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BEAR MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS
Modern Scientists have peered billions of light-years into the
inconceivable vastness of outer space to see quasars, super-distant
galaxies from near the universe's violent birth, so ancient that by the
time their light is reaching us, they most likely do not even exist
anymore. They have also peered into the picoscopic world of
sub-subatomic quarks, and believe even they may be composed of yet
smaller particles. It is remarkable how much knowledge humans have
gained of our universe and cosmos. …and so why do we know so little
seemingly obvious information about the natural world right around us
all the time?
Even in our "modern" age of somewhat developed scientific
understanding of our universe and of the world around us, most humans
still do not know much about the true nature and character of the
natural world of Earth's biosphere, including our own terrestrial
neighbors the bears, and many humans view them only with ignorance, fear
and hostility.
These reactions are firmly based upon a negative reputation inspired
by inaccurate and unfair portrayals of bears. People still rely on the
knowledge passed down to us by ignorant forbearers instead of seeing for
ourselves what we can discover with our own developed, modernized points
of view. So many people see baseless myths and blown up exaggerations as
fact. And because of this, bears have unfairly been given a bad
reputation. And when people fear bears, bears die.
On this page we will debunk some of the most commonly pervasive bear
myths.
This knowledge is power, because if it is used right, it can be used
to save the lives of countless bears from death by human fear and
ignorance.
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