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Just to finish the bear-related conversation, remember these weights:
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The largest of the two males captures in Sikhote Alin (235 kg) was a 8-10 years old male, below the average weight reported in the two previous tables (260-270 kg) but still a mature male.
This may suggest that the sample presented by Dr Kucherenko, and probably also Dr Goodrich and his team, do take in count old mature males. But is just an assumption.