Wings of a Bird

Gruesome grizzly attack as man, bear shield own - Seattle P-I
And so the bear and the 43-year-old administrator ... locked in an ancient battle hardwired into each of their genes: Protect your young at all costs. Even your life.
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"I felt her tooth go into my scalp," he said. "I thought, 'Oh, this is no good.' " Then he felt his scalp rip clean away.
Otter, whose wry sense of humor was just about the only thing left intact by the attack, lived (barely) and recounted his ordeal Friday from Harborview Medical Center, where surgeons fashioned him a new scalp and bolted his battered body back together.
He recalled that with his head clamped in the bear's jaws, he could hear his skull crack. It occurred to him he could die.
"But then I thought, 'No, that's not an option today.' "
And just as suddenly, he felt the bear release him. ...