bear attacks

Provides information about bears, their muscles, claws, and teeth, looks at different types of bears, and shares stories of bear attacks.

Text and photographs provide information about the polar bear.

Dan Bigley shares his story of being attacked by a grizzly bear, which caused him to lose his eye sight, but not the love of his girl friend he met right before the attack.

True stories of eighteen people who have been attacked by grizzly bears between 1977 and 1997.

Discusses reasons why bears attack and relates stories about such attacks.

Examines the work of Timothy Treadwell to protect the grizzly bear and his death from a bear attack. Plots out Treadwell's final expedition and encounter with the grizzly. Provides a portrait of the "Bear Whisperer" as well as of the grizzly bear and its behavior.

Presents the first international survey of bears divided into 3 sections. The first, Evolution and biology, provides an overview of the origins, development, biology, and behavior of bears. The second section, Bears up close, examines each species in detail and reviews the most recent research findings. The final section, Bears and humans, surveys the history of interaction between bears and people and provides advice on how people should behave in bear territory. Considers human attitudes toward bears from the viewpoint of anthropology, art, and literature and evaluates the role of bears in zoos and circuses and their use as sources of food and medicine.

Patricia Van Tighem chronicles her recovery after she was attacked by a grizzly bear in 1983 and discusses how she healed both her physical and emotional wounds in the years after the attack.