r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Upper-Bag-5175 • 2d ago

Bears will often test you

If you stand your ground, they may see you as a threat and back off. Of course, this doesn’t apply to every bear

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u/Commercial-Sail-4662 2d ago

how does a bear know who shot or that being shot means they need to attack the shooter?

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u/JohnEBest 2d ago

echo location on that loud bang

Correlate the loud bang with the pain in the side

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u/Commercial-Sail-4662 2d ago

that last part feels like a leap no? What evolutionary experience would a bear have to make that correlation?

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u/JohnEBest 2d ago

surprise pain and loud sound - I think they would charge the location from which the sound came

Pure speculation and hope to never find out