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I find it equally as interesting that during the 110 year period that the study looked at, there were only 63 deaths in North America. That's about 1 death every two years in the entire continent. To put this into context, during a 16 year period (1980-1995) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US indicated that 1318 people's deaths were attributed to lightning strikes. That's roughly 90 people per year. To put it another way, if the figures in the CBC article are correct, it looks like it is at least 180 times more likely that you will die from getting hit by lightning than being killed by a bear.
All the best,
Lance
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Hans Toom
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:17 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: EXTERNAL: [NatureNS] Another Urban Myth Debunked
We(I) have been led to believe that female bears with cubs are the danger to watch out for while hiking the back country. It turns out this is completely wrong. 92% of human deaths caused by bears has been lone male bears looking for food. Read it here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2011/05/10/calgary-bears-attack-study.html
Hans Toom
Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
http://www.hanstoom.com/
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ormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-s=
erif"'>From:</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"T=
ahoma","sans-serif"'> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=
owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hans Toom<br><b>Sent:</b> W=
ednesday, May
11, 2011 10:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subjec=
t:</b> EXTERNAL: [NatureNS] Another Urban Myth Debunked<o:p></o:p></s=
pan></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p=
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial=
","sans-serif"'>We(I) have been led to believe that female bears with=
cubs are the danger to watch out for while hiking the back country.&=
nbsp; It turns out this is completely wrong. 92% of human death=
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