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Post by warsaw on Sept 8, 2012 12:24:58 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Sept 8, 2012 12:42:43 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Sept 16, 2012 3:08:28 GMT -9
Wounded Grizzly Bear Fishing & Catching Salmon
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Post by warsaw on Sept 23, 2012 1:59:57 GMT -9
One-eyed Male Brown Bear, Lake Clark National Park This male lost an eye in a fight. He was stalking a female and her cub, who ran away when they saw him. He's sniffing the ground where the female was. Gruesome view of his eye, but it shows what these bears are capable of. www.flickr.com/photos/glatznaturephoto/7484438258/
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Post by warsaw on Sept 23, 2012 2:01:09 GMT -9
Risk Taker! During my first stay at the Hallo Bay Bear Camp (Katmai National Park, Alaska), I was given a unique opportunity to witness quite a bear fight between 2 brown bear (Ursus arctos) families. To set the stage, a brown bear sow was fishing in the creek, with her 2 3-year old cubs (yes, 3-year olds … this does not happen often, but was quite interesting to see!). It was sometimes quite difficult to differentiate between the mom and the 2 juveniles, but our guides knew them very well and were a big help to us! Here is that mom (foreground) with one of her juveniles: The second brown bear family was a sow with her 2 spring cubs. As the sow with the older juveniles fished the creek, the second mom sat her 2 cubs on the bank and wandered into the creek. Within a few minutes, she encroached on the first sow’s territory and took a defensive posture, illiciting a response from the other mom (the mom of the 2 spring cubs has a darker coat and has her back to us): As the fight escalates, the sow’s 2 (3-year old) juveniles rush to mom’s aid: Meanwhile, I looked around to see what the 2 spring cubs were doing. All the splashing and growling had them focused on the action in front of us: In this next image, you can see the 2 sows “debating”, while the two 3-year olds rush in from the left and the right, to help mom: Then, things began to really heat up: Three-on-one doesn’t really sound fair, does it? Well, it didn’t take long to show how lopsided the fight was! Note the young bear on the right is in the process of biting the hind quarters of the intruding sow (this image is not very good … very blurry. Don’t know if the heavy action caused the softness, or if my heart was just beating too fast as I tried to capture the action!): In this next image, you can see the bite to the hind quarter of the intruding sow: And the growling and chaos only got louder … ! blog.showmenaturephotography.com/8754/blog/risk-taker/
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Post by warsaw on Nov 3, 2013 5:58:31 GMT -9
Coastal Brown Bear sow with cub attacks unaware sow
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Post by warsaw on Mar 19, 2015 15:05:10 GMT -9
The position of a bear's ears often indicates its level of stress. The bear on the left lowered his ears against his skull when the larger and more dominant bear on the right approached. This was likely a sign of defensiveness. Note that the more dominant bear's ears are still upright. Bears will lower their ears when they react defensively around people too. www.nps.gov/katm/planyourvisit/bear-encounters-in-katmai.htm
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