Russian Brown Bears

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(06-03-2020, 04:33 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(06-03-2020, 04:24 PM)eagleman Wrote:

(06-22-2015, 05:26 PM)brotherbear Wrote: ~~New World record skull size Kamchatka Brown Bear at 30 11/16 inchesGreatest length of skull 18 13/16"=47,78 cmGreatest width of skull =11 14/16"=30,16 cm
Source www.scirecordbook.org 
First posted by Warsaw - http://shaggygod.proboards.com/
 The largest brown bears in all the Europe are those from Carpathian Mountains of Romania, as the widest skull was 29 centimeter and the second one 27,6.
 

I´m not sure if bears from Carpathia are really the largest in all Europe because I´m not sure if Finnish and Scandinavian hunters send information to those record books. Still for instance in Finland has been shot several male bears over 350 kg and biggest wild bear, which was sedated and collared was 373 kg. It is one huge wild Eurasian brown bear. I don´t think, that there are big differences between Eurasian brown bears of Carpathia and other populations, same bear after all.

I found this now quickly and this site mentions a 480 kg bear. But same site also has this text:

"Brown bears have a large global distribution which reflects their ability to adapt to a variety of habitats. There are estimated to be more than 200,000 brown bears worldwide, with approximately 6000 individuals in the Carpathian region of Romania. They are amongst the largest living carnivores and can grow to an enormous size, males up to 350kg, and females to 200kg, with the biggest on record being caught in Romania weighing 480kg.  Adult males tend to be on average 8 to 10% larger than females. They have good hearing, an excellent sense of smell and can live for up to 30 years."

https://www.wildtransylvania.com/p/brown-bear.html

So it looks like, that 350 kg bear is huge also when talking about Carpathian brown bears. I wonder from what year that 480 kg is? Then again I know, that it´s possible in very good conditions because famous captive Eurasian brown bear Juuso was one time 483 kg just before hibernation. He was that time in exceptionally fat condition. I think, that his weight variates somewhere in between 380-480 kg in autumns.

Anyway I think, that on average differences between Carpathian brown bears in comparison with other populations of Eurasian brown bears aren´t significant. One exceptional bear can create a lot of stories. It´s a bit same when we look at Ussuri brown bears, they seem to be on average quite the same as Eurasian brown bears overall, but there was and maybe is still alive one bear, which was following a tigress and camera trap got a photo of him. He was one absolute "monster" dwarfing that tigress in way, which was really impressive. Any male tiger would have been dwarfed too based on that photo, it wasn´t only in fat condition, also his shoulder height was looking to be exceptional.

Anyway I haven´t ever looked too closely information about Carpathian brown bears, it would be nice if you have more sources and information. Reply