In case of a bear attack, where you don't recognize the species of bear, climb a tree. At that point you can easily distinguish whether you are "threatened" by a grizzly or a black bear. (We really don't like the term threatened as it casts speciest asspersions on bears who always have the right of way, and in the case of "black" bears it has racial overtones as well. Those who say that they also have a "cinnamon" phase are obviously anti-latino as well. We root for the bear in those cases.). However if the bear climbs the tree to eat you (a clear act of self defense for trespassing on its territory), it was a "black" bear. If it simply knocks the tree down to eat your white right wing self, as is clearly the bear's right, then it was a grizzly. Either way, the world is a better place.
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