why does playing dead work to avoid getting attacked by brown bears? Wouldn’t they want to eat you more if they thought you were dead and thus couldn’t fight back?
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This is anecdotal and I don’t recall the color of the bear. But when I was in boy scouts and went to Philmont (New Mexico), one wandered near our campsite. There were around 30-40 people across a few groups, most of us making dinner. We noted the bear wasn’t tagged (which we would later report). Anyway, we got everyone to stand in a big group and make noise, and the bear decided it wasn’t worth the trouble.
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