Are polar bears aggressive to humans?

0 votes
asked May 16, 2022 in Other- Pets by phillDR (790 points)
Are polar bears aggressive to humans?

1 Answer

0 votes
answered May 16, 2022 by GrahamPolk (4,520 points)
Polar bears are aggressive to humans but only when they feel threatened or when the polar bear is provoked.

Polar bear attacks on humans are very rare and most often the polar bear will leave humans alone but you still must be careful around them.

Pandas are also aggressive when they feel threatened although if they don't feel threatened then they are pretty non aggressive bears.

Pandas can be dangerous to humans if they feel threatened.

Attacks are infrequent and most likely in captivity.

Pandas, despite their fluffy and cuddly appearance, can be quite dangerous to humans.

Pandas are substantially stronger than most men, and their teeth and claws are dangerous.

Bears are not dangerous to humans unless you get too close to the bear or the bear sees you as a threat.

Most bears will just get away from the human when possible and unless you get too close or provoke the bear it will usually leave humans alone.

There have also been some bears who have come up close to humans and never harmed them.

But you still must be very careful around bears as if they attack you they can kill you easily.

Bears range in height from 2.3 ft to as tall as 7.9 ft in height.

For example an average adult male grizzly bear when standing on its hind legs can be around 8 ft tall (2.5 m), and this stat rises in case of typically large grizzlies.

Some grizzly bears size may stand at 9.8 ft tall (3 m).

Bears are not in the dog family directly but bears are closely related to dogs.

Bears are in the Ursidae family.

Both dogs and bears are fascinating species of the animal kingdom.

While not closely related, the two do share a common ancestor – the miacids and have a handful of similarities, like being carnivores.

However, because bears and dogs belong to distinct families (the Ursidae and Canidae), they're not directly linked.

Brown bears can climb trees but as the brown bear gets older and bigger the climbing of trees becomes more difficult.

When brown bears are cubs they can more easily climb trees.

Most grizzlies can climb a tree if it has ladder-like branches, although their weight and claw structure prevents them from climbing as efficiently as black bears.

Grizzly bears are found in places which include Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and possibly southern Colorado, as well as in western Canada.

Grizzly bears now inhabit about half of their historical range.

The grizzly bear was once seen to populate the entire western coast of North America, from Alaska to Mexico.

However, today the grizzly bear is found predominately in Alaska and western Canada.

Bears are normally diurnal meaning they are most active in the daytime from dawn to dusk although some bears have become nocturnal and become active at night to avoid people.

A Bruin Bear is a bear that is a brown bear that is found in children's books as a fictional bear.

Although Bruin Bear can also refer to brown bears in real life as well.

From Dutch bruin (“brown”) via William Caxton's 1485 translation of a Dutch version of the legend of Reynard the Fox.

Bruin is the bear, named for his brown color.

The brown bear is a large bear species found across Eurasia and North America.

In North America, the populations of brown bears are called grizzly bears, while the subspecies that inhabits the Kodiak Islands of Alaska is known as the Kodiak bear

In the Roman de Renart, Bruin is a bear who is wedged into a honey-filled log by the hero, Reynard the Fox.

The name of the character, ultimately from Middle Dutch bruun (“brown”), has come to be an appellation for any bear.

Bruin is also a baby bear.

Steve Perrault, director of defining, Merriam-Webster Inc.: Bruin is the name of the bear in the medieval epic poem Reynard the Fox.

98,443 questions

94,733 answers

1,270 comments

6,992,486 users

...