Size comparisons

[Shadow]

(07-16-2019, 03:51 AM)Shadow Wrote: This one here too, because this good footage to compare bear subspecies is surprisingly rare to find. Or then I´m just bad in searching :)

From Sweden, captive Kodiak and Eurasian brown bears playing around, from 2015.

Kodiak bear is 5 years old male Taquka, weighing 376 kg (829lbs) and Eurasian is 2 years old male Felix, weighing 160 kg (353 lbs). So both are young, not full grown. Especially Eurasian is practically still a cub. In the wild it would have just left from mother or still with her. Anyway this video gives a hint about it, what is the difference and why they call Kodiak Islands as The Land of Giant Bears.

Same bears, Taquka and Felix at same time as before, this time in pond. One day difference to video in my earlier posting. Smaller bear, 2 years old Felix is comparable to Ussuri brown bears. Or grizzlies same age, which live in other parts of North America, when counting out Alaskan peninsula.

Especially in the third video some good footage to see the difference.

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