Ani Haas, former U.S. ski team member, was recently attacked by a black bear. By now you’ve probably heard the story.

“A wild animal attack has been one of my biggest fears,’’ the Missoula native told TODAY’s Ann Curry in an exclusive interview. “It’s something I’ve always talked about and been worried about. Growing up in Montana, [you’re] always hearing what you’re supposed to do in different instances with different animals. All the protocols are different, so I just remembered while everything was happening.’’  Watch the short video below to hear the full story.

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Woman attacked by bear: ‘She ran straight for me’

It’s a pretty scary story. It highlights the importance of knowing the difference between methods for defending yourself from a black bear versus a grizzly bear.

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Triple Trash Bears by National Geographic is an excellent and entertaining video about problem bears. Watch below as animal experts try to shoo away or catch and relocate these elusive black bears to keep people, and bears, safe.

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Triple Trash Bears

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A lion, tiger and bear recovered in a drug bust in 2001 have been living together ever since at the animal rescue center Noah’s Ark near Atlanta, Georgia. Leo, Shere Khan and Baloo are like brothers; caretakers say separating them would bring depression.

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I saw this story on the NBC Today show about a Black Bear Den Cam from WildEarth.TV and thought I’d share it with you. Watch Lily the black bear live in her den on the Black Bear Den Cam. It’s pretty amazing footage.

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The bear whisperer, wildlife specialist Steve Searles, helps the resort town of Mammoth Lakes, California cope with black bears and other wildlife.

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Black bears like to climb trees for safety. Carl R. Sams II took this photo of a black bear cub in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

A black bear and cub came into the town of Bryson City, North Carolina last Sunday evening seeking food.

They ended up parked in a tree overhanging a river from Monday morning until about 1p.m. Tusday, according to the article “Bears in tree cause a buzz” in the Smokey Mountain Times.

“I’ve never seen so many people,” said retired Swain County Schools teacher Shirley Sutton, quoted in the article. Sutton called the police Monday morning after spotting the bears.

“They said just leave (them) alone, and they would come down,” Sutton said in the article. “But they haven’t come down.”

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A fun look at black bear cubs with Canadian comedian and television personality Rick Mercer. Rick helps tag black bear cubs in Algonquin Park.

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"This spring black bear cub would stop playing with his two brothers and stare me down. I think he was trying to figure out what kind of bear I might be!" says Carl Sams.

Everyone seems to love black bear cubs! The Wisconsin Black Bear Education Center’s mission is “to observe the habits of black bears in a real-life atmosphere and to provide educational experiences about black bears for people of all ages.”

In the article “Getting up close and personal with the wild black bear“, Traska , the center’s founder, says bears have an acute sense of smell. Their olfactory openings are located in the front part of the roof of the mouth.

Even the scent from a candy wrapper can cause a bear to come searching for food. More information.

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