In a chilling commentary, Emerson further states, “[A single swipe from a polar bear] can spell the end, eviscerating its prey with ease.” However, a broader perspective reveals that fatal bear encounters, regardless of species, remain relatively rare events.
Think about Yellowstone National Park, where different kinds of bears live. In all the time since it started in the 1800s, there have only been eight times when people died because of bears there. This helps us see that, even though bears can be dangerous, it’s not very common for people to get hurt by them. In Yellowstone, both people and bears share the land, and most of the time, they don’t hurt each other.