Are the Animals Sick of Us?

Out Alive from Backpacker

Louisa Albanese

Places & Travel, Sports, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Out Alive we dive into a summer riddled with unsettling animal encounters worldwide. From cougars and bears on American soil to Orcas causing chaos off Portugal's shores, one question lingers: Are animals growing weary of us? To shed light on these events, we invite renowned bear biologist, Dr. Tom Smith, and his former student-turned-wildlife biologist and podcast host, Wes Larson. Together, they unpack the intricacies of these animal-human confrontations, with a special emphasis on bears. Wes is the co-host of a show all about animal encounters - listen to Tooth & Claw here. You can also follow Wes on Instagram @grizkid

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0:33.7	If you take this past summer's headlines concerning animal attacks, when you put them all together,
0:39.7	they read like a series of unfortunate events.
0:43.0	An eight year old in Olympic National Park faced a Cougar attack.
0:47.0	In Arizona, a black bear took the life of a 66 year old man in a rare predatory event.
0:54.4	Across the ocean, off the coast of Portugal, Orcas have targeted around 60 boats, causing
1:00.2	three to sink.
1:01.8	And in a shocking incident in Montana, an otter viciously attacked and injured a group
1:07.7	of three women.
1:09.6	Here at Outside, we can't help but question, are the animals sick of us?
1:14.6	We reached out to two wildlife biologists to find out.
1:18.5	And since we love to talk about bears here at Out-alive, that's mostly where this conversation
1:23.2	took us.
1:24.2	Dr. Tom Smith is a world-renowned bear biologist who studies several species of bear as well
1:30.7	as human bear interactions.
1:33.1	Tom is a professor at Brigham Young University in Utah.
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