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The Bear Almanac by Gary Brown.

"... the largest predators ( polar bears ) that stalk the earth," writes Charles Feazel in 'White Bear'. "If he wishes Nanook could slap a giraffe in the face."

"Of all the bears in the world, the Kodiak is the largest," according to Pat Cherr in 'The Bear in Fact and Fiction'. "He is the largest land-dwelling flesh-eater in the world."

"Polar bears are the largest of the North American bears," according to Peter Clarkson and Linda Sutterlin in 'Bear Essentials'.

"A full-grown Alaskan brown bear is the most impressive wild animal on this continent," relates Clyde Ormand in his 'Complete Book of Hunting'. "The Alaskan brown bear ( Ursus ) has for decades been considered North America's largest carnivore..."

"As to maximum body size probably the polar bear exceeds the coastal brownie," according to bear hunting guide Duncan Gilchrist in 'All about Bears'. "A lifesize white bear may indeed be the world's most impressive mount."

"There is little question," according to Ben East in 'Bears', "that on the average the brown bear is the biggest land carnivore left on earth."

"Polar bears," writes Terry Domico in 'Bears of the World', "are among the largest members of the bear family."

"On Alaskan islands and in Siberia," write Paul Shepard and Barry Sanders in 'The Sacred Paw', "the brown bear vies with the polar bear as the largest predatory land mammal..."

"Judged by skull size, the yardstick the Boone and Crockett Club uses in scoring trophy bears, the polar does not quite equal the brown, for the reason that his more slender head counts against him," notes Ben East. "In weight he rivals the giant brown bear of Alaska. Perhaps the greatest difference between the sea bear and the land bears is in his ( polar bear's ) looks."

"... the bear that most sportsmen call the Kodiak, the biggest bear on earth and also the biggest land carnivore," writes Ben East in 'The Ben East Hunting Book'.

"The polar bear," writes Frederick Drimmer in 'The Animal Kingdom', is one of the largest carnivorous animals in the world, narrowly surpassed by the gigantic Alaskan brown bear. Reply