# Woman fights off bear with zucchini **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838 "2010-09-24T02:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/1 "2010-09-24T02:03:07Z")
[Woman fights off bear with zucchini](http://www.smh.com.au/world/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini-20100924-15p49.html). What he was doing with my zucchini I’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/2 "2010-09-24T06:09:36Z")
Nice story. 🙂 So all one needs is courage and courgettes. ---
**Author:** ![ramel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ramel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ramel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/3 "2010-09-24T06:17:39Z")
> [@Celyn](#): > > Nice story. 🙂 So all one needs is courage and courgettes. Courage, courgettes or a cat https://www.youtube.com/embed/57VbE0J9niw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/4 "2010-09-24T06:28:21Z")
Oh, VERY good cat! It begins to sounds as though life isn’t easy being a bear. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/5 "2010-09-24T07:58:50Z")
Umm… this lady was bitten by a wild animal and did not get medical attention? I sure hope that bear didn’t have rabies. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/6 "2010-09-24T08:07:53Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Umm.. this lady was bitten by a wild animal and did not get medical attention? I sure hope that bear didn’t have rabies. [Here’s the local paper’s story.](http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_aaae89f6-c741-11df-9ea6-001cc4c002e0.html) The woman was clawed by the bear, and did get treated for it - but the extent of the injury appears to have been some scratches. And ruined jeans. I don’t recall anything specifically mentioning testing or treatment for rabies, but I suspect that’s one reason they’re trying to catch the bear. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/7 "2010-09-24T08:50:02Z")
Sounds like she had a marrow escape from being squashed to death in a bear-hug. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/8 "2010-09-24T08:56:21Z")
Squashed to the marrow, even. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/9 "2010-09-24T11:53:05Z")
[Obligatory Python Reference.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w) ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/10 "2010-09-24T11:58:56Z")
This establishes once and for all that, no matter how much ones hates vegetables, at least zucchini is bearable. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/11 "2010-09-24T12:51:26Z")
I’ve wondered what zucchini was good for. Now I know. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/12 "2010-09-24T12:52:39Z")
> [@ramel](#): > > > [@Celyn](#): > > > > Nice story. 🙂 So all one needs is courage and courgettes. > > Courage, courgettes or a cat > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57VbE0J9niw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57VbE0J9niw) That baby cackling in that had me in stitches! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/13 "2010-09-24T15:00:30Z")
Sure, it’s easy to criticize in hindsight, but DAMMIT Timothy Treadwell! Where the hell was your zucchini?!? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/14 "2010-09-24T15:13:59Z")
Have they found the zucchini? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-fights-off-bear-with-zucchini/554838/15 "2010-09-24T15:14:49Z")
What was the bear doing with a zucchini? 😛