Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:53:47 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

Q: How do you distinguish a black bear from a grizzly?
A: Run up behind it and kick it in the ass, then climb a tree.
    If it climbs the tree and eats you, it's a black bear. If it knocks
    the tree over and eats you, it's a grizzly.

Q. How do you tell grizzly scat from black bear scat?

A. Black bears scat tends to have undigested berries. Grizzly scat has
little bells and smells like cayenne pepper.

https://www.backpacker.com/trail-news/do-bear-bells-really-work/

I don't know whether the bells work for bears or not but when I here them
I get off the trail. Most people that have the bells also have bear spray
and are nervous as hell.