On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 04:18:05 GMT, Michael Baglio scribbled
Ackshally, Michael, brown bears are grizzlies. The other kind of bear is the American Black Bear. BTW, the other identifying characteristic of grizzly scat is that it smells like pepper (capsicum, Groggy).
Luigi Who really has had a close encounter with a grizzly. Replace "no" with "yk" for real email address
Absolutely right about the types of bears. Thank you for sharing, and no, I don't want to know how you know this. Dave in Fairfax
LMAO!
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:53:24 -0800, Luigi Zanasi brought forth from the murky depths:
Whew! I'm glad you said "smelled" there. =:0
This reminds me of the old bear escape story.
My buddy and I were wandering through the woods when a huge Grizzly bear came running up at us.
My buddy was a macho fool and thought he could scare the bear, so when it stood up on its two hind legs, raised its paws, and growled at him, my buddy did the same thing toward the bear. It immediately swatted his head off and turned toward me.
Meanwhile, I had been running down the path. The large Griz, who moved about 3 times faster than I could, soon caught up and raised his front paws as he growled in my ear. I darted off to one side and the bear went skidding on past.
I ran the other way and the bear soon caught up with me again. As he raised his paws and growled loudly, I darted off to the other side and the bear went skidding on past.
We repeated this a third time before the bear tired of me, ate my buddy, and walked off into the forest. And that's how I lived through all that.
"Why did the bear go skidding on past me every time I ran sideways?" you ask. Well, he got so close that I could smell his breath (the berries and fish he had eaten before he got to think of me as a meal) as he growled at me. That literally scared the s*it out of me...
...and the bear went skidding on past.
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Did I tell you the one about the rooster and a 4 legged bovine,forget it. It's just your basic c*ck and Bull story anyway.
Well, seems like he's done made a buddy.
jo4hn, I really thought you was from Hawaii. I spent several years there and picked up the native tongue. Sorry if I offended you when you replied to my post a couple weeks ago.
Damn. Did I misspell Black _again?_ ;>
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It's been known to happen. Almost gives me faith in humanity. Merry Xmas all, Dave in Fairfax
There are several varieties of brown bear. The formal Latin for the brown bear is "Ursus Arctos". Both the "Kodiak" and "Grizzly" are 'forms' of the brown bear, and are "sometimes considered separate species" -- Ursus Middendorffi, and Ursus Horribilis, respectively.
Calling them separate "breeds" (about as different as a cocker spaniel and a springer spaniel) wouldn't be far off the mark.
The North American Black Bear (Ursus Americanus) is a separate, albeit closely related, species. Similar to a coyote vs. a dog.
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 02:45:51 +0000, snipped-for-privacy@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi) scribbled
You're right about brown bears, and the European version is also the same species.
Not that closely related. Even though coyotes (Canis latrans), wolves (C. lupus) and dogs (C. familiaris) are considered different species, they can and do interbreed when they are not busy eating each other. Grizzlies and Black bears do not, and AFAIK, cannot.
Luigi Whose friends are currently keeping their dogs indoors lest they end up as lunch for a wolf pack that is currently hanging out around Whitehorse. Replace "no" with "yk" for real email address
Bob Can you be more specific ? It's an almost infinite universe the you are on the Third Rock from which Sun. There are many suns.
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