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| Grin and bear it: researcher has no hard feelings for grizzly that cracked her skull | |
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| A researcher who survived a grizzly bear attack that cracked open her skull said the bear “was just doing what bears do” and she will continue to study the animals. | A researcher who survived a grizzly bear attack that cracked open her skull said the bear “was just doing what bears do” and she will continue to study the animals. |
| The Cabinet mountains in Montana, where the attack happened on 17 May, have about 50 grizzlies that are protected. DNA tests show the bear that attacked Amber Kornak is a 24-year-old male that was captured in 2005 as part of a research project. | The Cabinet mountains in Montana, where the attack happened on 17 May, have about 50 grizzlies that are protected. DNA tests show the bear that attacked Amber Kornak is a 24-year-old male that was captured in 2005 as part of a research project. |
| Montana wildlife officials said the bear acted defensively, so it will not be tracked and shot. | Montana wildlife officials said the bear acted defensively, so it will not be tracked and shot. |
| Kornak, 28, was conducting solo research for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Collecting bear hair samples, she blew a whistle and clapped as she worked, to alert any bears to her presence. | Kornak, 28, was conducting solo research for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Collecting bear hair samples, she blew a whistle and clapped as she worked, to alert any bears to her presence. |
| According to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, because of rain, wind and the sound of a nearby creek, Kornak still got within 12ft of a grizzly without either knowing the other was there. | According to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, because of rain, wind and the sound of a nearby creek, Kornak still got within 12ft of a grizzly without either knowing the other was there. |
| “We spooked each other,” Kornak said. “I got down on the ground and pulled out my bear spray. He bit down on my skull, and I just reached over with my left arm and sprayed him and he was gone. The bear spray saved my life.” | “We spooked each other,” Kornak said. “I got down on the ground and pulled out my bear spray. He bit down on my skull, and I just reached over with my left arm and sprayed him and he was gone. The bear spray saved my life.” |
| Kornak’s skull was cracked open, her back and arm were clawed, and she was two miles from her truck. She sent out an emergency notification using a satellite device, then washed the Mace-like bear spray from her eyes. After checking the trail to make sure the bear was gone, she started walking. | Kornak’s skull was cracked open, her back and arm were clawed, and she was two miles from her truck. She sent out an emergency notification using a satellite device, then washed the Mace-like bear spray from her eyes. After checking the trail to make sure the bear was gone, she started walking. |
| “I said: ‘I’m at least going to try to get as far as I can,”’ she said. “If I at least get to my truck, then I wouldn’t run into any other animals, like another bear or a moose.” | “I said: ‘I’m at least going to try to get as far as I can,”’ she said. “If I at least get to my truck, then I wouldn’t run into any other animals, like another bear or a moose.” |
| Kornak drove about three miles along a dirt road until she came across a pickup truck. The driver gave her a ride until they found an ambulance responding to her emergency call. | Kornak drove about three miles along a dirt road until she came across a pickup truck. The driver gave her a ride until they found an ambulance responding to her emergency call. |
| Kornak, who spent a week in hospital, said the attack reinforced her goal of becoming a wildlife manager specializing in bears. | Kornak, who spent a week in hospital, said the attack reinforced her goal of becoming a wildlife manager specializing in bears. |
| Montana FWP spokesman Dillon Tabish said: “It was a really unfortunate situation where neither the victim nor the bear was in the wrong.” | Montana FWP spokesman Dillon Tabish said: “It was a really unfortunate situation where neither the victim nor the bear was in the wrong.” |
| Kornak agreed. “He was just doing what bears do,” she said. | Kornak agreed. “He was just doing what bears do,” she said. |
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