New York Times
The Claim: If Attacked by a Bear, Play Dead
THE FACTS As bear populations from New Jersey to Yellowstone rebound, so do reports of tense human encounters with them.
Common wisdom holds that the way to react, when all else fails, is simple: curl up in a ball and play dead.
But that is not always the best idea. Attacks can generally be divided into two groups: predatory and defensive. Each calls for a different strategy.
Black and grizzly bears are capable of both types of attack. Those involving grizzlies tend to be defensive, when the animal feels threatened, according to Stephen Herrero, a bear expert at the University of Calgary and the author of "Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance." Playing dead then lets the bear know you're not a threat and can cause it to back off.
Black bears usually flee from humans, but when they do attack the motive tends to be predatory, and playing dead doesn't work. Neither does running away, since bears are much faster than humans.
If the bear is after food, it is best to drop it and back away, Mr. Herrero says. If the animal presses, he adds, be aggressive: shout, bang on objects or use pepper spray to scare it off. The National Parks Service and the National Wildlife Federation recommend similar measures.
THE BOTTOM LINE Experts do not recommend playing dead if a bear attack appears to be predatory.
Comment:
It's really good to know this fact...Otherwise, I would never have ideas of why the bear still takes me as its predator even if I play dead so much alike... So, my conclusions are as follows:
When you encounter a bear,
1. double check if he is a black or grizzly bear, and react in an appropriate way then... (but what if his color is grey?? Should I play dead, run away, scream, cry.....)
2. ask the bear if he has food already....if he has already fed his stomach, then you'd better think ways to excape...make sure he isn't lying...
3. ask the bear how he feels today...if he feels depressed, then you can act just as ferocious as a tiger is, shutting at him to make him even more depressed... (but what if he is in a great mood?? should I just take out two beer mugs and drink heartily with him...try to make him drunk and then run away....?? )
Hmm...good good good....
喃喃自語/Mumblings (3)
The question is how to communicate with the bear？ It can not
understand English that I speak.:D 看到妳的Comment，我還真有點不敢
回，因為感覺上我的看法很膚淺，可是我還是會來這裡學英語喔^^
yylan
所以我最後才會說我在胡言亂語嘛....:o
不會啦^^
我有時候也覺得喵、狗聽的懂我講的話
結果還是溝通不良 :D