Humans and bears - Wild encounters

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The bears of Katmai by Matthias Breiter.

Unlike myself, the large female, weighing about 550 pounds, appears to feel no discomfort whatsoever in my presence. So it comes to be that the distorted image of an animal only vaguely resembling a bear haunts many. Often, the only aspect that does not conflict with reality is the physical appearance. The rest is a wild mixture of half truths strongly spiced with imagination. Bears are only bears, not teddies, but not monsters either. Reply