History's Deadliest Sloth Bear: The Sloth Bear of Mysore

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Tooth & Claw

True Crime, Science, Comedy, Nature

4.9 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Wes tells the story of how in 1957, an unusually aggressive sloth bear is thought to have caused the death of at least 12 people and the mauling of several others. Jeff wonders about how often sloth bears bonk their heads. Mike gets angry about The Jungle Book. Watch here: https://youtu.be/gw7tJ8F2K84 ~~ To advertise on the show, contact us! ~~ Tooth & Claw is brought to you by QCODE. Support the show and get access to an extensive library of exclusive episodes like this by supporting the show on Patreon or joining the Grizzly Club on Apple Podcasts. For the latest updates on the show and all things wildlife, follow us at toothandclawpod.com and social: Instagram: @ToothandClawPodcast Twitter: @ToothandClawPod Wes: @GrizKid Jeff: @jefe_larson Mike: @mikey3ds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Wes. Two quick things before we start this episode. First, this is the first of two episodes that we're doing in collaboration with Backpacker magazine to support their annual Bear Month. We're really excited about this partnership. They do a lot of fun content for Bear Month, a lot of good safety messaging. I wrote an article for them about Night of the Grizzlies. So check out Backpacker.
0:21.5	Go to their Instagram.
0:22.6	Go to their website.
0:25.3	There's some really good bear content for you guys there.
0:29.7	Second, in this episode, you're going to kind of hear a stumble over talking about doing some donations for Wildlife SOS, an incredible nonprofit that I've worked with that's done some
0:35.2	amazing work with sloth bears.
0:37.2	So here's how that's going to look.
0:38.7	On our Instagram, Tooth and Claw podcast, in our bio, we're going to have a little
0:43.0	donation link that will be money that will go directly toward Wildlife SOS.
0:48.0	So if you feel like donating, go to our Instagram.
0:50.5	You can donate there.
0:51.6	And we are going to match donations up to $2,000. So any amount after a week, we are going to match donations up to $2,000.
0:55.3	So any amount after a week, we are going to match.
0:58.6	And hopefully we get up to that $2,000 goal.
1:01.1	They do some incredible work.
1:02.7	I've worked with them closely.
1:04.0	I know that money is really used to its maximum potential.
1:08.0	So check it out on our Instagram Toothin Claw podcast.
1:11.7	Okay, that's it. I hope you guys enjoy the episode.
1:27.0	Hello, everybody. Welcome to Tooth and Claw podcast.
1:30.4	We have our bear biologist, Wes Larson, with us.
1:34.3	How we doing, Wes?
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