The Alaska brown bear and the grizzly bear are pretty much genetically the same creature, the difference is really geographic. The "brown bear" are coastal and enjoy the big runs of salmon that can really fatten them up and grow them huge.
Grizzlies are inland and don't have the nutrient rich food sources that the Brown bears have, so they don't get as big.
I personally think the smaller interior grizzlies that are up on the north slope are a prettier bear but much more aggressive. A 7 to 8 foot bear, honestly measured, is a good one. A 9 1/2 to 10 1/2 foot Brown bear is good. I've seen comments about 12 and 13 foot bears.....those are in peoples dreams or have been stretched like crazy!
The bear in the photos was a solid 10' bear, plus a little. He's over 22 years. There was another as big and I never saw them tangle with each other. I suspect they did though, looking at the cuts and scars. The other bear was minus a toe on one foot!
What was up with this bears groin is a mystery to me and like I said before, I wasn't too interested in getting close enough to poke around there to find out!
Grizzlies are inland and don't have the nutrient rich food sources that the Brown bears have, so they don't get as big.
I personally think the smaller interior grizzlies that are up on the north slope are a prettier bear but much more aggressive. A 7 to 8 foot bear, honestly measured, is a good one. A 9 1/2 to 10 1/2 foot Brown bear is good. I've seen comments about 12 and 13 foot bears.....those are in peoples dreams or have been stretched like crazy!
The bear in the photos was a solid 10' bear, plus a little. He's over 22 years. There was another as big and I never saw them tangle with each other. I suspect they did though, looking at the cuts and scars. The other bear was minus a toe on one foot!
What was up with this bears groin is a mystery to me and like I said before, I wasn't too interested in getting close enough to poke around there to find out!
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