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Any solitary bear is also likely to become agitated if surprised or cornered, especially while eating. [1] Some species are more aggressive than others; sloth bears, Asiatic black bears, and brown bears are more likely to injure people than other species, and the American black bear is comparatively timid.
The number of black bear attacks on humans is higher than those of brown bears, though this is largely because black bears outnumber brown bears rather than being more aggressive. Compared to brown bear attacks, violent encounters with black bears rarely lead to serious injury and death.
[The sloth bear] is also more inclined to attack man unprovoked than almost any other animal, and casualties inflicted by it are unfortunately very common, the victim being often terribly disfigured even if not killed, as the bear strikes at the head and face. [William Thomas] Blanford was inclined to consider bears more dangerous than tigers...
Grizzly bears, which are featured on the state flag and are known to be more aggressive than black bears, haven't been seen in California in 100 years.
Black widow bites are rarely life-threatening, according to the wildlife department, but can be dangerous for small children or people with chronic health problems. Black bear
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Dramatic video captured by a Montana wildlife official shows a mother black bear with cubs running toward a knot of camera-clicking tourists as the animals try to cross a ...
This may be due to the bears getting desperate for food and thus more likely to seek out human settlements. As with the other two bear species, polar bears are unlikely to target more than two people at once. Though popularly thought of as the most dangerous bear, the polar bear is no more aggressive to humans than other species. [178]
Although usually shy and cautious animals, Asian black bears are more aggressive towards humans than the brown bears of Eurasia [20] and American black bears. David W. Macdonald theorizes that this greater aggression is an adaptation to being sympatric with tigers. [6] According to Brigadier General R. G. Burton: