The Bear Necessities : Bear Attacks in Glacier National Park 🐻

A non fatal encounter yesterday and a fatal attack a few weeks ago. 

The Bear Necessities

Instapundit: No bear spray allowed in California and don't bet your life on bear spray

CBS News: Fatal bear attack at Glacier National Park

MSN: Close call at Glacier

Given the recent bear attacks at Glacier, eat them before they eat you! 🐻

— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) May 30, 2026

Saint Olcese

 

Saint Olcese 

Bonus Saints: Saint Vincent of Zaragossa and Saint Romedius (bonus bear saint)

AoSHQ: Morning Report 01.22.26

Bear Scared Off by Man in Bear Costume 🐻

Trying to scare the Bear : But what if the bear is turned on?

Bear rape, is it a risk? Ask Leo

Orgins of "Licking Into Shape" 🐻

 

Pliny the Elder coined that phrase:

hi sunt candida informisque caro, paulo muribus maior, sine oculis, sine pilo; ungues tantum prominent. hanc lambendo paulatim figurant.

These are shapeless white flesh, a little bigger than mice, with no eyes or hair; their claws alone prominent. They [= the mothers] lick them gradually into shape.

AoSHQ: Morning Report 03.24.23

Baldilocks and the Two Bears

 

The message of this is be careful who you make fun of...it could go badly for you!

Baldilocks and the Two Bears

Update: The Other Baldilocks

AoSHQ: Morning Report 04.29.22

Tigers 🐯, and Lions 🦁, and Bears 🐻, Oh My!

 

Not terribly surprising. An adult male Siberian tiger is around 600 lbs. Siberian brown bears (which are essentially a very closely related to American brown and grizzly bears) run around 300 to 550 (they can be bigger, but that depends on the availability of food--which is why Kodiak bears feeding on salmon can be 1500 lbs). Asian black bears rarely exceed 300 lbs. Normally similar sized predators avoid each other, because an injury to a solitary hunter like a tiger would be fatal (it would prevent it from hunting). Bears are ominvores and scavangers. While they do hunt down prey, they mostly live off a variety of food sources and stealing kills from wolves and even tiger kills. 

Unless desperate or cornered, I doubt a tiger would risk taking on a bear the same size (unless it could ambush the bear as depicted above). It makes sense, however, that adult tigers would target young bears in the year of two they leave their mothers. They are vulnerable then. While bears do make up part of the tiger diet, it is mostly Asian black bears.  

Tigers and lions used to have wide over lapping territories. Some say tigers beat lions one on one, other say lions win. In the wild, I doubt a lion or tiger would fight unless one at the clear advantage (say, a lion with its pride backing him up) or there was no way to avoid a fight.  

EBL: Year of the Tiger 🐯

AoSHQ: Morning Report 02.21.22

Yellowstone Grizzly Bear 🐻

The kids' reactions are what make this a great video.

EBL: China-USA Trade War

Hot Air: Did China Just Blink?

AoSHQ: Morning Report 08.26.19

357 Magnum: Now this is a bear attack

90 Miles from Tyranny: Trump Tariffs Tank Asian Equities

Katmai National Park Bear Camera

This is interesting and has live shots of the bears fishing

There's A Bear In The Market...

EBL: Markets Down Today

Daily Wire: Experts say don't panic!

via GIPHY

Don Surber: Trump punked press on stock market

Rule 5 and FMJRA

Smitty: A Cheaper Date Than Peterson: 12 Rules 

TOM: There're creeps on gay dating apps, How about $3 for a Rant?, and Wrong @RKyleSmith: Why #MeToo will continue to destroy men

A collection of sites known for appreciation of Rule 5 and stock market trends.

H2
TOTUS
Egotastic
Dust bury
HeroPress
Hogewash
Theo Spark
Daily Gator
Pirate's Cove
Woodsterman
Proof Positive
RULE 5 SITES
The Right Way
MissK's World...
American Power
Guns and Bikinis
SayanythingBlog
Raconteur Report
Doubletroubletwo
Angrymikes hood
The Last Tradition
Adrienne's Corner
The Feral Irishman
Camp of the Saints
Animal Magnatism
Maggie's Notebook
The Classic Liberal
The Rio Norte Line
Randy's Roundtable
A Nod To The Gods
Political Clown Parade
24 Femmes Per Second
The Vulgar Curmudgeon
A View From The Beach
Diogenes' Middle Finger
Your Crazy Uncle Bubba
Old Retired Petty Officer
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
Knuckledraggin My Life Away
In a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

GOODSTUFF'S CYBER WORLD (RIP)

Polar Bear Plunge and New Years Rule 5

Rule 5 and FMJRA

Goodstuffs: Dial "B"

Hogewash: I'm so old...

