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A bear shot in autumn 1986 in Michigan was thought by some to be an American black bear/grizzly bear hybrid, because of its unusually large size and its proportionately larger brain case and skull. DNA testing was unable to determine whether it was a large American black bear or a grizzly bear.
Lime Island is an island in the St. Marys River in Raber, Chippewa County, Michigan. [1] The 1.41 sq. mile island is home to the Lime Island State Recreation Area. Besides a few cabins and camp sites the island remains covered in forest, which hosts the island's population of black bear. [2] There are several smaller islands that surround Lime ...
Weights range greatly from the sun bear, which can be as low as 35 kg (77 lb), to the polar bear, which can be as high as 726 kg (1,600 lb). Population sizes vary, with six species classified as vulnerable with populations as low as 500, while the brown bear has a population of over 100,000 and the American black bear around 800,000.
Apr. 1—TRAVERSE CITY — As March and April slowly usher in spring weather, Michigan's black bears begin rolling out of their dens. Steve Griffith has already heard of a few sightings and downed ...
The rare white black bear may be the first bear of its kind to be spotted in Michigan, wildlife experts say. The post caught attention on social media, and the photos soon found their way to state ...
Apart from the cinnamon subspecies of the American black bear (U. americanus cinnamonum), the brown bear is the only modern bear species to typically appear truly brown. [49] The brown bear's winter fur is very thick and long, especially in northern subspecies, and can reach 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) at the withers .
[128] [130] [131] In Kwakiutl mythology, American black and brown bears became enemies when Grizzly Bear Woman killed Black Bear Woman for being lazy. Black Bear Woman's children, in turn, killed Grizzly Bear Woman's own cubs. [132] Sleeping Bear Dunes is named after an Ojibwe legend, where a female bear and her cubs swam across Lake Michigan ...
A black bear crawls back into its den for torpor, a state of sleep similar to hibernation, in Yellowstone National Park. Bears aren't true hibernators like some animals , but they do enter a state ...