Bear Size ~

[Pckts]

(02-03-2020, 02:42 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote:

(02-02-2020, 12:50 AM)Pckts Wrote: Kevin Cooper
This is the largest polar bear ever recorded. From Kotzebue Sound, Alaska in 1960 weighing a 1002 kilograms or 2,210 pounds and stood 11 feet 11 inches in height.

Here it was featured in the Alaska exhibit of the Seattle World Fair.

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It's similar in weight and appearance as the stuffed Californian grizzly which I posted above: https://www.vchistory.org/exhibits/grizzly-bear/, https://www.yelp.com/biz/valley-center-h...ley-center

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The polar bear is much larger, this bear and mount only stands 8' tall compared to over 11' for the polar bear and the weight claimed isn't verified.

"Descendants of two other pioneer families concur on the story of the bear and how Bear Valley got its name, but differ on the size of the animal. Clyde James, whose father homesteaded here in 1879, said the bear was well over 1,000 pounds. Waldo Breedlove, Sr., born here in 1889 and who grew up near the Lovett ranch, gave the exact weight as 1,950 pounds" Reply