Woodsterman: Windows

The Feral Irishman: 70's Crushes and Stary Night

90 Miles From Tyranny: NYT and Clinton collusion

Lem's Place: Hop Sing explains all, Hop Sing on Culture, SJW, NYT, Chop Sticks

Mark Steyn: Welcome To The New Year, Same As The Old, New Years at the Movies and Ave atque vale 2017

Animal Magnetism: Gingermageddon, Rule 5, Hump Day News, Merry Christmas, and Gingermageddon

Diogenes' Middle Finger: You get right on that Bobby, 10 people I wish would go away, Hillary New Years Resolutions for 2018

Pirate's Cove: Sorta blogless pinup and If all you see is this, or this, or this, or this, or this, or this, and what Christmas is about

A View From The Beach: Frosty Friday, Putin Foe Acute Viagra Poisoning?, Morning Shoe Ad, FBI and Prosecutor Misconduct

Political Clown Parade: CNN: Covering up for Ben Rhodes, Another CNN meltdown, President Flake, now that's funny, 2018 Most Vulnerable Dems, 2018 midterms, Flowing Curves of Beauty

Proof Positive: Best of the Web, Friday Night Babe Zoe McLellan, CNN hissy hit, Vintage Babes of the Week New Years, Medal of Honor John P. Baca, Holiday Sex in Advertising, Best of the Web, Friday Night Babe, Vintage Babes of the Week Christmas

A collection of sites known for appreciation of Rule 5 and New Years:

H2
TOTUS
Egotastic
Dust bury
HeroPress
Hogewash
Theo Spark
Daily Gator
Pirate's Cove
Woodsterman
Proof Positive
RULE 5 SITES
The Right Way
MissK's World...
American Power
Guns and Bikinis
SayanythingBlog
Raconteur Report
Doubletroubletwo
Angrymikes hood
The Last Tradition
Adrienne's Corner
The Feral Irishman
Camp of the Saints
Animal Magnatism
Maggie's Notebook
The Classic Liberal
The Rio Norte Line
Randy's Roundtable
A Nod To The Gods
Political Clown Parade
24 Femmes Per Second
The Vulgar Curmudgeon
A View From The Beach
Diogenes' Middle Finger
Your Crazy Uncle Bubba
Old Retired Petty Officer
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
Knuckledraggin My Life Away
In a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
GOODSTUFF'S CYBER WORLD (RIP)

Giant Ocean Sunfish in Russia fed to the bears...

RT: Accidentally caught in fishermen's net and died

Ocean Sunfish, or Mola Mola, are an interesting species, the largest of the bony fishes, found around the world in temperate oceans.  They are declining, due to by-catch and being injured by floating trash, than being a targeted species. 

Smithsonian: New species of Sunfish discovered

Mental Floss: Fascinating facts on Sunfish

A View From The Beach: Menhaden War

Instapundit: Russian Propaganda?

Blogmocracy: Three Days of the Fish (different Fish)

Bear in Spain kills hundreds of sheep by chasing them off a cliff...

Bears will be bears, and sheep will be sheep...

I am impressed that brown bears and wolves can be found in Western Europe, given the population densities.  If you want to have bears and wolves in close proximity with people, problem predators need to be dealt with.  This particular incident with the bear and sheep seems more bad luck (for the sheep) than anything else. But large predators need to fear humans.  

Brown Bears in Spain

EBL: Where to find grizzly bears in the lower 48

European bison in Poland are not as easily "buffaloed" as sheep

Instapundit: What happens when you leave a tetherball in the forest and One tree, 365 days

Animal Magnetism: Goodbye Blue Monday

Where to find Grizzly Bears in the Lower 48

Sow bear with cub, which is a bear you really don't want to surprise...

With the recent story of an 11 year old boy defending himself and his family from charging grizzly bear in Alaska, you might want to avoid bears. Stories like that make people want to see bears more.

The best opportunity to see wild grizzly bears in the lower 48 is either in or around Glacier National Park in Northern Montana or in or around Yellowstone in Wyoming.  While it is not at all guaranteed to see grizzlies at either park, both parks have a relatively high population of grizzly bears and the bears in those parks (while still potentially very dangerous) are accustomed to humans being around.  There are also lots of black bears in both those parks. 

Grizzly Bears in Lower 48

Black Bear or Grizzly? Grizzly Being mistaken for a black bear is dangerous for grizzlies.  

Bear Identification

I'm your huckleberry...bears loves berries

You can always go to Alaska to see grizzlies too.

