What are you more likely to survive a mountain lion attack our a bear attack?
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Bear attack. You play dead if a bear is attacking you, because they generally lose interest once you're dead. If a mountain lion attacks you, it intends to eat you. If, however, a bear has been stalking you before it attacks, it sees you as it's next meal.
Dont worry about that. Worry about cougers. A couger attack can really mess you up.
It is possible to wrestle with a mountain lion until it either gives up or dies. There is no way for a person to defend themselves against a bear that is attacking without a weapon of some kind. So I say I would rather deal with a mountain lion. Just look out for the teeth.
Well a bear usually only attacks if it has young, or if there is something wrong with it. If it attacks you at these times you may survive but highly unlikely. A mountain lion attack I havent heard of anyone surviving.
It depends on how angry or hungry they are...
When a bear attacks a human he's just mad, he is not looking at the human as food, except for polar bears, so will usually stop, once the human is good and mangled. Usually only young or sick lions will attack humans, so there is a chance the human can win, but if an adult lion gets on you, your food.
I would think it would be easier to survive a bear attack. Mountain lions are sneaky and fast.
Once upon a time, my husband and I took a course at a community college in Fitness Walking, PHED 1190. Volksmarching was a new term to us...it is of course a 6 mile noncompetitive walk. In order to meet one of the objectives of the course, I planned a way to integrate the activity into something worth while. I decided to have a volksmarch event at the nearby State Park and Forest, Standing Stone. So, in order to anticipate any and everything, we took an 11 mile hike known as "Cooper's Loop". Cooper's Loop goes into the State Forest area. It was much rougher than the ordinary trail system (which was NOT completely clear, either); and, deep, deep into the forest I thought there was one [cougar] near enough to be watching us. Early into the hike, it had sounded as if there was a young bear running parallel to us. I disregarded it...not many bear sightings here. However, there are area tales and sightings of "wild cats".
While planning the day long excursion, I packed our lunches of peanut butter and honey. We had already eaten our lunches. And, I fought with the impulse to reveal a hint of nervousness ... it floats in the air and attracts game. You know, exercises like "don't turn around; don't look for it; don't panic; don't 'sound' nervous; don't pee here! I was so glad that I had decided on peanut butter and honey... instead of the other possibility, cheeseburgers and chips. Somehow just 'smelling' less competitive for meat ... helped me to prevent the nervous jitters that I truly believe that I shall have had if we had not dined on less scented foodstuff.
Happy trails to you.
Depends why they are attacking, and what kind of bear it is ... black bear, grizzley bear, polar bear ... koala bear, teddy bear *lol*
A mountain lion is more likely to see you as food and use ambush techniques to kill you as quickly a possible ... I've never seen a bear "croutch, stalk and pounce" like a cat.
If the bear is an opportunistic omnivore, it probably wants whats in your backpack more than it wants you, so unless it's peed off at you for being in its territory or threatening its young, etc ... I think you have a better chance of survival with a bear.
Unless it was the worst case scenario: a hungry polar bear that thinks that thing in fur lined boots and parka looks like a seal, in which case you probably have a better chance of survival jumping into the ice cold arctic water. ;-)
You're not likely to survive either one without outside intervention.
However, there's Hugh Glass as a testimony that if you do, don't depend on your friends to hang around long while you decide whether to live, or die.
Bear. You'll most likely hear and see it coming, whereas with a mountain lion it's usually all over before you know it.
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