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Agreed. Bears in Japan avoid humans if they can; the general advice when walking in the forest is to make a lot of noise (singing songs etc) so that they can gi

• Digit-Al 8y ago
  Reminds me of a joke. A young couple are about to go trekking through some woods but first have to listen to a talk from the ranger on the danger of bears. The ranger gives them each a little bell and some pepper spray and says "bears tend to avoid humans mostly and are most dangerous when surprised, so ring the bell at intervals so the bears will know humans are around and can avoid you". He continues "if a bear does attack you, spray it in the face with the pepper spray and it should run away". Finally he says "it's best to avoid areas containing bears completely if at all possible, so look out for bear dropping and if you see them you will know a bear is somewhere about and should change direction". The young man say "how will we recognise the bear dropping sir?" and the ranger says "that's easy, it has little bells in it and smells of pepper"