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01-24-2016, 01:41 PM( This post was last modified: 01-24-2016, 01:43 PM by brotherbear )
The Grizzly by Enos A. Mills.
An old grizzly pursued by wolves once gave me a fearful exhibition of nature. He came running across as opening in the southern end of North Park with several wolves close in pursuit. He acted as though away from home - hard pressed, bewildered, and in a strange territory. The wolves were crowding him closely as he reached the edge of the woods. With a sudden move he wheeled and struck at the one in the lead. Instantly the others were around him, snarling and snapping. The grizzly wheeled and struck quickly to right and left, striking outward and downward somewhat after the fashion of a cat striking at a near-by object. Then he turned and ran on.
A few miles farther on he again crossed an opening. Fresh wolves were now in pursuit. I saw several of the pack lying down, panting and resting. The grizzly had no rest, he was hard pressed. At one place, closely crowded, he backed up in the corner of a cliff and here put up such a fight that he drove the wolves off for the time being. He killed one and badly injured two of them. Towards evening he took refuge in a den-like place for which he evidently had been heading. The following morning a number of the wolves were gone, but the others were waiting for the grizzly in front of the den.
Bear Interactions with Other Predators
