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Post by brobear on Jan 1, 2021 1:46:26 GMT -5
King of the Forest eating. This time looks to be a moose fallen as prey.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 1, 2021 4:45:19 GMT -5
My conclusion: A male brown bear can be an usurper, a scavenger, and even a predator (not a full time one).
Male brown bears seem to usurp other predators way more than females do.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2021 11:47:32 GMT -5
"The natural predators in Takin winter habitat are Tiger, Common Leopard Panthera pardus, Wild Dog, and Black Bear, while Wangchuk et al. (2015) reported the presence of Snow Leopard Panthera uncia and Wolf Canis lupus in the summer habitat. In our study, we discovered two Takin carcasses resulting from bear predation at Kabina, Gasa. Both carcasses showed similar predatory characteristics of a bear, i.e., the prey’s hide was rolled up toward its head as the bear progressed feeding from the hind. " threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2925/3860
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Post by King Kodiak on Jan 2, 2021 12:01:00 GMT -5
Reply #302: great find there TNG. that black bear in Bhutan is the Himalayan black bear (Ursus thibetanus laniger).
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Post by King Kodiak on Feb 14, 2021 23:19:12 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2021 14:53:26 GMT -5
I think that every male brown bear in its habitat can kill the largest prey be in most habitats they are the largest predators. Ussuri brown bears can consume tigers, moose and elk. Grizzlies may do elk, moose and bison etc. They are mostly scavengers but predation is not unknown in them.
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Post by brobear on Sept 20, 2021 16:14:54 GMT -5
www.outdoorlife.com/survival/mountain-goat-kills-grizzly/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1LFsrk-VUZkflKTAIQmaF9QfHST2COV5pmf-Fq3LaKwPkuNsxNe6jMv7g A Mountain Goat Killed a Grizzly Sow in British Columbia, Experts Confirm. In an unexpected turn of events, a mountain goat in British Columbia gored a grizzly to death. In the Canadian Rocky Mountain West it’s not so unusual for a large grizzly bear to kill a smaller mountain goat. But the predator became the prey this time at Yoho National Park in British Columbia. A hiker discovered the carcass of a 155-pound female grizzly, which was unusually small for the region, on Sept. 4 just off the Burgess Pass trail, reports ROMToday.com. Officials noted wounds under the bear’s armpits and below its neck, but couldn’t immediately confirm that a goat had killed the bear. A recent forensic necropsy work recently proved that “the female grizzly bear died of natural causes…due to an unsuccessful predation attempt of a mountain goat.” “Grizzly bear predation of mountain goats is relatively common, and I guess the mountain goat was successful in this instance and turned the tables on the grizzly,” David Laskin, a wildlife ecologist with Lake Louise, Yoho, and Kootenay field unit, told ROMToday. “Mountain goats are big animals and those horns are very sharp.” The bear did not have cubs, according to park officials. Laskin said the location of the bear’s fatal wounds were consistent with a grizzly attack and the defensive response of a mountain goat. “When grizzly bears attack, they tend to focus on the head, back of the neck and the shoulders of the prey, and it’s usually from above, so in turn the defensive response of the mountain goat would be to protect itself using its sharp horns,” says Laskin. “The forensic necropsy subsequently confirmed that the wounds incurred before death were consistent with the size and shape of mountain goat horns, so other causes, including human involvement, were ruled out.” Male mountain goats can weigh nearly 300 pounds; the females are slightly smaller. While grizzlies commonly prey on mountain goats in the Rocky Mountains, it’s not unknown for a goat to fight back at an attacking grizzly and sometimes win the battle. Goats can kill a bear, but it is a rare event, says Steeve Côté, a renowned mountain goat expert and professor at Quebec’s Laval University. “All they need is a good horn jab well placed,” said Côté. Yoho National Park spans roughly 500 square miles, and it’s located in British Columbia, just west of the famed Banff National Park.
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Post by Montezuma on Jun 26, 2022 1:07:04 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Jun 26, 2022 1:15:46 GMT -5
Montezuma, you went fishing for answers and made a big catch. 'Good stuff there.
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Post by Montezuma on Jun 26, 2022 1:42:07 GMT -5
Montezuma, you went fishing for answers and made a big catch. 'Good stuff there. Thanks. I wish we could know about the age, gender or even species of that bear. Mire likely to be the aggressive black bear. Sloth bears are not native in kashmir.
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Post by brobear on Jan 26, 2023 9:28:16 GMT -5
Huge grizzly bear hunting down an elk! (every bear is called big or huge)
Late in Sept of 2019, while monitoring this resident female bear as she moved through the area, she caught wind of an elk carcass from about 5 km away. Watching her track and wind the air was amazing, traveling with a purose to get to her prize. At this stage she already was huge with about six weeks to go prior to heading for the den. She had emerged that spring with her three two year old cubs, they were dispersed with the help of the presense of a male who ended up mating with her. After the mating season she now had only one belly to fill and fill it she did. Getting to this carcass was going to top her off and ensure that she'd be having cubs that winter.
As she got closer to the carcass she started picking up the scent of competition as she wasn't the first and only bear on site. A young sow with a yearling cub had found it first but was chased off by a good size young male, with contact being made as she attempted to protect the elk and her cub. In a quick squirmish the male dominated her without inflicting any damage. She retreated but would return when he would nap or head for water. With our big female now in the vicinity, she moved in on the carcass without any contention, with the other bears seemingly giving her, her space. Over the next few days the four grizzlies took turns feeding without any further altercations, but it was the female that took down the bulk of the meat. Needless to say she increased in size and weight, having incredible fat storage for a healthy pregnancy and hibernation.....giving birth to two cubs in the den in 2020.
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Post by arctozilla on May 11, 2023 5:02:12 GMT -5
The brown bears is both a predator and a scavenger.
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