Mike Carruthers

I mean, this is their home too.

And yeah, maybe.

I'm curious, not just about bears, but wildlife in general.

It would seem that once a bear or a possum or a raccoon or anything comes to your house and eats food there because it's in the trash or whatever, they remember that and come back or they're looking for food wherever they can find it?

One thing I've never understood is, so we have a bobcat and we know it's the same one because it doesn't have a tail.

It's like it lost its tail.

Some chopped it off or I don't know, but it's clearly there's no tail.

So we know when we see it's the same one.

But we only see one.

Well, you can't have one without parents.

And is there only one?

And there's only a couple of bears.

Are there more bears than we think there are?

Well, I can say from experience, even listening to you say, you know, bears and coyotes aren't really coming after people.

But when there is one a few feet away from you and you lock eyes with it, that is truly frightening.

And it sure seems like it's happening more and more.

So it's good to know what to do and what not to do and try to figure out how we can peacefully coexist together.

I've been speaking with Randy Minotaur, who is a real expert on this topic, and she's author of a book called The Bear at the Bird Feeder, Why We're Seeing More Wild Animals in Our Neighborhoods and How We Can Live in Harmony with Them.

And there's a link to that book at Amazon in the show notes.

Thanks, Randy.