(Also read: Russian dog waits by frozen river for days after ... "This is a dangerous gamble. What if the bear attacked him instead?" Another chimed in, "While I admire his courage, it's always ...

Le Charivari. April 17–18, 1854. LD 2493. “The Northern Bear, the most disagreeable of all the known bears.” The bellicose Russian Bear as an autocrat with all of its subjects kneeling at its feet.

A hiker managed to fend off a charging bear using a tiny axe. The man was walking his dog along a nature trail near Bratislava, Slovakia, when he noticed the animal with her cubs and a young adult ...