Montana Woman Fends Off Bear with Zucchini 6.33K Richard Lawson 09/23/10 02:28PM Filed to: Animals Animals Bears zucchini News of the weird montana Apparently bears are just like little kids: They hate zucchini! When a small-ish 200-pound black bear attacked a Missoula-area woman's collie, she got its attention, was clawed in the leg, and then threw a zucchini, causing the bear to flee.