[Shop-talk] Maybe the weirest shop related question asked here.

[Bob Spidell]

There was a photo going around years ago showing (what was left) of a 
guy who was killed by a bear, but not before he emptied a .38 revolver 
into the bear.  It was pretty gruesome,  the bear ripped him open and 
ate all his organs (but, surprisingly, left his junk). Rangers killed 
the bear and verified it was the culprit from stomach contents.

So, if bears are a worry something more substantial than a .38 (dunno if 
it was a 'special') is called-for.


On 4/2/2020 2:38 PM, Miq Millman via Shop-talk wrote:
> That's probably because in order to catch rabies from a bear bite, you 
> 'd have to survive the bear attack. Survival rate from a bear attack 
> seems to vary, but it's not very good.  Bear attacks are pretty rare 
> in and of themselves (chances are about 1 in 2ish million), plus there 
> have been less than half a dozen cases of rabies in bears in the last 
> 20 years.
>
> # OF DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES PER YEAR
>
> Cause of death ………………… # dead
> Cardiovascular disease …….. 856,030
> Transportation accidents ...…. 48,441
> COVID-19...................................4520***
> Drowning ……………………….. 3,582
> Hypothermia ………………..……699
> West Nile virus ……………..….. 119
> Hornet/bee/wasp stings …......... 48.5
> Snake bites ……………….….….. 5.2
> Bear attacks ………….............….. 2
>
>
> ***so far
>
> Eric, maybe just stop eating bacon in the shop, that will save you 
> from heart disease and keep the bears away.
>
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> Miq Millman miq at bigllama.com <mailto:miq at bigllama.com>
> Tualatin, OR  Big Llama Productions
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