
About this episode
Hold onto your salmon because Salome actually has a drink in this episode! We’ll catch everyone up to speed, discuss American Black Bears, and throw out some stats about what large carnivore is most likely to prey on humans.
Links We Discussed:
https://katmaiconservancy.org/products/stuffy-bear-w-salmon-15-5
https://www.wcs.org/our-work/species/black-bears
Sources Cited:
“Black Bear Population by State.” World Population Review, Feb. 2023, worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/black-bear-population-by-state.
Bombieri, G., et al. “Brown Bear Attacks on Humans: A Worldwide Perspective.” Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 12 June 2019, www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44341-w.
Herrero, Stephen, et al. “Fatal attacks by American black bear on people: 1900–2009.” The Journal of Wildlife Management, vol. 75, no. 3, 2011, pp. 596–603, https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.72.
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