Don't Get Eaten: The Dangers of Animals That Charge and Attack [Paperback]

Dave Smith (Author)

Book Description

Series: Don't | Publication Date: May 2003

Handy pocket-sized guide to avoiding confrontations with wildlife--from black bears to bison, from cougars to wolves--and what to do in the worst-case scenario.

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About the Author

Dave Smith is a naturalist and avid outdoorsman who has worked in Yellowstone, Glacier, Denali, and Glacier Bay National Parks. Smith is also the author of Backcountry Bear Basics: The Definitive Guide to Avoiding Unpleasant Encounters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books; 1 edition (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898869129
• ISBN-13: 978-0898869125
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 4.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cougar or grizzly - I'll be prepared, March 31, 2005

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Angela M. Hey (Portola Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Don't Get Eaten: The Dangers of Animals That Charge and Attack (Paperback)

I hope I never have to confront a grizzly bear or a cougar, but given there are grizzly bears near our ski condo and cougars have been seen in a local nature preserve I'm not taking chances.

You probably know the basics of hanging your food in a tree and not letting bears see your cooler in your car. This little book goes way beyond the basics. With a chapter per animal, it explains animal behavior and takes you through your options. You can find out whether a bear is predatory, how to select a campsite and what a cougar does before it pounces. Be careful of those buffalo in Yellowstone - it lists the other parks where you might find them too. It also tells you about javelinas - a risk I had never considered.

There is an excellent section on pepper spray. It has good statistics - like the weight of a moose or the number of people that die of rabies. Your odds of getting eaten alive are pretty low - but why take chances. As it says "Hiking in grizzly country is dangerous and that's all there is to it."

Read this book - the techniques for each animal are different.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cool, January 6, 2009

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Robert J. Davidson (grand rapids mich) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Don't Get Eaten: The Dangers of Animals That Charge and Attack (Paperback)

My favorite past time.. avoiding being eaten !
Great book, detailed stories..
I will live to review another day...for now.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short, simple and accessible, July 19, 2010

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This review is from: Don't Get Eaten: The Dangers of Animals That Charge and Attack (Paperback)

We are planning a family vacation to a location with several of the animals in this book and have been very pleased by the contents. We've been able to use it as a read aloud, talk about sort of book with our children. Each chapter starts with a possible encounter and in several cases our children thought the thing to do was the exact wrong thing (usually running like mad).