Pigs fight off hungry bear

-“A hungry bear faced an unexpected counterattack and fled the scene after invading the pen of two large pigs on a farm in western Connecticut, security footage shows. Video from Rebecca Shaw, captured on her farm near New Milford in March 2022, shows the bear perched on the fence around the pen and eyeing one of Shaw’s pigs, named Mary. Mary appears either unaware or unbothered by the bear’s presence. However, as soon as the bear drops down into the pen, Mary charges and headbutts the bear several times. The second pig, Hamlet, then emerges from a shed and charges, grunting and growling, prompting the now-frightened bear to leap back out over the fence. Shaw told local media that she had been
“blown away” by her pigs, especially Hamlet – nicknamed Hammy – whom she said was usually “afraid of his own shadow.” “To see him run out and protect Mary and chase that bear away, it tears me up because I know how afraid he was when he did that,” Shaw said”
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For a strong and massive beast , the bear can be surprisingly cowardly.

WERE NOT TRAPPED IN HERE WITH YOU YOURE TRAPPED IN HERE WITH US

At the end the piggy was like “that’s right you better run!”

This is the American Black Bear

probably one of the more friendly bear species you can imagine, you could get hurt, but it will probably be your own fault.

Fight or flight, perfect example

These are the kind of pigs that you don’t eat all in one go.

All that fine meat you get from pigs?

Thats all muscle.

And all the fat is right under their thick skin, meaning that you have to bite real deep to immobilise or damage the pig in a meaningful way.

Big honking pigs like that can violate you properly if you dont respect them.

I have a pet pig. They are strong as fuck and if not trained/handled properly, they can be pretty fucking dangerous.

Just another day in the NFC North, where Packers and Bears fans are attacking each other.

“You want that bacon? You want that? COME ON! Earn it MF’ER!”

Sometimes i forget these are just boars we fine tuned

Never though pigs can be that fierce. I thought they are docile.

They took it turns, then afterwards looked at each other and said “that was weird”

Those are some absolute units. I’d be sacred to.

I thought black bears were vegetarians, so I looked it up. Black bears are omnivores, but an I malso are rare on their diet. Furthermore, the eat little animals they can pick up.

Given that, I think this bear was either curious about the pigs, wanted someone to play with, or was after their feed. I doubt the bear was trying to eat the pigs, as the title suggests.

Not too surprising considering there’s been stories of feral hogs or boars ganging on bears.

Brave is a weird description of an aggressive hog

What kind of Winnie the Pooh shit is this? I’d be scared of that pig too

My uncle used to raise a hog every year to feed his family of seven. A man we used to call Grandpa Quincy would come every year and kill it, and butcher my uncle’s hog.

He had a Colt Woodsman .22 that he would use to dispatch the hog. One year, my uncle forgot to call Quincy, and his hog went from 200 pounds to 350 in the ensuing year.

When Grandpa Quincy finally came around, he went to the corral that my uncle used for a pig pen. He shot that hog in the head, and the bullet bounced off its skull, and the pig bit the gun out of his hand, then chased him out of his pen.

I never saw a man as old as Quincy jump as high, as he did to clear the fence rails. My uncle had to go in the house and get his hunting rifle to terminate that hog.

Hogs are tough!

The bear

Give me three steps, give me three steps mister,

It couldn’t bring home the bacon.