Bear Strength

[brotherbear]

The topic here is "Bear Strength" and we might be making a mistake if we continue the topic comparing bears with big cats. Don't take me wrong; I am truthfully very interested in that topic but have learned from experience that big cat vs bear topics will nearly always lead to heated arguments and hard feelings rather than friendly debates - just my opinion.
 
The Grizzly Book by Jack Samson - The Trouble with Grizzlies by Thomas Hardin.

With the hide off, the carcass of a grizzly looked like the naked body of a grotesque and tremendously powerful man. The great ropes of muscle show where the bears get their strength. They can crush the head of a moose or a buffalo with one blow, literally powder the backbone of the largest steer. I once saw a rather small female grizzly uproot the stump of a dead timberline tree with one smooth, effortless pull. apparently she did it as easily as a tractor would have done.

Grizzlies have been known to carry away the entire carcass of a bull elk that would weigh from 700 to 800 pounds, and to drag that of a bull moose for a mile - and a big bull will weigh 1,200 or 1,300. When a grizzly puts his mind to it, he can break open the door of a trapper's cabin as if he were an animated battering ram. For his size, he is one of the most powerful beasts that walks the earth. Reply