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That's a fine attitude for squirrels which are ultimately harmless, but wolves can attack people, although that's somewhat rare, not like bears which attack you
by pocksuppet 3mo ago
That's a fine attitude for squirrels which are ultimately harmless, but wolves can attack people, although that's somewhat rare, not like bears which attack you every time.
Wikipedia says wolves are more likely to attack humans if they've been living around humans for a while - they learn that humans are viable prey, not that humans are harmless.
- gonzalohm 3mo agoClimate change also kills people and we don't do anything about it
- hcfman 3mo agoThere is a lot not to be proud of about human behavior. Still.. one has to try to be a little positive about there being hope as hopelessness is contagious.
- jltsiren 3mo agoBear attacks depend on the (sub)species. European brown bears are very shy and much less likely to attack people than wolves. Finnish people traditionally respected bears but were not afraid of them. Historical records mostly tell of two kinds of bear attacks. Either children / old people herding cattle in the forest accidentally got too close to a bear cub, or adult men were hunting bears and something went wrong.
- hcfman 3mo agoWe have systems in Finland as well. We have detected Lynx a number of times. Later this year some systems will move to bear country.