I assume it wasnt hungry, but simply wanted to protect her cubs. But why didnt she finish the job?
shareHe played dead, which is what you're supposed to do in that situation. He went limp and let the bear do its thing until it got bored and thought he was dead.
"This life's hard, man, but it's harder if you're stupid!"
For the record you are supposed to play dead with Grizzlies but you beat the crap out of a Black Bear. They can be scared off easily and usually are too scared of humans to get near them anyways. Grizzlies on the other hand will run you down and rip your head off.
shareFor the record you are supposed to play dead with Grizzlies but you beat the crap out of a Black Bear. They can be scared off easily and usually are too scared of humans to get near them anyways. Grizzlies on the other hand will run you down and rip your head off.
shareA black bear is less threatening than a grizzly but they are still very powerful and dangerous animals. You definitely will not be able to "beat the crap out of it" if it is in attack mode. If any species of bear is on top of you gnawing on your head apart from maybe a koala... Id play dead over attacking it and pissing it off more.
shareAnd even though she was mortally wounded, she still kept on fighting. As did Glass.
But holy hell, what a scene! Still gives me chills just thinking about it.
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The real Hugh Glass was attacked three times by the she-grizzly with two cubs. In that regard, the movie depiction reflected the legend of Hugh Glass. Per the legend, Hugh Glass was surprised by the bear, but he shot it. That provoked the bear into an angry attack, and Glass tried to climb a tree: he didn't make it. The bear mauled him, but Glass wasn't alone as depicted in the movie. Other men were with him. They were afraid to shoot at the bear for fear of hitting Glass. When the bear did stopping mauling Glass, two or three of his associates shot the bear. They did not kill the bear, and the bear's response was to attack Glass a second time. Meanwhile, Glass' associates reloaded and shot the bear again when they had the opportunity. Still, the bear did not die immediately, and it attacked Glass for a third time. When the bear did die, it did collapse across Glass' body. The two cubs were also killed, btw.
One historian wrote that if Hugh Glass had been a better climber, he would have passed into history as a footnote to the Wm Ashley Expedition.
So why did the bear attack Leo three times? That's part of the Hugh Glass story.
Why did the bear not kill Leo? Again, that is part of the Hugh Glass story.
The bears are naturally scared of people. If you make noise while you're walking in the woods they will go away to avoid you. If you surprise them they can feel threatened and attack. If you come between a mother and her cubs she will feel threatened and attack. She doesn't want to kill you she just wants to eliminate the threat. Once you stop moving you're no longer a threat. Unless it's at the end of fall and the bear hasn't gained enough weight to make it through hibernation, most likely they aren't going to try to eat you.
sharebecause she didn't need to
Im pretty sure she was satisfied that he was injured.
The only reason why she came towards him again, is because he was making too much noise trying to reach for his gun.
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Ummm...What would they have done for the other two hours?
shareThis has been discussed on other threads already, but one explanation:
A bear attack that has been triggered by imagined self-defence (protection of cubs, sudden chance encounter with human in bear`s comfort zone, surprised bear) will often be followed by an attack to remove the threat. In many cases, once the human "threat" has been knocked out and mauled, the bear lost interest and went away.
Which is basically the situation the trapper was in. The bear mauled him, knocked him out, removed him as a perceived threat. Then returned to her cubs, only to attack again as di Caprio moved.
But fighting back will incite the Grizzly even more, it is likely it will not stop before the "threat" (you) has been removed for good.
Sometimes a defensive attack turns into an opportunistic feeding. Then you are really out of options.
If, on the other hand, the attack was predatory from the start - like if the bear has stalked you - then, fighting back is the only way.