Big cat and Bear tale

[brotherbear]

Grizzlies don't sit still, they often roam from one location to another; sometimes hundreds of miles. When I say "Yellowstone Grizzly" I am referring to those grizzlies of Wyoming and Montana. Park boundaries are for people and not recognized by the bears. Grizzlies are very individualistic animals. I have read about one Alaskan bear who swims for his salmon in the middle of a river rather than fishing at the waters edge. Another grizzly in the Yellowstone area would walk right past an elk carcass preferring to hunt and kill his own. Then there is that Yellowstone bear who skips hibernation to follow a wolf pack and feasting on their kills. Different habits produce variations in grizzly size. My point is, a mature male inland grizzly has the potential of weighing from 800 to 900 pounds in the wild and those bears are not freaks. Grizzlies of such size were documented long before the arrival of dumpsters. I refer to grizzlies of that area; Wyoming and Montana as "Yellowstone Bears" simply because the National Park is the most popular place in the lower 48 where people have a chance to see a living wild grizzly. 
However, the subject here is "Bear and Big Cat Interactions in the Wild." That means the bears of Asia. We have strayed from the topic long enough.    Reply