Sloth Bear

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I have just finished reading numerous descriptions of sloth bear behavior as related to aggression. It appears that there are two opposite opinions on this subject. One side claims the sloth bear to be perhaps the world's most aggressive bear. This because, unlike other tree-climbing bear species, the sloth bear prefers to stand his ground against enemies such as leopard or even tiger. Also because each year there are serious human injuries and even death due to sloth bear attacks.
The other side claims that the sloth bear is not normally aggressive. His survival strategy to fight rather than flee up a tree is simply a different survival strategy that most often works unless ambushed from behind. As for people being attacked, sloth bears are very noisy feeders and are thus easily taken by surprise. Their eye-site and hearing are poor ( according to a few articles I read ). Their Peripheral [b]vision is extremely poor. [/b] Reply