Grizzly bears are the same species as the Eurasian brown bear. Brown bears, wolves and lynx are doing surprising well in Europe (amazing given, with the exception of Scandinavia, the human population densities are so much higher than the Western U.S. and Canada). Bears, wolves and boars in Italy do face challenges, such as bears being in isolated pockets.  Similar issues are in Spain.

The eight species of bears in the world

Instapundit: One tree, 365 days (same tree in Italy I linked immediately above), Professional runner beats pair of bears (the safe bet is alway go hiking with a buddy, and make sure he or she is not as fast as you are)

CBC News: Oh Canada: The fight to save Bear 148 I know they mean well, but if you really want bears (as a species) to be able to survive in proximity with human beings, you need to be able to cull individual bears who become a problem with human beings.  

Maybe this crying about Russian interference with the election might backfire on the Democrats and the Fake News Media...

You could think of the bear as the Russia and the monkey as CNN...but it works on so many levels. 

EBL: This Is CNN: Fake News and CNN's Made Up Russian Story

Lem's Place: Trump-Russia Ties may work against the Democrats and Applying Uncle Saul

Wow. https://t.co/fdZh4aCDUN

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 27, 2017

EBL: Who sold out FBI Special Agent Robyn Gritz and the FBI is a hyper-politicized arm of the Democrat Party

Instapundit: Victor Davis Hanson: The Great Russian Collusion Myth, The media is hurting itself, Fake News CNN Elmo (is it bad touch Elmo), Media openly hate Trump then surprised when he treats them accordingly, Obama choked on Russia long before the 2016 election, Our awful news media, Sarah Palin sues NYT for defamation, The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Senator McCaskill (D) had dinner with who at who's house?

Instapundit: Ouch!

No CNN, Elmo won't save you either and BTW, wasn't Tickle Me Elmo's creator a pervert?

Hot Air: Elmo's Creator Resigns Over Underage Sex Scandal This Is CNN?

Powerline: CNN's very bad week

AoSHQ: Project Veritas: CNN's Van Jones admits the Russia stories are a big nothing burger...

DRUDGE REPORT: CNN cries it is getting dangerous out there for reporters. Perhaps CNN should ask Steve Scalise what he thinks?  

Milo: Tucker Carlson: CNN is not news, it's activism

Don Surber: Call the wambulance for CNN

Helicopter Bear RIP

Lem's Place: Thai Wildlife Officials accidentally drop bear from helicopter

World Series 2016: Cubs Win Game 2 with No Hitter...

Well a no hitter at least through the 6th inning. It got a bit messy but the Cubs still won 5 to 1 and the series shifts back to Chicago tied up.  

EBL: World Series Cubs vs. Indians and Indians Win Pennant

AoSHQ: Open Thread

So is the video of girl attacked real or fake?

What does the video show? Michelle Fields vs. Corey Lewandowski?  Hillary chased by Bernie?
No Snowboarder's Video in Question

Kelly Murphy and the Bear

Fake but still cool but Sometimes the bear gets the girl...

Snopes: Unproven



Rule 5 and FMJRA

Leonardo DiCaprio Raped By Bear: Oscar Buzz?

Take that Danish Girl, DiCaprio is going to win this year!

Lotta creeps on Twitter making jokes rn. There's literally nothing funny about bear rape. pic.twitter.com/dtenGbd4VR

— EverythingsAProblem (@99Problematics) December 1, 2015

Leo and the bear back in the day. @GayPatriot #LeonardoDiCaprio pic.twitter.com/Kd7ZCotYQy

— Ken Webster Jr (@ProducerKen) December 1, 2015

We got him! Justice for DiCaprio! #BearRape #NotAllBears pic.twitter.com/eaD1V49Y9Y

— danger (@coolhandschlute) December 1, 2015

Anyone know how to say "I wish I knew how to quit you" in ursine? https://t.co/uq686cePbe

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) December 1, 2015

TOM: Ausie Style PC Rape
Instapundit: It's good to be armed for bear, Silence is Toxic: We need to talk about Bear Rape Culture, and Leo and the Bear

New Jersey man killed by New Jersey bear

NJ Man killed by NJ black bear in Passaic County

#TheBearIsLoose

#TheBearIsLoose RT @redsteeze Obama golfing http://t.co/jVCfYFPjzC
— jon gabriel (@exjon) September 11, 2014

#bearisloose NJ man killed by NJ bear http://t.co/Y7PzzaMr0V Was bear from Jersey? @rsmccain @BobBelvedere @DanRiehl pic.twitter.com/1IFOxhf6Ad
— Evi L. Bloggerlady (@MsEBL) September 22, 2014

Update:
Smitty: US Foreign policy like a Dilbert cartoon
David Baron, call your office.

Bear takes a Bath