There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
01-31-2016, 05:51 AM( This post was last modified: 01-31-2016, 05:52 AM by brotherbear )
Grizzly Years by Doug Peacock.
Black bears are forest creatures, evolved from Etruscan bears in the Old World. They crossed over into North America some 500,000 years ago. The grizzly bear is a much more recent product of evolution. The grizzly wandered over the Bering land bridge as recently as 40,000 to 12,000 years ago and encountered great open expanses of tundra, the rich periglacial of the Pleistocene. One of the consequences was that away from their ancestral forests in Asia and Europe, grizzlies became more aggressive in response to the treeless tundra, where mothers had to learn to protect their young from other bears, wolves, and several now-extinct Pleistocene carnivores. Defense became a good offense; this increased aggressiveness no doubt accounting for the bear's subspecies name, 'horribilis'.
Survival Skills of Bears
