Over in India there is a fierce predator known as the Sloth bear – an animal perhaps the most dangerous of any land animal on earth.
It truly puts all grizzly bears and black bears to shame, as far as aggressiveness and history of attacks and human disfigurement.
According to Wikipedia:
“The sloth bear is more inclined to attack man unprovoked than almost any other animal, and casualties inflicted by it are unfortunately very common, the victim being often terribly disfigured even if not killed, as the bear strikes at the head and face. Blanford was inclined to consider sloth bears more dangerous than tigers…”
Last Wednesday alone, a sloth bear in Jarida village India went on a rampage and killed 4 people in one gruesome attack.
Killing rampages, for some reason, seem to be the Sloth bear’s speciality. According to statistics, one famous killing spree in India saw a single sloth bear responsible for the deaths of 12 people and injuries to 2 dozen others.
Let’s be thankful these angry bears don’t live in North America, as even our resident bears probably wouldn’t stand a chance against them!
Outdoorsguy