{"id":2890,"date":"2010-05-03T06:18:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T11:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2011-02-23T11:36:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T16:36:21","slug":"black-bears-in-the-camp-how-to-deal-with-the-fear-and-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/black-bears-in-the-camp-how-to-deal-with-the-fear-and-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Bears in the Camp! How to Deal With the Fear and Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Campground Black Bears<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u00a0run away from\u00a0them, we lay awake in our tents listening for them, but why are we so afraid of the black bear? The answer to that\u00a0question might be\u00a0wrapped within our\u00a0fear of the unknown; the unknown being our own lack of education. People warn us about bears in the woods, we hear stories\u00a0about deadly bear encounters (\u00a0Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard being one of the most frightening bear attacks) and some people become\u00a0so petrified over\u00a0the thought of\u00a0their own gory demise by an angry black bear that they won’t step foot in the woods. But\u00a0if people knew the\u00a0reality\u00a0of black bear attacks\u00a0they would realize that the chances of a\u00a0life threatening\u00a0black bear encounter while camping are very low here in the United States and in Canada. And\u00a0I should point out\u00a0that this article was published on 5\/3\/2010 and only\u00a0applies to the less aggressive black bears and not the highly aggressive grizzly and brown bears.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So how dangerous are black bears?<\/h2>\n

Did you\u00a0know that most black bear attacks are a defensive reaction to a person who is too close to the bear, and with the black bears shy personality, getting too close is\u00a0usually an easy situation to avoid because it’s actually very difficult to corner a black bear in its own environment? Injuries from these defensive\u00a0black bear reactions\u00a0are usually minor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Roaming<\/a>

North American Black Bear<\/p><\/div>\n

But then there are the very rare\u00a0offensive black bear attacks that\u00a0account for\u00a0most of the human fatalities by black bear.\u00a0These unprovoked attacks are usually\u00a0predatory in nature and occur in\u00a0remote areas where bears have very little contact with humans. Black bears that habitat near campgrounds, backyards, and other areas with human activity almost never attack people.\u00a0An interesting statistic from the North American Bear Center says that the 750,000 black bears in North America kill less than one person per year on the average. According to that statistic you have more to fear from people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here are a few more interesting black bear facts from the North American Bear Center that might surprise you.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n