A well trained bear can attack an experienced trainer without warning* when given the wrong signal, as in the case of Rocky the bear and Stephan Miller . The department says most black bears shy away from people. Visitors to Yellowstone are about as likely to be killed by a lightning strike as a bear attack. Although there are thousands of human-bear encounters every year, only a very few result in personal injury. According to the North American Bear Center in Ely, Minnesota, black bears have killed 61 people across North America since 1900. That’s according to Harry Spiker, the State Black Bear Biologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Mature males are at the top of the hierarchy, and sub-adults and cubs at the bottom. Giant Pandas are a species of bear whose digestive system is adapted to digest vegetable material, specifically bamboo. Black Bear- close, smaller relatives of the brown animals. If it continues to attack, fight back. Annapolis, Md (KM) Attacks by black bears on humans are very rare, but they do happen. Indeed, for many years it was the bears who had reason to fear humans… This behaviour is transferred to their relationship with humans. Fact: Bear attacks are extremely rare. It is still important, however, to stay alert and know what to do. In August 2011, 17-year-old Horatio Chapple and 12 others were on a camping trip on a remote Norwegian island as part of British Schools Exploring Society camping trip, when a starving polar bear invaded the camp in the middle of the night. However these bears tend to attack humans only if startled or with young. If touched by a Grizzly, curl into a ball and play ‘dead’. Bear attacks on humans, like Wednesday night’s attack, are even rare, in Pennsylvania and everywhere across North America that black bears occur. In rare cases, black bears can attack. The responses of grizzly bears to menstrual odors has not been studied experimentally. Even bears that were raised by humans from young can attack their human handlers, just a few weeks ago a pet bear attacked and ate its owner to the bone in such attack, source. He says in most cases, black bears try to avoid people. I assume we are talking about the Giant Panda, not the much smaller Red Panda. Bears live in a dominance hierarchy based on age, size and temperament. This attack is an unfortunate example of being unprepared in bear country. Fatal black bear attacks are extremely rare. Savage: Bears rarely attack humans, but Lynn Schooler says the stillness of his attacker radiated tension. If they are not shot or harassed, bears habituate to people the same way they do to each other. Most bears will actually retreat before you are even aware of their presence. These critters rarely attack humans, but will if they are starving. It's the papa bears, not females, that humans should be worried about, according to new research. If they do, fight back with a stick, a backpack, similar available items, or your bare hands. Most fatal bear attacks involved lone males with one thing in mind: Human lunch. Herrero (1985) analyzed the circumstances of hundreds of grizzly bear attacks on humans, including the attacks on the two women in GNP, and concluded that there was no evidence linking menstruation to any of the attacks. . Black Bears