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(12-14-2018, 08:02 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Still no average weights found for 9+ year old male Kodiak bear.
In fact, neither have we an average weight posted for 9+ year old male polar bear.
And as Shadow said: But it is quite common agreement, that bear aged 9-10 years old can be considered as fully grown, even though they gain more weight after that too.
I think, that at this point it is safe to say based on latest discussion in recent days, that at least no-one has proven brown bears at some other region to overcome Kodiak bears in size or weight. Is it possible, that there is a population, which is in average bigger.... maybe, but to prove that would be needed much better data, than so far has been here. Time will tell if someone finds something new to publish here or maybe something old and forgotten, where is good information making fair and reliable comparisons possible.
If I write more about this topic anytime soon, without any new information from me or someone else, please someone shoot me
The "King" of the bears - comparison between the Polar bear and the Brown bear
