle or the ability to get inside somewhere safe, you're ****ed .