Bear Size ~

[Pckts]

You and I look upon them with different eyes I guess.
Van-

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Bart-

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Bart certainly is an impressive bear, but when I compare him to Van, Van looks much more muscle packed or "dense" if you will. Also bart is photographed from feet away with a human to scale him where Van is probably photographed from 100s of yards away and nothing to scale him against.

But I was really talking about Jimbo

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Who obviously is an overweight bear, but still an impressive creature. Don't get me wrong...

But like I said, a omnivorious animal will put on weight much easier than a purely predatory animal especially one that needs a very specific diet.


All that being said, its harder to tell with bears, you're correct. But what is true in any other instance, a wild specimen will always be superior to a captive one. The life of a captive bear will never come close to put the physical strain on them compared to their wild counterparts and thus will never be in the same type of shape.
But I do think that Barts active lifestyle and his constant training contributed to his better looks than most other captive bears. Like the ones you see in Noahs ark or at the zoo, usually why you see better looking Circus animals compared to Zoo animals. Reply