Lauren:

If it is a grizzly bear play dead, it will not think of you as a suitable meal.

This is a common misconception.You are just NOT food period. You are not even a real threat.If a grizzly attacks, you are too close. "Playing dead" is just a passive response to his dominance. He will avoid you at all costs excepting when her cubs are around. A BLACK bear on the other hand is far more dangerous.

It all depends on the situation .Regardless of what the so called experts say I can tell you from years of living and interacting with these animals there are so many factors such as time of year ,enviroment and many other factors.Black bears most times appear larger and aggressive will turn them grizzly I have had personal experience of avoiding eye contact and slowly backing away is also a good way to react not just automatically drop on ground where they will sometimes come to investigate you.I love animals ,but sometimes t.v. gives wrong impressions than people that have spent lifetimeswith nature.

I was once again scraping my jaw off the floor when I heard them refer to BEAR spray as mace. I believe even Tom Smith, who should absolutely know better, said it after we hear the guy who was almost mauled say it. It is irresponsible for NG to okay editing in something this serious. They could get someone killed. It is hard enough to teach people to use the proper protocol around bears without a TV show screwing it all up. Now, let's suppose someone decides to go to a national park and stops at the store and buys himself a can a mace. Let's say that same guy decides to go out for a back country get away and runs into a bear, who's been hit one too many times on the ass with a rubber bullet,and he pulls out his can of mace. Bu-bye national park visitor. Maybe he will get lucky and have a run in with the bear who famously just likes to knock people's eyes out of their heads. Hey, but he learned it from the pros, the experts, that mace keeps bears at bay.
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