Bear Size ~

[Pckts]

Ok, but that http://invorma.com/the-biggest-animals/  isn't a Guinness weight claim,  the largest captive weight claim is Clyde at 2,130 lbs and that is in captivity not the wild.


Guinness lists the largest kodiak bear as
"The largest Kodiak bear ever held in captivity was a male at Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park. Colorado, USA which scaled 1670 lb 757 kg at the time of its death on 22 September 1955 (William Meeker, pers. comm.). Unfortunately nothing is known about the physical condition of this animal (or its nose to tail length), but it was probably 'cage-fat'. The bear was received at the zoo as a cub direct from Kodiak Island on 29 June 1940.

'Sam' and 'Erskine'. twin Kodiak bears at Chicago Zoological Park. Illinois. USA were also very large. Sam, the smaller of the two - he could reach food suspended 10 ft 6in 3-2m above the ground with his mouth - recorded a posthumous weight of 1412 lb 640kg, and Erskine weighed an estimated 1600 lb) 726kg at the time of his death in c1957 (Robert Bean, pers. comm.).



Wood, L. G. 1983. The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Pub Co Inc ."

Then I guess it was revised to
"This concludes Guiness related material on Kodiak bears. There are records dealing with Alaska Peninsula bear, grizzly bear, black bear, Kamchatka brown bear, and Polar bear but as we understand it; there has been revised updates to Guiness BoWR and whether or not there has been significant record changes from the 1983 records is unclear at this time. Visitors (feel free to register) are welcomed to update accordingly. As noted, we know (Guiness has recognized) the late Goliath (below) to be the record holder for largest captive 2000lb bear (U.a.middendorffi)."

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So there is no known information on any claim of 2,500lbs but there are multiple photos showing him to be 2,000lbs Reply