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Sloth Bear Attack Behavior and a Behavioral Approach to Safety
Topic Started: Mar 4 2018, 09:19 PM (182 Views)
Warsaw2014
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Sloth Bear Attack Behavior and a Behavioral
Approach to Safety

Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) are known to behave aggressively toward humans, and are believed to be one of the most dangerous wild animals in India. Although several papers have documented sloth bear attacks, no attention has been given on how to behave in sloth bear country to avoid encounters, or how to react to a sloth bear attack to minimize injuries and the likelihood of death. Wildlife SOS field research teams interviewed a total of 342 people, including 180 that had either been attacked or that had witnessed an attack, and 162 people that have had encounters with wild sloth bears that did not result in an attack. Our research and investigation confirmed that all attacks were defensive-aggressive in nature; we found no evidence for predatorial motivations. Our findings also show that people who had been making noise while moving through sloth bear country were less likely to be attacked. Our data also reveal that 9% of individuals who fought back during an attack were killed, and 11% of people who attempted to run were killed, whereas there were no deaths among people who merely fell to the ground and did not fight back. However, the data also reveal that those who fell to the ground and did not fight back were more likely to sustain serious injuries than those who did fight back.

Sloth Bear Attack Behavior and a Behavioral Approach to Safety (PDF Download Available). Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315848286_Sloth_Bear_Attack_Behavior_and_a_Behavioral_Approach_to_Safety [accessed Mar 04 2018].
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