Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I was reading an article about Hokkaido's bears and how they are related to the large Grizzly bear of Nth America.....has anybody had any contact in the wild with these bears? Or even the smaller black bear on Honshu? Kind of scares the bejesus out of me the thought if bumping into one of these huge animals!! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 They're very friendly, Tubby. Link to post Share on other sites
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HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 C'mon TUBBS! I don't bite Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Wasn't there an article last year of one roaming around and they had to call in the authorities (bear catcher) up near Kutchan Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I think there may be one (or a few) living in a cave in the hills of Furano. i think near the single chair. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I don't know about kinds of bears, but there's loads round where we live. Sadly never met one, but there was one killed wandering round our neighbourhood a few years back. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Ya..over the years I've been here there have been so many attacks....especially Hokkaido. Those bears aren't very big but sure are ornery. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Well, they all seem friendly to me, including our friend Mamabear. Look, here's another Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Look, even wave to strangers Obviously, bears like to wave greetings. It seems to be a top way to get along well with a stranger bear. I suggest people wave to bears if they meet one. Evidence suggests it works. I know if I ever meet a bear in the wild, I'm going to wave to him/her. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Hunter dies in suspected bear attack in Hokkaido Jul. 31, 2008 - 09:55AM JST HOKKAIDO — A 67-year-old hunter was found dead on a mountain in Mastue, Hokkaido, on Wednesday morning. Police said they believe he may have been attacked by a bear. The body of Takeyoshi Okada was found by a rescue helicopter team around 10:20 a.m. after his family reported to local police that he had been missing since July 22. According to police, Okada went to the mountain alone to set a bear trap as part of a local government program to cull the bear population. Police found his rifle and two empty cartridges beside his body and injuries all over his body which seem to have been caused by a bear. Neighbors heard two gunshots on July 22, police said. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik0XGYetrJ4 Link to post Share on other sites
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muikabochi 208 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 They all do look extremely friendly! Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Lots of beware of the bears signs up in my area the last few years. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Bears are ferocious. Thats why I would not buy anything resembling a bear cuddly toy for the little one. Lest he thinks they are cuddly if he is everer approached by a 3 tonne girzzly piece of murder. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 ah Thursday, on a totally different topic, I was meaning to ask you about whether in China, the onsen culture and etiquette is similar to Japan? I was pondering this up in Rusustsu, for me I'd never had an onsen before coming to Japan and wondered if onsen's are part of Chinese culture. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Ah, an onsen culture query in a murderous bear thread. Makes perfect sense. Hot springs (温泉) exist but not in abundance in China. There is no cultural attachment to this and the springs are just thought of as novel. The ones I've been to in China do stupid stuff like adding ginseng and herbs to kill the smell. Imagine keeping a hard off in a ginseng bath. Bathing suit the norm, but that won't help. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 thank you kind sir Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 As a matter of bear interest.... I was born in Churchill, Manitoba Canada which is on the edge of Hudson Bay up in the permafrost of the Canadian arctic. In the fall the polar bears congregate just outside of town waiting for the sea ice to form so they can go out and hunt seals. I remember my dad telling me about having to go on bear duty as the odd bear would wander into town from time to time. He said he never personally had to shoot one but plenty had been taken down during his time there. Going back there and seeing the bears...(from a tundra truck) ....is on my bucket list of things to do before I move on. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Are there bears in the Tanzawa mountains, Chris? I've been hiking round there but can't think of any signs warning of bears Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Not too sure Tubby.... But according to the Hadano homepage and this little pdf I found it seems there are indeed some black bears. Adventurous beavers should be bear wary though... http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/npr/nrp_japan/pdf/305_tanzawa.pdf Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Haha, this beaver does all he can to avoid the bears Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 That's almost definitely not a real polar bear! Link to post Share on other sites
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