The CBC News website ran a story on how to survive a black bear encounter (not to be confused with an encounter with Bear) due to a number of unusual bear goings-on of late. They included an infographic that I find strangely adorable and am reproducing here:
I like the idea of singing, clapping and whistling while hiking, to both ward off bears and convince other hikers that you are a lunatic. Also, the last image suggests using karate on the bear, which would be pretty cool.
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