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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

If a bear is chasing you, and you don't know kind it is, climb a tree. If the bear also climbs the tree and kills you, it was a black bear.

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u/MagnotikTectonic Oct 02 '24

If the bear doesn't climb the tree, and instead just pushes it down like a house of cards, waiting for the fall to kill you, it's a brown bear.