Author: Stephen F. Stringham
Publisher: NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK, May 2006
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 0-7627-3953-3
Synopsis
Bear Watching in Alaska; expert techniques & Tips for Low-Risk, Low-Impact viewing. Provides a unique blend of scientific insights, high adventure, & low humor--entertaining as effectively as it educates--on proper behavior in Alaska's bear country. 8-page color section; 6x9 inches, 176 pgs.
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Alaska's Most Dangerous Game is the first book on bear encounters tailored to the interests and needs of viewers, photographers and of other people who want to learn how to deal with bears 'peacefully.' It provides a unique blend of scientific insights, high adventure, and low humor--entertaining as effectively as it educates. These stories grab the reader and don't let go.
You might say that I'm a "bear whisperer" in the sense that Monte Roberts, for instance, is a "horse whisperer." Folks like Monte win the trust, respect, and cooperation of horses through getting to know the animals and socially bonding with them. This depends on the ability to read their body language to assess their moods, intentions, and expectations. It also depends on understanding how horses respond to human body language, so that you know how to send the right messages and avoid the wrong ones.
I do fundamentally the same thing with bears. Whispering has immense value for decreasing a person's risk of attack during a bear encounter, as my new book details. However, whispering is not a panacea. It must be used as part of a brad spectrum of safety precautions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Stephen F. Stringham has studied bears since 1969, focusing on population ecology, communication, aggression, and rearing orphaned cubs. He has also studied moose and other ungulates, as well as marine ecology. He is Director of the Bear Communication & Coexistence Research Program and of the Bear Viewing Association. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Alaska, where he teaches wildlife courses, including bear safety. Dr. Stringham is also the author of Beauty Within the Beast: Kinship With Bears in the Alaska Wilderness.
