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Coming from the land where the only dangerous wildlife drive old cortinas, curiosity in the big bad 'bear' is constant. On all my mountain trips so far in Japan, I've yet to encounter our furry friends but...

Is there anyone who has? What kind, the Hokk grizzly or the Honshuu blacks? Whadja do if you wake in the night to find one pawing at yer tent? If Brad Pitt can wrestle a grizzly, can I (bigger than Brad) wrestle a black (smaller than a grizzly)?

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Oh no, not the bears again. Look back over some old post - there was a bear-obsessed maniac posting on here mid-season!

 

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oh don't even get me started on the

grizzlies. . . .

 

they'll maul you relentlessly, then take

your snowboard and go twice as big as you

were going before your untimely demise.

 

but for real, some good suggestions are

wear bear bells (just a collar type band

with jingle bells tied on) around your

arm or leg or make alot of noise.

don't carry unsealed food with

you. and if you see a bear, back away

slowly, no sudden movements. and if a bear

charges, play dead. the bear will sniff you

and paw at you, but it won't eat you.

 

and grizzlies are the most dangerous type

of bear. they are the only ones that will

attack unprovoked. a black bear or a brown

bear will not attack unless you threaten

their young.

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I think that's 'sniff you and paw you and tear your clothes and skin some'.

 

Depending on how poor an actor you happen to be, it may be necessary to get up and fight the thing. Some old coot I saw on TV a few years ago who had some experience of tangling with a black bear said he owed his survival to jamming his fist into its throat, causing it to gag and disengage. Besides paws, mouth would be a fairly prominent feature on a 'curious' bear.

 

'a black bear or a brown

bear will not attack unless you threaten

their young' Is that a law of nature or something?

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Mountain hares, Japanese serow (kamoshika), things that make natural kickers and live under them (not seen), and birds that go tweet. Not seen any serows this year, but saw them everytime last year.

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  • 8 years later...
Originally Posted By: el diablo
yep. . .

they got two of my friends yesterday at niseko.

mauled em, ate most of the bodies, and then
rode down the hill on their snowboards and
hit big air off every kicker.

grrr. . .


sounds like aussie bears. Best keep away.
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