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I disagree about bears having simple and direct communication.  Black bears are notorious for being unpredictable.  Especially mamas with cubs.  They are very dangerous animals and you can't always scare them off.  If a horse panics and bolts when it encounters a bear, you are in a very precarious position. 

 

I hope I never see a bear while I'm riding.

 

Carla Richardson

Colorado

 

On 4/15/08, Cynthia LeDoux-Bloom <cledoux@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Ranelle, your life is in far greater danger each time you drive your SUV
up and down Hwy 80 than your chance encounter with the one rattler and
two-three bears that you've seen over all the years that you have ben
riding, eh?

As far as the bear coming toward you, the bear was likely wanting to take
the easiest road most traveled which happened to be the one that you were
also using.  Wildlife conserve energy by using roads and trails rather
than going "cross country".  Hence, why biologists set up remote cameras
at trail/road intersections when the want to record species present.

Ditto with the rattler.  Snakes, use trails because building trails
removes the tree canopy above, providing direct sunlight onto the trail,
which they need to thermoregulate [coldblooded].

Black bears are known to have honest, simple communication. Here is a site
describing bear behavior.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/lacl/bear_behavior_field_guide.htm

Count yourself blessed.  How nice to ride in a place with wildlife, how
nice that you've had this training experience.  We're going riding now,
sure hope we see some bears today!

-Cynthia




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