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Canadian man attacked by bear: "You don't have to do this"

Stevicus

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Canadian man says he pleaded with black bear during attack: 'You don't have to do this'

A Canadian man fighting for his life begged his assailant to let him go, but his pleas went unheeded -- which is probably because black bears don't understand English.

Brandon Lattie, 27, was on a walking trail in British Columbia at the Ferguson Lake Nature Reserve on Wednesday night when he says he spotted the bear, which began to chase him.

Lattie told CBC News he ran and jumped into a small lake, not expecting the bear to follow him.

Lattie said he noticed "there was at least a foot or two of water above me" and pushed himself "back up to fight back."

It was then, Lattie said, he resorted to begging.

"You don't have to do this," he said he told the bear. "You don't want to do it."

CANADIAN MAN'S POCKETKNIFE HELPS HIM SURVIVE GRIZZLY ATTACK

A family said they were nearby and saw Lattie running away from the bear in the lake. Lucky for Lattie, the family's dog began to bark, distracting the bear and giving the 27-year-old a chance to break free and swim to a dock.

"It could have been a whole lot worse," Lattie said. "As soon as I got hit, I just thought, 'OK, this is where I die. This is where my head gets chewed apart.'"

Well, perhaps we can teach bears English so that they will understand our pleas if ever we have unfortunate encounters with bears. Or perhaps we can learn to speak bear.

Well, I'm glad the guy turned out okay, and it's kind of a funny story.

But can animals really understand us when we talk to them?
 

Audie

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Canadian man says he pleaded with black bear during attack: 'You don't have to do this'





Well, perhaps we can teach bears English so that they will understand our pleas if ever we have unfortunate encounters with bears. Or perhaps we can learn to speak bear.

Well, I'm glad the guy turned out okay, and it's kind of a funny story.

But can animals really understand us when we talk to them?

I knew there would be some sort of ads for how
to talk to bears.
colt ad shoot bear - Google Search:
 

Good-Ole-Rebel

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Canadian man says he pleaded with black bear during attack: 'You don't have to do this'





Well, perhaps we can teach bears English so that they will understand our pleas if ever we have unfortunate encounters with bears. Or perhaps we can learn to speak bear.

Well, I'm glad the guy turned out okay, and it's kind of a funny story.

But can animals really understand us when we talk to them?

When you are about to die like that I suppose you resort to and say anything.

Animals react on instinct in accordance with their nature.

I don't understand anyone going where bears are and not having a firearm.

Good-Ole-Rebel
 

Stevicus

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I knew there would be some sort of ads for how
to talk to bears.
colt ad shoot bear - Google Search:

Well, yeah, that's one way, of course. The thing is, a lot of wild animals, including bears, have generally learned to stay away from humans and human settlements. Precisely because we use these effective means of communication to let them know to stay away.

But in recent years, I've been hearing stories of bears (and also coyotes) becoming more noticeable in human areas. Some of it is blamed on irresponsible humans who feed bears or leave food out which attracts them. I saw one guy feeding coyotes in a parking lot.
 

Audie

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Well, yeah, that's one way, of course. The thing is, a lot of wild animals, including bears, have generally learned to stay away from humans and human settlements. Precisely because we use these effective means of communication to let them know to stay away.

But in recent years, I've been hearing stories of bears (and also coyotes) becoming more noticeable in human areas. Some of it is blamed on irresponsible humans who feed bears or leave food out which attracts them. I saw one guy feeding coyotes in a parking lot.

I see in the news about people being attacked by
mountain lions.

Unfortunate as it may be, it seems that unless animals
are persecuted and made afraid of people, they
will do that.

As for feeding them, I guess you get in trouble
in Florida if you feed an alligator. Makes sense,
they too need to be afraid, not associating people
with food!
 

Bob the Unbeliever

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Well.... that good old Second Amendment surely trumped the man's cries, right?

The bear in question had not one, but two Bear Arms?

And the 2nd grants him that right, does it not?
 

Stevicus

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I see in the news about people being attacked by
mountain lions.

Unfortunate as it may be, it seems that unless animals
are persecuted and made afraid of people, they
will do that.

As for feeding them, I guess you get in trouble
in Florida if you feed an alligator. Makes sense,
they too need to be afraid, not associating people
with food!

There was a recent case of a mountain lion being killed by a car while crossing I-405 in the Santa Monica Mountains.
 

Audie

Veteran Member
There was a recent case of a mountain lion being killed by a car while crossing I-405 in the Santa Monica Mountains.

I saw that. And there are security videos of them
chasing deer, in suburban yards.

Interesting accounts too of a sort of new proto species
of canine in the eastern USA, a wolf-dog-coyote mix
that is better adapted to the environment than the
ancestor species.

How successful and dangerous these may prove to be
remains to be seen.

As ever, it is human predators that are more to be feared.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Canadian man says he pleaded with black bear during attack: 'You don't have to do this'





Well, perhaps we can teach bears English so that they will understand our pleas if ever we have unfortunate encounters with bears. Or perhaps we can learn to speak bear.

Well, I'm glad the guy turned out okay, and it's kind of a funny story.

But can animals really understand us when we talk to them?
As we see with @Wu Wei, bears immune to English.
Although....black bears might be able to learn ebonics.
 

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
Canadian man says he pleaded with black bear during attack: 'You don't have to do this'





Well, perhaps we can teach bears English so that they will understand our pleas if ever we have unfortunate encounters with bears. Or perhaps we can learn to speak bear.

Well, I'm glad the guy turned out okay, and it's kind of a funny story.

But can animals really understand us when we talk to them?
It works sometimes:

Video shows how a Canadian politely encourages black bears to leave his yard
 

PoetPhilosopher

Veteran Member
Whenever you tell a bear not to do something, you know they're going to go ahead and post pictures of Capitalism or maul you or whatever it is they were going to do.
 
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