Show harmless ant bear hugs hunter to death buenos alres aires how a hunter fought a fierce body to body battle with a south american ant bear reputed to be an inoffensive animal anil and I 1 was fatally injured Is told la in a report from tho the village of avla teral in the argentine chaco the tragedy took place in a dense forest surrounding the village the victim candido martinez Martl nez fifty having encountered the bear while separated from his hunting companion tho the latter heard his cries for help the barking of his dogs and several shots and found martinez Martl nez on the ground his flesh terribly torn in several places and his ribs crushed ile he had only time before he be died to tell that he had been attacked by an ant bear instances of an ant bear attacking a man are very rare ant bears are known to kill the jaguar when attacked by it by crushing it between its powerful forelegs fore legs and chest but its main ma I 1 n interest in life la Is enting ants destroying their hills with its long fox tos like snout for this reason it 1 15 regarded by settlers as a useful animal it Is thought in this instance me bear was attacked by the dogs doga and turned at bay attacking the man mail when he be tried to save gave the dogs |