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The California grizzly bear (Ursus arctos californicus [3]), also known as the California golden bear, [4] is an extinct population of the brown bear, [5] generally known (together with other North American brown bear populations) as the grizzly bear. "Grizzly" could have meant "grizzled" – that is, with golden and grey tips of the hair ...
On the 100th anniversary of the last shooting of a wild grizzly in the state, you've got to wonder why the bears we exterminated were made the symbol of the state.
California's perception of the grizzly bear is wrong, according to new research. The grizzly bear was, for the most part, a vegetarian. California's grizzlies: gargantuan, dangerous meat-lovers.
The Mexican grizzly was smaller than the grizzlies in the United States and Canada. The general color was pale buffy yellow [7] varying to grayish-white, grizzled from the darker color of the underfur. Specimens in worn pelage varied to yellowish-brown and reddish. [3] The longest fur hairs were on the throat and the flanks.
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Camp Tanforan was used by the "Grizzlies", a volunteer regiment organized as the 144th Field Artillery of the United States Army. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] The Grizzlies held their first muster at Tanforan on August 31, 1917 [ 67 ] and departed for Camp Linda Vista (later renamed to Camp Kearny ), near San Diego, for further preparation on October 25. [ 68 ]
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The stadium was designed by Populous, the firm responsible for many of today's sports stadiums like Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Petco Park, Comerica Park and Oracle Park in San Francisco. The $46 million facility seats 10,650, with left field dimensions of 324 ft (99 m); center field , 400 ft (120 m); and right field , 335 ft (102 m).