Why Timothy Treadwell Deserved to be Attacked by a Grizzly Bear

These bears are the only species of bear living on the archipelago, this means they “don’t have any natural predators” ( Bio Expedition 2015) The bears only have to worry about other Kodiak bears especially if they have cubs to take care of. Kodiak bears are mammals meaning they are warm blooded and have live births, the

Dogs rarely die a shameful death, but instead fight to the finish. Using this dichotomy he further illustrates the severance of and between the hunter and the hunted. McKay emphasizes within the first three lines that the conflict at hand is not merely a struggle then, but a fierce hunt in which there is no mercy and only one survivor.

This essay will compare and contrast two different essays one is written by George Orwell “Shooting an Elephant” and “Am I Blue?” by Alice Walker. The settings of both places are different “Shooting an Elephant” takes place in a country in Asia called Burma. In “Am I Blue?” the setting takes place in a house in the country side that stood over the edge of the meadow near the mountains. The characters in “Am I Blue?” are the white horse whose name is blue and Walker, who spotted Blue from the window of her home. Orwell is the main character in “Shooting an Elephant” he is a British police officer who shot the elephant that had killed a man. In both essays the authors are relating themselves to the animal’s pain

Along this difficult march, the narrator reflects on the life of the dog and remembers the not-so-bad characteristics of the family pet, “During our joint ordeal I had developed a grudging affection for our pet; he who’d been so quick to defend my kith and kin against the noise of passing trucks, who took loud notice of the squirrels outside, who held fast in the foyer, hackles raised, fearlessly barking, whenever company arrived at the front door (248).”

The Grizzly Bear is one of nature’s last keystone species that is contributing to the Western United states and Southwestern Canada. The Grizzly Bear is thought of as a vicious beast who kills people without intent. Grizzly Bears are actually important to the environment and ecosystem that they live in. This Bear is an intelligent animal, which serves a role of preserving a plant’s way of life. It creates soil disturbance which causes more nitrogen to be produced to generate more nutrients for plants.

The Grizzly bears population has grown from about 200 in 1975 to approximately 600-1200 in the 18 million acers of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. (Yellowstone)

Timothy Treadwell, made famous after the biographical documentary Grizzly Man was released, spent thirteen summers in Katmai National Park in Homer, Alaska living amongst the region’s wild brown bears before he was ultimately killed and consumed by them. No one quite understood why he decided to spend so much time with the dangerous carnivores, but onecan only speculate on the decisions that led to his tragic end. He was believed to have suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction. The self-proclaimed “bear whisperer” not only yearned not only for a connection with the bears, but many believed also for their acceptance. He devoted his life trying to convince society that the bears needed his help, but there is controversy as to if he did more bad than good in his so-called efforts to aid in their protection.

The opening of the story introduced the reader to some important themes. One of the first things is the conversation between Rainsford and Whitney’s about the pleasure of hunting. Rainsford is a skeptic and believes that animals do not experience feelings or thoughts. He clearly establishes a hierarchy between man and beast. This relationship is revisited throughout the story.

When watching Treadwell’s videos it becomes apparent that he interacts with bears in a way most experts would not recommend. He gets very close, turns his back on the bears, and even gets within touching distance. While I don’t agree with his actions, the experiences he had with bears seems to have brought him a lot of joy and happiness. During one of Treadwell’s video sessions, he said that he “had no life” before he started interacting with the bears (Herzog, 2005). He had a drinking problem and was going through a lot, but once he found the bears he felt like he found purpose (Herzog, 2005). The interactions may have had an emotional

Though there seems to be some messages about conservation and human interaction with wild animals, as a filmmaker, and therefore inherently a storyteller, Herzog’s fascination is primarily on the tale of Timothy Treadwell. He clearly had some admiration for the man, as both a videographer and an adventurer, and saw his life in the natural world worthy of a film. Not only did Herzog want to share his story with the world, but it also seems he had a personal desire to more deeply explore Treadwell’s psyche and personal life, and the effect that had on his work. Herzog was able to go beyond the media’s representation of Treadwell as a crazed environmentalist and uncovered his demons, including his problems with women and his drug and alcohol abuse. He paints Treadwell as a much more dynamic figure than what is apparent by a simple overview of his expeditions which creates a much better understanding of why he did what he did. It is easy to view the documentary as a criticism of Treadwell because of the creator’s contrasting views, but Herzog did not set out to discredit Treadwell, he wanted to display his story in it’s entirety and provide multiple interpretations of his work, with Herzog’s interpretation being one of

The polar bear, the largest land carnivore in North America, one of the largest animals in the world and a favorite at zoos worldwide, has, over the years, adapted to its harsh Arctic environment. The appropriately named ‘ursus maritimum’ or sea bear usually lives between 15 and 18 years in the wild and spends most of its life on ice. It is the most recent of the eight bear species. The first polar bear was a brown bear subspecies, with brown bear dimensions and brown bear teeth. The polar bear evolution was rapid due to the small population and extreme pressure to survive. Even today, the polar bear continues to evolve to better adapt to the harsh realities of Arctic life.

In North America, the grizzly bear is a keystone species - not as a predator but as ecosystem engineers. They transfer nutrients from the oceanic ecosystem to the forest ecosystem. The first stage of the transfer

Werner Herzog directed a documentary film called Grizzly Man to show viewers how much interest Timothy Treadwell demonstrated towards human nature and how he demonstrates human nature through himself. Timothy Treadwell spent thirteen long summers in Alaskan Peninsula. He went to go portray his love and protection to the wild life and grizzly bears, which lead him to his miserable death. Herzog creates a sequence of scenes, comments, and interviews from people who is well connected directly or indirectly with Treadwell. His purpose of directing the Grizzly Man documentary through Treadwell’s own film was to convey the viewers the difference of human beings and the wild life animals. Herzog’s main effective argument was to convey how courageous and how insane Treadwell was to spend thirteen summers in the wild life of grizzly bears.

In the novel, humans seem to adapt animalistic tendencies and are meant to be compared to animals. Animals themselves, however, are described in a rather anthropomorphic manner. The two black bears in the zoo cage “face each other like two matrons having tea” (93). Additionally, Enoch removes the frame of a picture of a moose in his room, due to the fact that he believed the animal appeared to look at him judgmentally. This action of taking down the frame additionally foreshadows the later event where he strips the man of his Gonga costume.

Bear is a true carnivore, but if not prevented the black bear could be a huge problem to humans.