Don't Get Eaten: The Dangers of Animals That Charge or Attack (Don't Get Eaten)
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Product Description
Some fears about potentially dangerous wild animals--bears, cougars, coyotes, wolves, buffalo, javelina, and moose--are based on common but erroneous beliefs. Learn the truth about these animals and what to do in the worst-case scenario. Includes:
Strategies for avoiding confrontations in with wildlife
Real vs. imagined dangers faced by humans in the wild
Pre-trip planning tips on hiking safely with children or dogs
The powers and perils of pepper spray
Up-to-date information about rabies--how to recognize it and what to do
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
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Cougar or grizzly - I'll be prepared
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I hope I never have to confront a grizzly bear or a cougar, but given there are grizzly bears near our ski condo and cougars have been seen in a local nature preserve I'm not taking chances.
You probably know the basics of hanging your food in a tree and not letting bears see your cooler in your car. This little book goes way beyond the basics. With a chapter per animal, it explains animal behavior and takes you through your options. You can find out whether a bear is predatory, how to select a campsite and what a cougar does before it pounces. Be careful of those buffalo in Yellowstone - it lists the other parks where you might find them too. It also tells you about javelinas - a risk I had never considered.
There is an excellent section on pepper spray. It has good statistics - like the weight of a moose or the number of people that die of rabies. Your odds of getting eaten alive are pretty low - but why take chances. As it says "Hiking in grizzly country is dangerous and that's all there is to it."
Read this book - the techniques for each animal are different.
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