Grizzly Bear or a Great White

[unstoppable]

Both options suck, but I'd choose the Grizzly bear. At least you are on a familiar plane. In water, you have absolutely no were to go, and little time to do it. Basically you're a sitting duck.

ya'd proboly have less chance then a duck

 

[cryptic name]

bear. i can swim fine, but i'm a lot more at home on the land. so i think i'd have more of a chance getting away from the bear. now, if it was a polar bear in the water...then i'd just be f**ked

 

[D.Rex]

Neither are a good but if i had to chose i'd pick the bear. You'd stand a much better chance defending yourself on land than in the water. On land you may be able to climb a tree or hide or play dead. In the water there is no where to go. Great Whites are scary ****ing animals.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

I would pick to battle the Bear.Your both on ground,which gives you at least some edge.You can run for your life,through the trees and dodging the rocks while the bear is less able.If your in the water with the shark,your in its habitat and chances are,you will tire first from swimming and be the shark`s prey.

 

[Immortalfire]

Id pick the shark. In the shark isnt threatened and Im not wearing bright colors the shark has a higher chance of not attacking than the bear...where as the bear has already stood up and is poised and ready to attack.

Its a trick question imo

A shark doesn't have to be threatened to attack. According to the Guiness book, great white sharks made fifty-five unprovoked attacks on humans in 2005.

 

[enterthemadness]

You'd run away after the bear kills you?

jag

No, top 4 things I'd do.

 

[7Hells]

Id pick the shark because that would mean im in australia and would be surrounded by hot aussies

eeerr...all aussie men are like Jason Stathom and Heath Ledger right?

Besides Sharks usually only bite humans once. Bears are more likely to finish the kill.

 

[Carcharodon]

I'm not much of a swimmer, so I don't know if I can just float there and hope the shark goes away (I heard they hunt based on movement).

You'd be wrong with that assumption...dead wrong. Great Whites not only have extremely keen senses of sight, smell, hearing and touch (including water disturbances), but they also can sense the bioelectrical impulses generated by your body.

Add to this that these sharks are fairly intelligent and *ahem* CURIOUS, and the way they test things out is with *ahem* their MOUTH...you're in for at the very least a nice big gash or a lost limb, given the power of a 20 foot white pointer, if it should decide to investigate.

 

[Carcharodon]

Besides Sharks usually only bite humans once. Bears are more likely to finish the kill.

Sure, they bite once. Then they wait. Know what they're waiting for? You to bleed to death. If you're a good swimmer when you're without a leg, then I guess you'd be right.

 

[Carcharodon]

I'd rather be afraid of a bear than a shark.

...but, wouldn't the chances be higher for me getting away from a shark by punching him in the eye than getting away from being mauled by a bear?

No, don't punch: GOUGE. A punch won't do too much, but a sharp stab or poke may deter it (if you're accurate enough). Besides, white sharks have a counter for this: their eyes roll back into their head when they attack live prey. Their favorite prey (seals of all types) are capable of being quite nasty when they do fight back (if they get the chance).

 

[Sentinel X]

A shark doesn't have to be threatened to attack. According to the Guiness book, great white sharks made fifty-five unprovoked attacks on humans in 2005.

seriously!!...God, Discovery's Shark week is such a sham ...in that case, Id chose bear

 

[Carcharodon]

seriously!!...God, Discovery's Shark week is such a sham ...in that case, Id chose bear

Eh, it's true that sharks do attack when threatened. Honestly, though... 20ft G.W vs. You. Think it'll be threatened? The fact is that they're really curious animals. Even if it weren't trying to actually HURT you, it might. A little nip by its standards would mean severed arteries in your leg for you.

 

[7Hells]

Sure, they bite once. Then they wait. Know what they're waiting for? You to bleed to death. If you're a good swimmer when you're without a leg, then I guess you'd be right.

I dont know about that. I was watching a show about great whites and human attacks. Apparently because of their keen senses the taste of human flesh just doesnt sit with them well. Which is why, they explained, their attacks are usually one bite.
They do the bleed to death thing with their prey but if the first bite doesnt taste right they dont go in for a second.
But my choice wasnt based on survival.

 

[DOG LIPS]

How about a bear in the ocean and a shark in the forest? Oooohhhh!

 

[Kmack]

How about a bear in the ocean and a shark in the forest? Oooohhhh!

In that case I would choose the shark

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Bear. Just run down hill. Bears can't with their stubby legs.

 

[DOG LIPS]

Bear. Just run down hill. Bears can't with their stubby legs.

Whaaat?? Are you kidding?? Bears can go from 0 to 70 mph in 1.7 seconds!

 

[Spidey-Bat]

They can't do that going down hill.

 

[Tsunulia]

Who says the bear has to run downhill They don't ever have to run when they can drive

 

[FRUITY]

Who says the bear has to run downhill They don't ever have to run when they can drive

Whistles.

 

[Tsunulia]

Well I see it

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/48500/48969TyCX_w.jpg

 

[FRUITY]

Well I see it

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/48500/48969TyCX_w.jpg

We all know you see everything.

The light brown bear looks like he's rapping.

 

[Carcharodon]

I dont know about that. I was watching a show about great whites and human attacks. Apparently because of their keen senses the taste of human flesh just doesnt sit with them well. Which is why, they explained, their attacks are usually one bite.
They do the bleed to death thing with their prey but if the first bite doesnt taste right they dont go in for a second.
But my choice wasnt based on survival.

There's no evidence to support that. If there are other people around, the person is likely to get out of the water before the shark would be back. That theory is based on flawed logic, IMO, though it's been tossed around countless times before. Who's gonna wait around 30 minutes to see if the shark comes back? That alone casts doubt into the theory.

Now, some have claimed that the sharks will spit out the chunk they bite off, yet that has never been fully substantiated. That would do more to support the theory (called the, "Bite and spit hypothesis"). As it stands, that theory is on shaky ground among the elasmobranchology community.

 

[Tangled Web]

I'd take the shark. I'd just be very still, and swim very swiftly and slowly and get the **** away very carefully.

I wouldn't mess with a big Bear. They're like nature's greatest warriors.

 

[7Hells]

Well, wall crawler, I saw it on the discovery channel
I havent read any reports or anything.