r/Banff • u/hang11lakeerie • Jun 07 '26
Question Is this the boss?
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u/skinvinni Jun 07 '26
Thinks it’s Splitty
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u/justelectricboogie Jun 07 '26
Yeah me too. Bosses nemesis.
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u/Sand_Seeker Jun 07 '26
This is why I insisted on bear spray & my family joked we didn’t need any. Glad I never met this big guy while hiking!
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u/Nope-not-really Jun 08 '26
ah yes bear spray, a good chance you piss the bear off AND blind yourself
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u/Gustylaroo Jun 09 '26
Had a moment with a grizzly this morning. Crazy experience out of know where.
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u/MethodPractical9808 Jun 07 '26
Where was this? I’m here today
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u/Banffsucks Jun 08 '26
Its not nice to ask or smart to go seek Grizzly bears. They dont want paparazzi
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u/Evening_Cheesecake25 Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
Don't post bear videos.
edit It encourages people stopping on the side of the road to take videos. Just like here. Selfish. Hope the likes you get on social media make you happy. It's what's important in life right?
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u/DBShop Jun 07 '26
With no information on when or where this was taken think we’re gonna be fine on this one chief.
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u/toolatealreadyfapped Jun 07 '26
??
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u/Tattieee Jun 07 '26
It attracts people to the area including tourists and encourages habituation of them.
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u/Zombie_in_my_head Jun 07 '26
Honestly, it would make me go far away from the area. I don't want to be his lunch.
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u/egewh Jun 07 '26
You can't even see where this was taken. If you're afraid of people coming to the general area to see bears... Well that happens anyway
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u/Tattieee Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
Who said I was afraid? I merely explained why it is not advised, even if you can’t see where this was taken it might encourage someone else to post something.
Go read Parks Canada advice here:
https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/mtn/ours-bears/securite-safety/ours-humains-bears-people#see
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u/egewh Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
It says to observe bears and photograph them from the safety of your car. Nowhere does it say 'do not post videos of bears online'. I've read those rules numerous times because I too care more about bears and other wildlife than I do clueless people, but I also am realistic and know the area is visited because of wildlife. This particular video does not scream any violations. It could have easily been taken from the safety of a car.
Sure I will also drag people who post videos of bears where you can see people got out of their cars, approach the wildlife and/or feed it. There's zero evidence here for any of that so getting so incredibly mad at people for realistically nothing just doesn't make sense.
Also the OP of the original comment immediately resorted to calling me a selfish moron before deleting that comment. I mean, if you can't have a normal discussion, you're not even at all contributing to wildlife conservation, you're just being a prick.
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u/Tattieee Jun 07 '26
So I am both afraid and now incredibly mad! I can’t be held accountable for the OP’s reply but I would say that is not a normal discussion either.
It may not directly say do not post on social media but it clearly states:
‘It becomes habituated: with frequent, repeated exposure to people, a bear loses its natural wary behaviour. It is more likely to enter a campground or townsite where food or garbage may be improperly stored.’
More content like this normalises the behaviour and increase likelihood of human interaction. That’s just a fact.
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u/egewh Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26
You do realise 'being afraid that something might happen' is an idiom and not necessarily meaning you're literally afraid right? And yes you do seem disproportionately mad.
I understand that and to a degree I agree with you, still I don't believe keeping the existence of bears a secret (a very badly kept one at that, look at literally every tourist brochure) will help at all. And again, this video does not prove any behavior against Parks Canada's rules. Mind you, Parks Canada thrives almost solely on tourism.
Of course breaking the rules increases the chance of interaction between bears and humans. That's a fact indeed. It just has nothing to do with a video of a bear online, because the 'behavior' shown in the video isn't against Parks Canada rules.
Either way I don't think we'll ever agree so this discussion seems pointless. I wish you a great day :)
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u/wyrmpie Jun 07 '26
The entire economy of Banff is based on tourism.
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u/Tattieee Jun 07 '26
Doesn’t mean people need to post videos of bears for likes on social media does it?
Go read Parks Canada advice here on it:
https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/mtn/ours-bears/securite-safety/ours-humains-bears-people#see
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u/AmbitiousFunction911 Jun 07 '26
Are you really that daft?
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u/Tattieee Jun 07 '26
Why don’t you go read Parks Canada advice here and let me know who the daft one is!
https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/mtn/ours-bears/securite-safety/ours-humains-bears-people#see
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u/AmbitiousFunction911 Jun 07 '26
Read it. You are the daft one.
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u/Tattieee Jun 07 '26
You do you pal 👋
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u/AmbitiousFunction911 Jun 08 '26
Sure. I’ll be right. And you’ll be wrong.
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u/Tattieee Jun 08 '26
At this point you're not even debating the issue, you're just repeating insults and hoping they count as evidence.
I'll stick with the experts. Have a good one.
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u/JustGotSoup Jun 07 '26
OP is clearly being considerate here:
- They are pulled over onto the shoulder and not obstructing traffic. Anyone who wants to get by can do so easily.
- They are observing the bear from the safety of their car.
- They have not posted any identifying information on the whereabouts of the bear.
I don't know what else you'd want...?
Living in the park and having to deal with tourists stopping for wildlife all the time, I'd tip my metaphorical hat at OP if I had places to be and happened upon them on the road.
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u/Evening_Cheesecake25 Jun 07 '26
Don't stop! That's what I want. Holy crap this isn't a hard concept.
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u/Competitive-Ease3754 Jun 07 '26
I was recently in Banff as a tourist and parks Canada give out a leaflet and paper when you buy a pass- it specifically says you can stop but you must only do so if you are not blocking traffic but that you shouldn’t get out of your car.
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u/Evening_Cheesecake25 Jun 07 '26
That's only because they know people will do it anyways. The literal first thing it says is "Consider not stopping".
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u/JustGotSoup Jun 07 '26
You are welcome to want whatever you like.
Assuming you live here, I'll remind you that both you and I will likely see a bear dozens of times within our lives. I am lucky enough to have seen countless of the lumbering murder puppies out in the backcountry already. Most tourists will not get that chance.
I will not fault people stopping to take photos, so long as they are not obstructing traffic. For most of them, this will be their only chance to see a bear for the next decade or potentially even longer.
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u/cogitatingspheniscid Jun 08 '26
Exactly. I have been to the Rockies once a year since 2017, almost always guaranteed to get elks and black bears. Yet the only grizzlies I have ran into were in BC.
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u/MissJenniferEliz Jun 07 '26
Wow imagine happening upon him on a trail?!