Wile E. Coyote's main strength was his DoD-like blank cheque spending ability at the defense contractor Acme Corp. His access to advanced technology was the super power that ultimately leads to his downfall.

> His access to advanced technology was the super power that ultimately leads to his downfall.

That, and a crafty bird. So if the bear has a roadrunner the parent commenter's odds of winning are greatly reduced.

Can't tell if you're serious haha

There's an interview with John Danaher talking about if his student, and widely considered the best grappler of all time, Gordan Ryan, could compete with a grizzly or even a chimp. It's a fun listen.

> but I can out-think him

Are you sure? Bears (at least, black and grizzly bears) are really smart. Like, scary smart.

I bet you can I get a better SAT score than any "Ursus arctos horribilis" that you can field ;)

True, but that sort of smarts won't help me fight the bear. Bears plan ahead. They learn from past experiences. If you "play dead", they'll rough you up to make sure you're not a threat, then leave you be -- but they'll watch you for a while to see if you were faking it and get up.

My favorite "smart bear" story is an area where bears have learned how to get into bear canisters people use to protect their food from bears. They'll sneak into your camp, roll the canister to a cliff, and push it off to crack it open on the rocks below. And they teach other bears how to do this.

A ranger once told me that the real difficulty in making bear-proof garbage receptacles is that the smarter bears are more intelligent than the dumber humans.

But can it outsmart a bullet?

It's like the old joke, a guy is walking through the park and he sees an old man playing chess with a dog. He says "Wow, that must be the smartest dog in the world!" The old man says "He's not that smart, I almost always win."

id like to see video of this event please

They're big. Like, REALLY big.

Think of a 7'+ man who weighs 500+ lbs, carries around knives, and looks at you half-interestedly... like he's flipping a coin in his head to decide whether or not to eat you.

That's a lot of presence to ignore when there's only open field between the two of you.

That brain better developed a gun and told you come prepared to a fight with a Grizzly. Mine tells me that I suck at shooting so I better bring a couple of hand grenades as well. It also tells me that I suck at throwing so I should better stay in my basement in the first place and if there is no way around it I better just burn down the whole forest to be safe.

I lived in the Yukon for four years, been all over Alaska hunting, hiking fishing.

I’ve Been stalked by a big grizzly a couple of times, almost rode into a big female who the started frothing at the mouth, stamping her feet and snarling while 10 feet away. I assure you, there is no fight.

Even a modest grizzly will take the door off a cabin in one swipe without slowing down. The bear will annihilate you in a second or two.

Of course a gun changes the equation, Though plenty of people have shot grizzlies many times and still been killed. I believe the outcomes are statistically worse for those with a gun