I feel like the polar bear might have been playing with her.

"Tough Native is redundant." -Shoresy

She was given a Medal of Bravery:

Photo.

Citation at the Governor General's website.

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Bear handed jokes aside its a shame they had to shoot the woman four times

Don't mess with mothers, even if you're a polar bear.

I don’t think so. Polar bears aren’t really docile creatures. All other bears look calm and peaceful compared to them. There’s not a lot of food in the arctic, so they eat practically anything that moves

I just figured it would rip her or any man apart it it wanted to

The right to bare arm bears.

There was a more recent attack in Alaska; a mother and toddler were killed by the polar bear.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/alaska-polar-bear-fatal-1.6718091

I think what he was saying is if the bear really wanted to kill her it would’ve. Easily. No one is going to beat a polar bear in hand to hand (or paw?) contact if it is really trying to eat you. Most people would probably struggle with a black bear (again if it really wanted to eat you)

Maybe if she had a weapon, or it was injured (I didn’t read the article), but that thing would’ve ripped her to shreds if it wanted to

Well bears don’t automatically go for the kill. In fact, I just saw a story on Reddit about a man that encountered a grizzly and fought it off, because it was only gnawing on his thigh. He eventually got it to go away by stabbing it with a pocket knife.

I’m just saying it may not have been 100% going for the kill, but it was definitely trying to get a meal. Just the fact that it didn’t run away at a sign of resistance shows that. Polar bears don’t “play”

You figure correctly.

Ah yes, the great Territory of Alaska, Canada...

My Mom can beat up your dad

Couldnt he just try to talk to the woman to calm her down?

Yeah? Well my mom can beat up your polar beat!

Ms. Angyiou "is about five-foot nothing and 90 pounds on a wet day," Mr. Hubert said with a laugh. "She's pretty quiet. I'm surprised she went and did this. But I guess when your back is up against the wall, I guess we come up with super-human strength."

I've seen her picture with Quebec's former president of the Assembly. The guy had to fold in two to shake her hand.

🎶They Call Me Canadian Polar Beat, I’m King of the Rumba Beat. 🎶

Mama bear vs Polar bear

When I play my maracas, they go chi-chi-chi-boom, chi-chi-chi-boom

That’s assuming the polar bear has the reasoning that you or I might have.

“Well, if I charge this weak thing, I can down it just by slamming into it. Or I’ll very slowly lower my paw onto it and make squish-cakes.”

It’s been well documented that you can scare other bears off by appearing threatening, even while being 1/6th or less of their size. They don’t understand that they’re well armed, armored tanks that can keep up with a geo metro.

They don’t know that one of the worst things they can do is give a human more time to figure something out.

If she had done anything that caused it to pause due to not being a normal action, it’s normal prey does? That easily would’ve bought time.

Looks like she knows all about the simple bear necessities

Lots of Canadians taking up real estate, not many polar bears. We backed the wrong side

Deserved.

If Canada had come up with the money first, I guess.

I just find it funny that it's a CBC link (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), and then reads /Canada/north/Alaska

...which is obviously not appreciated by others here

Subtlety is a lost art but you have my +1

Polar bears are one of our very few natural predators in North America. If hungry, they will track and kill humans.

This story shows the bear wasn't really hunting but also reveals that bears like this are deadly. A single swat could Have been sufficient.

Still, she was hero and selfless in the face of death. Worthy of more than a Medal.