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1.
Bear Pepper Spray provides a person with a reason not to run. Running is a
behavior which increases a bears natural reaction of chasing
and attacking. Not running and holding your ground conveys a
message that bears recognize, that of co-dominant unwilling to
yield. That gives them pause and buys you time.
2. The sudden and loud
hissing of the spray and billowing cloud startles bears. This
is caused by the high pressure sound and sight that is
surprising.
3. The red pepper
extract is clearly a strong irritant, as observed with bears
that have been sprayed. Wildlife biologists, myself (Mark
Matheny) and many others have seen bears sprayed directly with
bear spray and they cough, wheeze, paw their eyes and nose
wildly. It does create considerable discomfort in them. Having
the effect of stopping the behavior the bear was displaying
immediately prior to being sprayed.
WILD
ANIMALS ARE UNPREDICTABLE!
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