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I do not believe in Louis Roth, or most trainers, for that matter. Lions don't display visual nervousness more than tigers do, or vice versa. When I was younger, (at the Cincinnati Zoo, respectively) I noticed a tiger giving the same signals as Louis Roth described the lion to give: a shaky tail, unleashed fangs, deep grunts, deep roars. Turns out one of the visitors had tried to trick the tiger into following his hand (which had a shiny keychain, by the way), and the tiger became visibly nervous towards the visitor because he couldn't catch the shiny object.

Almost all carnivores tend to show their discomfort almost instantly when bothered, but to what extent, that depends on the species. Beatty, Roth, and other animal trainers are not to be taken so seriously with their opinions, since they really don't know about the wild states of these animals.

Polar bears are aggressive towards humans because humans normally go about these animals in particular so aggressively by constantly mistreating them (always sick, physically immature, and weak at lower weights. Overheated and exhausted at higher weights in hot-climate captive areas.) These bears specifically face constant hardships 24/7, and due to humans giving them these hardships, they see humans as a constant threat, and that's what makes them aggressive towards us. 

In the wild, they aren't necessarily aggressive with hatred towards humans, they simplay consider us prey (hunger, not hatred.) They normally don't attack any human/animal unless hungry, or in the case of captivity, anger. Reply