I would like to qualify what type of shark or bear. There are far more kinds of sharks including dog fish which are small and don't really have teeth along with whale sharks which just eat plankton and are friendly. Whereas with bears you only have black, brown, and polar all of which can F you up. Of course you could count pandas as bears and they might leave you alone unless they think you're bamboo.
A black bear likely wouldn't be attacking (although I realize it does happen) so I took this post to mean a Grizzly. What about Peruvian Bears?
How close am I to land, or a boat? Where am I encountering the bear? What type of shark and bear are we talking? You have a chance of deterring the shark via nose boop to buy some time, but in water you are a complete sitting duck, so if it makes up it's mind you're toast. You have full mobility facing the bear, so maybe you can use the environment to outsmart them. But you aren't deterring a hungry grizzly or polar bear. We need more information to give a proper answer, a question such as this can't be taken lightly.
Well our Russian and Polish friends would say bear as the guys I have known from either place have zero fear or bears and actually slap them around. I will go with shark though, because I have read of numerous people kicking sharks and then being left alone. Either death would be terrible but I think having drowning added would make a shark death worse. What I do not get is how surfers can go back in the water after a great white attack..... seems to me that they are really pushing it.
Cause once youre attacked by one, youre immune to them for the rest of your life. Surfers just want to get the first one out the way as soon as they can.
Water 1 mile from land, forest 10 miles from civilization. 6 foot female grizzly. 6 foot teen bull shark.
Time for a more serious topic. 2 rounds against Mike Tyson or 20 angry geese out for blood and you are 3 miles from shelter. @KingCheetah @Roscoe Arbuckle
Am I bleeding? Because one mile off shore, if I am bleeding...... yeah, I will be surrounded my other sharks in no time...... You just had to go grizzly didn't you...... that makes it tough....... a 6 foot grizzly is taking you down.
I have never seen a LIVING shark outside of an aquarium. Black tips are just big catfish. Just saying.
