"How Not to Get Attacked by a Bear" video

Kevin Hood sent along a link to this entertaining cartoon video. He attached an evaluation by John Neary, Wilderness Field Manager, Admiralty NM, who said "I like the humorous approach but wouldn't endorse its use as a "stand-alone" product. If I were to use it in trainings it would be for the students to critique in a - "what's wrong with this video" exercise.
the problems I see: suggests having a pet to prevent bear problems. Maybe they meant it in humor yet most people have legitimate questions about this strategy and the answer isn't uniform...
Step 3, avoiding eye contact, isn't a strategy we teach and shouldn't be a step at all. We like people to keep an eye on the bear to recognize its behavioral signals and I'm unaware of any studies that show bears respond aggressively to eye contact alone. Canids do, but bears are different in this regard...
Step 6 could better advocate falling down only as a very last resort, and the bit about punching in the nose is taken out of context. We do suggest fighting back a predacious or opportunistic black bear by focusing blows to the nose, eyes but this would be a foolish strategy to use on a sow grizzly defending her cubs.
Step 7 about pepper spray is out of context and should be introduced at step 3 instead, and should give some useful hint about actually using the product correctly
that said, I'll add it to my list of interesting videos to use in my presentation..."
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2009/07/how-avoid-bear-attack-great-outdoors-cartoon-version