I asked my boyfriend in Canada once, how he deals with polar bears because I was curious about what to do and he was like, just be calm, let them know you’re there, and give them space and they’ll usually just go away.
okay, but DON’T do either of these things with polar bears.
Black bears aren’t brave. Unless they have cubs, they don’t want to fight you.
Grizzlies are iffy, but yearlings aren’t generally brave.
Polar bears?
Polar bears are one of the only land carnivores who will, as a species, hunt and eat humans. They generally know that humans can be dangerous, but they’re a 10-foot-tall carnivore whose natural diet includes any whales that come within reach. Oh, and they can run 20mph. That’s faster than you.