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Post by King Kodiak on Feb 14, 2021 12:35:32 GMT -5
Cats are officially classified as "ambush predators", brown bears are not, brown bears are just classified as "predators", why do you think that is? A brown can ambush yes, and he does, but its not the majority of the time.
I would say, not from data but from all i have read and seen, that brown bears use more chase and catch than ambush.
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Post by King Kodiak on Feb 14, 2021 13:19:47 GMT -5
Look at that, it does not get any more face to face than this:
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Post by brobear on Feb 14, 2021 14:42:17 GMT -5
Reply #21 - That's a young bison, but still impressive. The biggest reason that a lot more bison predation does not occur in Yellowstone is the fact that over the decades, the most predatory bears have been culled from the grizzly population. This according to Doug Peacock.
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Post by King Kodiak on Feb 14, 2021 14:49:34 GMT -5
Reply #21 - That's a young bison, but still impressive. The biggest reason that a lot more bison predation does not occur in Yellowstone is the fact that over the decades, the most predatory bears have been culled from the grizzly population. This according to Doug Peacock. Yes it was a very young bison, that was a yearling bison. But 2 things: the bear was a 3 year old subadult, and the bison was still larger than the bear. But the important thing is the clear face to face position.
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Post by brobear on Feb 15, 2021 2:39:38 GMT -5
Reply #203: BISON and other Wild Bovines It is stated "young Bison" and "young bear". Perhaps equal in terms of maturity.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2021 14:29:27 GMT -5
Reply #203: BISON and other Wild Bovines It is stated "young Bison" and "young bear". Perhaps equal in terms of maturity. If the match was between a young bison and young tiger, then we shall see the tiger running because nature and his mother has not taught the tiger how to do in face to face confrontation while the young bear mother has taught him to mostly attack face to face.
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Post by King Kodiak on Feb 16, 2021 14:41:00 GMT -5
@megalith is so correct:
Bengal tigress teaching her cub how to hunt. She ambushed and injured a samba deer. At minute 0:54, the narrator says "she has taken her prey completely by surprise"
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 5, 2021 8:13:49 GMT -5
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Post by Montezuma on May 11, 2021 17:27:38 GMT -5
I cannot find the intereaction between the greenland shawrk and polar bear. Once heard that a polar bear preyed on a young shwark and a dead bear was found in the shawrks stomach which was scavenged.
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Post by brobear on May 12, 2021 1:45:54 GMT -5
I cannot find the intereaction between the greenland shawrk and polar bear. Once heard that a polar bear preyed on a young shwark and a dead bear was found in the shawrks stomach which was scavenged. If a polar bear, just by chance, happens to see a small shark near the surface, I can well imagine him grabbing it. But, ordinarily, polar bears are not fish-eaters. Its unlikely that Greenland sharks prey on polar bears or vice versa.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 12, 2021 4:07:35 GMT -5
I cannot find the intereaction between the greenland shawrk and polar bear. Once heard that a polar bear preyed on a young shwark and a dead bear was found in the shawrks stomach which was scavenged. If a polar bear, just by chance, happens to see a small shark near the surface, I can well imagine him grabbing it. But, ordinarily, polar bears are not fish-eaters. Its unlikely that Greenland sharks prey on polar bears or vice versa. Yeah they probably avoid each other.
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