who doesn't toss some peanuts to the bears in the zoo? to see a grizzly or polar bear run just for a little taste is great. would hate to see them running at me in the wild. i camp a lot in bear country and make sure to hang my food up in a tree, away from camp. when i was younger we went canoeing in the boundary waters. there were a lot of us (enough that we had to have 2 camps) one morning as we cooked breakfast, a mommy black bear and 2 cubs strolled in! we tried making noise, banging pots together and such, did not work. unfortunately the bear pepper sprey was not handy so we hit the canoes and sat out in the water and watched the bears eat out breakfast, rummage through tents and have a good time.
so please feed the bears, get close to them or better yet, between a momma and her cubs, it is natures way of getting rid of idiots!