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(01-28-2016, 04:30 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Scroll down to 'Brown Bear Directory' page #1 and look at some of those bears pictured by Roflcopters. Some of those wild bears are fatter than any I have seen in captivity. Bears such as Bart, Bart Jr, and Brutus are probably less muscular than their wild brothers, but they are certainly not obese on bear terms. Jimbo while not truly obese is probably fatter than he should be year-round.   

Those bears are the fattest bears I have ever seen, which leads me to believe they are dumpster diving bears.
When you look at Wild bear documentary after documentary or image after image, Kodiak, Yellowstone etc.
Camera trap images shown, the % of bears who look like that is less than 10% of what I have seen.

Edit: I just looked through that directory again and some of those bears definitely put on serious weight leading up to sept. But those bears are all from the same location, correct? And all seem to be salmon eaters and I assume any bear who eats salmon swimming up stream will be a huge bear. They literally sit in one spot while the salmon swim to them. But even so, the directory is good cause it shows you the bear from summer leading to winter and the bears are in great shape but continue to add weight leading to hibernation. Reply