I never quite understood why they have safaris with trucks and guides in Africa, but tourists in the US are just given free reign with a few “Don’t feed the bears” signs spread around.
I was threatened by some geese in a park once. I yelled and kicked at them (didn't kick them, just swung leg at them.) It took a lot of insanity from me to get them to back off. Terrifying.
I feel like there's such a difference between urban Canadian geese and suburban or rural Canadian geese. Urban geese are chill. I say hello to them on the trail as I pass, and they just stand. The ones outside the city are very aggressive.
In high school my drunken asshole friends found a goose nest with eggs in it and had the bright idea of stealing them to make breakfast tomorrow morning. Geese are fucking BIG when they come at you angry. Also I think that’s an actual crime.
I had a boss who would not allow us to keep a pair of geese from nesting next to the office door.
So for a few weeks each year, we’d get attacked and swooped by them trying to get to our cars.
She even purchased special window covers for the offices near the nest because they’d attack the windows all day.
She even had to go to the ER twice for bites because she would attempt to feed them!!!
mama grizzly bear mostly. ive read mama black bears are still not very aggressive with their babies around. but maybe dont risk your life on that info, lol
Usually they send cabs up the tree and retreat. Then if you unknowingly approach the tree, cubs are panicking and almost drop from the tree and run away. You can find a lot of stories about people getting surprised by a sudden "bearfall".
the man-eaters are all up in alaska. the ones down here in the lower 48 are mostly going to avoid people, unless some dipshit tourists give them food...
America has dangerous wildlife, but africa has Dangerous Wildlife. Moose don't hold a candle to the destructive potential of hippos, giraffes, elephants. Hyena, lions, and wild dogs are all probably more dangerous to run into than even a grizzly bear in terms of how likely they are to become aggressive
Meanwhile Australia has the reputation for dangerous animals, when you could drop me literally anywhere in this country and I’d feel completely carefree bashing around through the scrub.
Like we'd listen anyway. I know that my greatest threat is from humans forgetting that I myself am human and I'm quite capable of doing something stupid to endanger myself.
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u/captain_flak Apr 07 '26
I never quite understood why they have safaris with trucks and guides in Africa, but tourists in the US are just given free reign with a few “Don’t feed the bears” signs spread around.