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that first male looks terrifying, I run into bears like that quite often whenever i go hiking up Northern BC. luckily never had any issues.
The ice grizzlies of northern Yukon: By Michela Rosano, With photography by Michelle Valberg.
From September to November, grizzly bears gather in the mountainous Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Traditional Territory to feast on salmon. As the temperature dips, their fur becomes coated in ice, creating an otherworldly look and spectacular photos. Meet the largest congregation of grizzly bears in the far north as they gather on the Fishing Branch River (or Ni’iinlii Njik, Gwich’in for “where fish spawn”) (Photo: Michelle Valberg)  *This image is copyright of its original author Only the bubbling of the Fishing Branch River and the delicate jingling of ice on the fur of a nearby female grizzly bear can be heard in this spruce forest in northwestern Yukon’s Ni’iinlii Njik Ecological Reserve. There isn’t even a click of a camera shutter as the bear inspects a pair of awestruck photographers, poised on a ramshackle platform of snow and fish carcasses, before galloping into the shallow water to pull out a fat salmon. She is one of up to 30 grizzlies — the largest congregation of the species this far north — that gorge on the chum salmon that flood the Fishing Branch River (or Ni’iinlii Njik, Gwich’in for “where fish spawn”) each year from September to November. The salmon are drawn from the Bering Sea to spawn in this 12-kilometre stretch of river, which remains open year-round thanks to a pockmarked karst topography that percolates just-above-freezing, oxygen-rich water from the gravel river bed. Water freezes on the bears’ fur starting in October when the mercury dips below -20 C, and for a few weeks they become “ice grizzlies.”  *This image is copyright of its original author Located within mountainous Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Traditional Territory and surrounded by the roughly 6,500-square-kilometre Ni’iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park and adjacent habitat protection area, the ecological reserve and neighbouring settlement lands protect a unique forest habitat and microclimate straddling the Arctic Circle that attracts species typically found farther south, including grey wolves, wolverines, eagles, moose, Dall sheep and the Porcupine caribou herd. For thousands of years, the region has been the cultural landscape for the Vuntut Gwich’in, who jointly manage the protected lands with the territorial government. The reserve grants entry to just four visitors per day from September 1 to October 31 to protect the bears and their habitat. But for more than 10 years, guide Phil Timpany of Bear Cave Mountain Eco-Adventures has provided wildlife-viewing tours for handfuls of adventurous photographers. By early November, the spectacle is over. The sun hovers close to the horizon, the visitors are gone, and the salmon, having laid their eggs, are dead. Fattened grizzlies, heavy with ice and fish, meander up the slopes of craggy Bear Cave Mountain to their denning caves to bed down until spring.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Credits to Bernie Scates.
A new Grizzly came into Grand Teton Nat. Park this year !! Could be a bear from the #399 family, but no one knows !! This Grizzly has been named "Two Step" because he/she dances & bounces on the front paws trying to find loss earth that may be a rodents tunnel & food !!! Hope we see this one next year because it was fun to watch !!  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
An African lioness got killed by an Amur Brown bear in a South Korean zoo.
@ http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjY2NTIwODExNg==.html  (11-24-2017, 04:59 AM)epaiva Wrote: Pictures taken from the book GRIZZLIES IN THE WILD (Kennan Ward) That last pic of that bear is sick, seriously that is one hefty powerful dude I think hes gut the cats beat for sure the thickness an power in that frame holy moly. Sorry I think its lights out fo whoever touches that bro.
Credits to Jack Bell.
Bear Wednesday! A Brown bear on the beach at Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.  *This image is copyright of its original author
 (01-04-2018, 08:55 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: An African lioness got killed by an Amur Brown bear in a South Korean zoo. Video doesn't work. All I can read is brown bear attacked lioness in beginning of news introduction inside of video. But I know who they are, it was on the news before. They used to live together 20 years ago along with a dog. They were famous in Korean animal channel adn I used to watch it before (along with everland). Zoo separated bear when he become adult since he was becoming aggressive and territorial. Bear broke the cage and entered to lion's cage and attacked her. Keeper separated with a tranquilizer gun after bear almost beat lioness. A problem was she was already 19~20 years old grandma lioness while bear was 11 years old young male brown bear. She died next day even though keepers and vet did medical cure on her. Another problem was brown bear was so stressed and became aggressive due to living in a small cage. They were actually fine even though keepers opened their cage together. That is a problem in zoo along with not maintaining pure breed animals.  (01-05-2018, 05:28 AM)Greatearth Wrote:There was a similar incident at "Tiger World" here in the U.S.A. a few years ago. During a bad storm, a grizzly escaped his enclosure and, instead of escaping the "zoo" he went straight for a tiger enclosure, entered it and killed a tigress.(01-04-2018, 08:55 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: An African lioness got killed by an Amur Brown bear in a South Korean zoo. |
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