FOR HICKERS, If you meet a bear while hicking, what can you do to protect yourself?
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The best thing is to avoid the bears in the first place.  Check with the ranger station, wardens, park staff etc before setting off - they'll advise on possible danger areas.\n\nWhen you're on the move or camped up keep a watch for bears and signs of acivity in the area.\n\nIf you do see one but it's not seen you then back away slowly and quietly then walk round giving it a wide berth.\n\nIf you see one and it's also seen you then again, back away and avoid making eye contact with it.\n\nYou can't outrun, climb or swim a bear so if one starts chasing after you there's little chance of escape unless you can get inside a vehicle, building or small crevice where it can't reach you/\n\nPepper spray is likely to enrage a bear even more, a bell is likely to attract attention to you.  Food is a possibility but in realistic terms unless you're carrying a carcass around with you it's not going to distract the bear for long - it may buy you a bit of time.\n\nIf you are in close proximity to a bear then don't do anything to startle or anger it, don't threaten it in any way, back off slowly.\n\nIf a bear is charging you can throw your backpack to the ground - it may take an interets in this giving you some time to get away and you'll be able to run faster without it.\n\nIf a bear is right upon you about the only thing you can do is to try to frighten it - spread your arms wide and rush toward the bear making as much noise as possible.  This is the point to use your pepper spray - it can't do any harm and those few moments i gains you could be enough the get away.\n\nOne of the main things that attracts bears is smell, especially of food.  Any food that you carry should be well wrapped up and ideally dried - if you're going hiking for any diostance chances are you'll be carrying predominantly dried food anyway.\n\nWhen you pitch camp hang you food from the branch of a tree a good distance from your campground - at least half a mile away, ideally more.  Wash food remains out of pots and pans.\n\nThere's loads more stuff - this is just for starters to give you something to go on.  As I said at the begining tho - seek local guidance, these people are the ones with on the spot knowledge.
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I say, "You have a BAT in the CAVE".....it's not embarrasing unless you shout it out loud in a train. Oh, also, hope they don't pick their nose infront of you right after you tell them. Good Luck!
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Pressure changes cause the diaphragm to contract quickly causing hick ups - more air is needed to balance the pressure - hence hold your breathe to stop hick ups
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Nothing, just be yourself. Only you can prevent forest fires.
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Have someone scare you.
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Only if a bear farts.....
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has to be the bear. They can rip a head off an ox with one swipe.
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Most raptors, hawks, kites, kestrals, and what-not are protected, I think. Best you bury the carcass and don't mention it again.
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Keep them off of it unless you are with them...
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Wear a trenchcoat with nothing underneath. Then, when some unsuspecting person comes along, TA DA!
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Don't take them. Try to stay out of an environment where they are around you.
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Yeah! don't "bear down" on it, let it slid out easy breasy. You can also grab a cheek and seperate it from the other one so you have nothing flapping together making that sound
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use a tee shirt and leave it at the sight
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Polar bears don't have to defend themselves from anyone or anything other than human hunters, and even then often the polar bear can get the upper hand.  Polar bears tend to live at the edge of the floe ice, so they can easily swim away from anything they want to avoid.\n\nPolar bears really can't defent themselves from the main things that are really endangering them, mostly the melting polar ice cap.
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Attach your mouth to their neck, suck to create a vacuum, then suck really hard. That'll give em a little hicky!
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hand to hand---go for the throat so im not bit\nif i had a a gun---headshot\nif i was trying to hide---stater bros/walmart/mall\n\ngood ideas--\n ---call friends and warn them or try getting with\n ---lock doors and hope they cant open them\n ---watch day/dawn/night of the dead for a good laugh
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1. Keep holding your breath between hic-ups.\n2. Suck a tea spoon of sugar.(Slowly)\n3. Have someone scare you so you jump.