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Post by AnimalEnthusiast1789 on May 10, 2024 14:41:33 GMT -5
You make a good point. What are the chances that they measure exactly to the foot and no inches.... Here is an unconfirmed article that put Goliath at 12 ft. Although probably a stretch..... of the truth and I don't put much stock into it's authenticity. My guess is the Space Farms zoo & museum bumped it up some to attract visitors. www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3320Well even if he's not 12ft tall I'm sure he's still huge, but I dont think he's even 11ft tall either. He's 10+ft tall, but still huge af.
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Post by AnimalEnthusiast1789 on May 28, 2024 8:42:45 GMT -5
How tall and long are Kodiak Bears?
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Post by brobear on May 28, 2024 9:54:07 GMT -5
Bart the Bear grew to 9' 7.5" (2.90 m) tall and weighed 1,500 pounds (680 kg) throughout his life as an adult. There have probably (imo) been few wild Kodiaks this big.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jun 19, 2024 8:04:49 GMT -5
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Post by AnimalEnthusiast1789 on Jul 10, 2024 3:56:18 GMT -5
How tall and long are Kodiak Bears? Nvm, ignore that. I found data on them being 216 - 218.44cm long and 4ft/121.92cm tall.
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Post by brobear on Jul 19, 2024 5:49:27 GMT -5
Brute Strength
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jul 19, 2024 7:21:19 GMT -5
/\ Don't forget to include the square root cube law, pound to pound strength is one one factor.
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Post by brobear on Jul 19, 2024 7:35:22 GMT -5
/\ Don't forget to include the square root cube law, pound to pound strength is one one factor. Yeah, But I still consider the two best methods of comparing any two animals of different species; either for greatest girth or for a fair face-off are as thus: (1) Each animal at it's average full-grown size. (2) Both animal's at equal HBL. ________________________ In fact; I consider these two methods as the only fair methods.
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Post by brobear on Jul 19, 2024 7:39:35 GMT -5
Btw... in a realistic polar bear vs Kodiak brown bear face-off, at average sizes, I would wager on the polar bear.
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Post by brobear on Jul 24, 2024 17:01:54 GMT -5
Here is what your source state: Size Few Kodiak bears have been weighed in the wild, so all weights are estimates. Size range for females is from 500 to 700 pounds and for males 800 to 1,400 pounds. Mature males (larger than sub-prime males) average 477–534 kg (1,051–1,177 lb.) over the course of the year and can weigh up to 1,500 lbs at peak times. Females are typically about 20% smaller and 30% lighter than males and adult sizes are attained when bears are 6 years old. Bears weigh the least when they emerge from their dens in the spring, and can increase their weight by 20–30% during late summer and fall. Bears in captivity can sometimes attain weights that are double those seen in wild bears. Kodiak brown bear "Clyde" died at age 22 in a zoo in North Dakota. He weighed more than 2,400 lbs. An adult male Kodiak Brown Bear stands up to 5 ft tall at the shoulder when it is standing on all four legs. The Grizzlies of Kodiak: up close and personal An unique, exclusive, six person photographic experience to the remote bear habitat of Alaska’s Kodiak Island with Andy Skillen. September 2018 GBP6,595; US$8,350 (based on double occupancy) When standing fully upright on its hind legs a large male can reach a height of 10 feet (3m) or more. When hunters refer to a bear they are estimating the size of the skinned-out hide by adding the length (nose to base of tail) and the width (tip of left center front claw to tip of right center front claw) and dividing that sum by two. This measurement is extremely variable due to hide shrinkage or stretching, rendering it impossible to use as reliable way to compare bears. The standard method of evaluating the size of bears is by measuring their skull. Most North American hunting organizations and management agencies use calipers to measure the length on the back of the skull to the front tooth and the width between the cheekbones. The total skull size is the sum of these two measurements. The average skull size of Kodiak bears that were killed by hunters in the first five years of the twenty- first century was 25.1 in (63.8 cm) for boars and 21.8 in (55.4 cm) for sows. These are the largest brown bear subspecies and are comparable in size to polar bears. That makes Kodiak bears and polar bears the two largest members of the bear family, although polar bears tend to be longer and stand taller. www.faunavista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/kodiak-18-bear-essentials.pdf
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