Andy: The 12-gauge was what I meant that bears are always on
the losing side of humans. . . . they're just too gentle to
be afraid . . If the bear misread you, he'd be dead for no
reason than because he happened to make your acquaintance.
One of the articles on black bears you posted suggests that
black bears evolved in a time of fiercer predators, that
their nonconfrontational attitude (combined with their
singular ability to climb trees) enabled them to avoid
becoming food for other creatures. According to that
article, it is their instinctive fear of confrontation,
their survival strategy of run-and-climb,_that makes them
(what you perceive as) gentle.
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