Bear Size ~

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BEARS of the last frontier by Chris Morgan... At every turn there seems to be a bear and that's why we chose this part of Alaska ( peninsula ) as our first location. Although the same species ( Ursus arctos ) as their grizzly bear cousins dwelling inland and along the Arctic, these coastal brown bears differ in several ways. But it mostly comes down to size. A large male can weigh in at 1,500 pounds, double that of even a large grizzly. Quite logically, the size of a bear partly depends upon diet, and the enormous differential in coastal brown bears comes down to access to an abundance of calories in the form of salmon and the occasional wash-up whale carcass. On a good day, a bear on the Alaskan Peninsula can consume 25,000 calories - about the equivalent of ninety Snicker bars, or fifty personal-sized pizzas for a human.   Reply