Bear startled by reflection - GIF

Bear startled by reflection.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...342#post215165
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...477#post196933
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...344#post146349
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...016#post214017

Me, every morning...

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Originally Posted by IntheGroove

Me, every morning...

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Before coffee

I tried it with the porcupine that comes to my door every night. He was NOT impressed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGbiSy-NMJs

Immediate fight mode.

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Originally Posted by nova_robotics

I tried it with the porcupine that comes to my door every night. He was NOT impressed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGbiSy-NMJs

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Did the porcupine return the following night? Many times when they have been frightened, they move one never to return. Since they are a docile creature and do not possess any means of fighting. Their only defense is to raise their hair " quills' and swat with their tails. All 4 of my dogs have painfully learned to keep their distance and just bark at one until it leaves, and never to frighten it with no escape route.

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Originally Posted by Gadgeteer

Immediate fight mode.

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If you are talking about the bear, I don't think they even have a flight mode especially a male encountering another male. or a mother protecting her cubs. if the distance is great enough they may chose to ignore and move on but never flee.

My 9 pound Maltese has treed two different black bears in our yard...

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Originally Posted by Frank S

Did the porcupine return the following night? Many times when they have been frightened, they move one never to return. Since they are a docile creature and do not possess any means of fighting. Their only defense is to raise their hair " quills' and swat with their tails. All 4 of my dogs have painfully learned to keep their distance and just bark at one until it leaves, and never to frighten it with no escape route.

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Yeah he came right back. He doesn't care. Peanuts and apples are delicious. He gets more pissed off if I give him treats he doesn't like.

Only the higher apes, chimpanzees, orangutans, and humans, can recognize themselves in a mirror.

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That's one dumb bear. There's a juicy camera man right there at ground level. This one would definitely not recognize his reflection in a mirror.

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Originally Posted by nova_robotics

That's one dumb bear. There's a juicy camera man right there at ground level. This one would definitely not recognize his reflection in a mirror.

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And that guy climbing the tree should stomp down on the bear's nose instead of kicking sideways.

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Originally Posted by Frank S

And that guy climbing the tree should stomp down on the bear's nose instead of kicking sideways.

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I don't think any of them would recognize their reflection.

In my yard this morning...
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In my yard this morning...
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Bigfoot!!!!!

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