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Learn how to survive a bear attack in this eighth exciting episode. Alex and Mike are back in the studio, and they explain all. Comments welcome!
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Alex Robinson lives in New York City with his wife, a cat, and a dog. His books include Box Office Poison, Tricked and his latest book Too Cool to Be Forgotten, all of which are available from Top Shelf Productions. He has won and lost several industry awards. 
Mike Dawson lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter. His books include the epic graphic-memoir Freddie & Me, the action-packed book of short stories Ace-Face: The Mod With the Metal Arms, and the forthcoming Troop 142. 
It depends on whether it is a black bear or a grizzly. Black bears can climb and eat carrion, so playing dead won’t do anything. You just want to speak calmly with black bears, and back away slowly. If they charge, you should fight back as Black Bears tends to be far more timid.
If it is a grizzly, you will want to climb a tree if possible, but you need to get relatively high (~10 meters). Curling up into a ball can work, as Grizzlies typically care more about dominance then hunting humans.
Black bears are a lot smaller, right? It was probably a black bear that shambled out of the woods at that family picnic. I feel like while I would probably still ultimately lose in the fight with the black bear, I would stand a better chance with it than I would against a Grizzly.
“That’s why everyone hates you” should obviously be the new running punchline for the show.
In the bios on the right, don’t forget to list the Panther names for Mike (“Gags”) and Alex (what was it, the Grumpiest Panther?)