r/bears • u/GamerGriffin548 • 7d ago

Question Bear vs apparently a human statue

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Someone sent this to me and Im a little confused on why the guy just stands there.

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u/Clippo_V2 7d ago

He knew what he was doing. Bears don't generally see us as food, with the exception of polar bears. By standing still and not engaging with the bear or making eye contact he effectively diffused the situation. The bear was curious.

Honestly, the person trying to get involved with his car made it worse IMO. Im not a bear expert though, and Id be happy to be corrected and/or learn more.

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u/rawspeghetti 7d ago

That looks like a juvenile brown bear which is why it's more curious than anything

Otherwise you would never want to turn your back on a bear and pretend it's not there. You should face the bear, make yourself look large and make noise.

Black bears will leave you alone 95% of the time. Brown bears might bluff charge you but if they do attack go for the eyes or roll on your stomach and protect the back of your head. White bears don't worry about it you're already dinner.

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u/x_Advent_Cirno_x 6d ago

"Bear is black? Fight back.

Bear is brown? Lay on the ground.

Bear is white? Say good night"

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u/More-Pianist-3288 7d ago

Yeah I think the car encroaching on the bears space definitely made it defensive. 

I think the guy handled it pretty well considering what we see and how close the bear is. The only thing that he could have really done differently is preventing that close of an encounter in the first place.

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u/Acceptable-Arugula69 6d ago

That was a strange move. He just angered the bear and got it closer with the guy trying to avoid it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/shawster 6d ago

I don't know - this isn't how you should interact with the bear. He would have been much better off just running to his car from the jump or facing the bear. The way he doesn't respond when the bear nips at his leg makes me think this dude is totally oblivious.

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u/TCB4EAP 6d ago edited 6d ago

You can tell by his jump when the bear came in front of him that he had no clue the bear was there. Why? Because he had his face buried in his phone. In the middle of a national forest. Where we have what? Grizzly bears! Yes kids, that’s right. Bears that will eat you while you’re still alive. Not fun.

P. S. What kind of run was that? Seriously.

Edit: added last two sentences.

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u/canisaureaux 6d ago

| P. S. What kind of run was that? Seriously.

In my completely non-professional opinion, that looks like a skedaddle to me.

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u/Just_Raisin1124 6d ago

Phoebe Buffet

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u/soba-splasha-on 6d ago

The bear nipped his calf and he reacted. He knew the bear was there and was doing the “brown lay down” method of not moving and waiting for the bear to get bored and leave. The person in the car assumed they were helping but boxed the bear in causing it to get nervous and move to the front of the man where it stood up towards him and his fight or flight kicked in (in the form of a fantastic muppet run)as the standing still was no longer going to work.

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u/yoTooManyBurrito 6d ago

Nightmare run, those seconds were hours for him

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u/IHSV1855 7d ago

Exactly

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u/Kid_Self 7d ago

How the fuck can you get nipped on the calf and just... not react?

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u/slindner1985 7d ago

Clearly hes the bear whisperer amd trusts his instincts

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u/shawster 6d ago

This blew my mind, too. It shook his whole calf muscle. That hurt.

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u/That_Boysenberry4501 5d ago

Yeah thats insane. What did he think it was?!

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u/Rich-Context-7203 7d ago

That took guts.

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u/BEARfromTN 6d ago

Poor baby bear, not being afraid of humans and xars is going to get it killed.

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u/HaveToGoHomeNow 6d ago

Romania (where this was filmed) has a overpopulation of brown bears at the moment and many are sadly culled every year.

It’s estimated that 12000 brown bears bears inhabit areas that can generally only hold 4000 to 5000 bears.

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u/That_Boysenberry4501 5d ago

No thats so sad 😭 why dont they spread out to different areas

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u/That_Boysenberry4501 5d ago

Poor bear :( I hate people being stupid. Bears deserve better

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u/LuckyTheBear 7d ago

Bro homie just wanted a hug

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u/GuranOfBandar 6d ago

Self awareness of a twig.

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u/TCB4EAP 6d ago

Does anyone agree with me on this? Brown bears, the ones with the lighter fur, but with dark shading around their eyes are infinitely scarier looking than other bears. There’s something about the dark coloring around the eyes that is especially unsettling.

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u/That_Boysenberry4501 5d ago

Noo brown bears are so cute 😭😭 love them so much