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Index of Subjects I personally prefer making lots of noise...talking to myself loudly, singing...whatever...something to warn the bears that a human is around...never did discover if that actually worked..... Maria -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of duartess@ns.sympatico.ca Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 9:11 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Cc: Rob Woods Subject: Re: [NatureNS] black bears Hi Rob & all, I have never heard of 'bear bells'? What are they? Gayle MacLean Dartmouth ---- Rob Woods <rrtwoods@yahoo.com> wrote: > You may have stumbled across a family group. Cubs may stay in with the mother > for two years. A two year old bear probably looks adult size. In my Alberta > hiking days though I did not usually stick around to asks the bears their age > when I came across a group of them. Checking out the noise is certainly > possible. I often found bears more attracted to the bear bells than not....Some > times the bears learn that the bells mean food. But NS bears would not have that > training. > > Rob
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