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Grizzly Bears

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  • A grizzly bear cub does not instinctively know how to catch a salmon. Starts out slapping before it learns to pin down or scoop. Then comes practice, practice, practice.
  • If it's huckleberry country, it's grizzly bear country.
  • Grizzly bears love to hunt mice. They spend hours at it.
  • The one thing that makes grizzly bears go into hibernation on the same day is wind-driven snow. It hides their tracks and covers their den entrances. Wildlife experts have repeatedly radio-tracked bears to their dens. That storm condition always exists.
  • The body temperature of a hibernating bear is 91 degrees.
  • Grizzly bears are 85% vegetarian.
  • The average height and weight of a grizzly bear is about 7 feet, 700 pounds.

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