Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:22:47 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <7f4e3405-df74-74d9-79ee-5295ecd0fe5b@example.net> References: <7c5edef0-d4ec-a8fc-3f70-8ffa2a2b1df0@example.net> <2132040480.752628420.877076.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <10a1e4fa-c029-1ce7-173f-da67ddf34c16@example.net> <8389f094-f7c0-44ef-e36e-c79cd876a752@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1938091"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:228842 comp.os.linux.misc:60896 On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:17:58 +0100, D wrote: > >> Wow! The only thing I remember having heard or read is, if meet bear, >> then try to appear huge and make some noise. Maybe it works on cats as >> well? >> >> I guess if you turn and run that might activate the hunting instinct in >> cats? > > It definitely works on cats. When one approached to about 50' I waved my > trekking poles and yelled. He wasn't impressed but didn't attack either. > Finally he retreated to a little stand of trees. Unfortunately I had to > pass the area to get down the trail. I gave it a wide berth and he > crouched down with waving tail like an upset house cat. I checked my back > trail frequently but he'd had enough of me. I was wondering to my self why > my firearms were at home leaving me with the poles and a KA-BAR Becker > Campanion. They're great for grooming a trail but not what you'd want to > bring to a cat fight. Must have been a tense moment! > https://www.nps.gov/subjects/bears/safety.htm I always wondered about that climbing thing. If the choice was between meeting an attacking bear (without guns) on a level field, vs climbing up a sturdy tree, and trying to kick it in the face from above, I always thought that it sounded more pleasant to kick it in the head from above, than being crushed on open ground. > The recommendation is to fight off black bears and play dead for > grizzlies. I don't think I could do the play dead act. Any black bears > I've encountered either ignored me or ran off. At one time I did have to > pass between a mother and her cubs that were up a tree. I talked to her, > "Cubs? What cubs? I haven't seen any cubs." I would not have done so but > the trail was such neither the bears or I could detour. You don't think it was your soothing tenor voice that kept her calm? ;)