Talk:Bear

Why is this article locked?

I had no idea bears were so controversial.

In Bible

The line "The term "a bereaved bear" (דב שכול), derived from this Biblical source" is incorrect. The term is actually derived from Hosea 13:8. Someone with access, please correct this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.228.118.194 (talk) 21:19, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Old talk

Does anyone have any information on the actual origin of the phrase "To try like a bear" listed in the Figures of Speech section? I've never heard it before and a google search for it reveals all of 11 results -- several of which are verbatim to the wikipedia article and appear to use it as their source. None of the 2-3 sites presenting unique usage of the term reference pursuit of the opposite sex at all in their context. Possibly the result of a non-English idiom? If this phrase is legitimate, fine, but it kind of has the feel of someone "trying like a bear" to create a new phrase. - phreyan | 11:13:30 Dec 10 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.25.140.12 (talk) 19:16, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

This question has hung here for two months without a source or even an answer, I have removed the phrase from the article. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:45, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Behaviour

I think this page could use a section on the behaviour or personality of the bear. Does anyone have an expertise on this? --84.13.174.29 (talk) 10:54, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

• Always a bit difficult with groups of different animals, like this one; not all species of bear behave in the same way, after all. However, individual species pages (such as brown bear) should be useful in this regard. Anaxial (talk) 12:24, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

• Good point. For example, if you encounter a brown bear up close, chances are actually pretty good that you will not be attacked, especially if you know how to behave. If you encounter a polar bear, and you don't have any heavy weaponry on your side, you should just make peace with whatever higher power you may believe in, because you are going to die, and soon. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:09, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

• The family as a whole has a good treatment in the new Handbook of the Mammals of the World, so I will endeavour over the next few weeks to deal with the behaviour (amongst other things) of the bears. Hopefully I will be able to expand, as requested, the section on biology. It also strikes me that the in culture bit could use some pruning and citing. Fortunately HMW has some excellent information on humans and bears drawn from all across the world. Sabine's Sunbird talk 04:09, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Interesting papers to include in expansion/revision

Sørensen, Ole (2008). "Predation by a Golden Eagle on a Brown Bear Cub". 19 (2): 190–193. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) Sabine's Sunbird talk 03:52, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Comments

• The University of Pittsburg and American Noviates links don't work.
• There are several links to DAB pages British Lion, Bruin, Canine, Diurnal, Great Bear, McMahon
• Ursidae links to self redirect

Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:31, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

I will take the time to fix those sometime this weekend. Pretty easy fixes. Tim1357 (talk) 12:45, 20 November 2009 (UTC)