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Post by King Kodiak on Dec 24, 2019 23:10:26 GMT -5
HERE IS "CHUNK" BEAR # 32, ONE OF THE DOMINANT BEARS AT BROOKS FALLS THIS YEAR
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Post by brobear on Jan 10, 2020 15:04:37 GMT -5
Foe this chart here, forget the Kodiak bear weights, dont even look at it because they have the 6+ year olds, so its useless. But for the Alaska Peninsula brown bear they have the 9+ year olds, so its perfect. The average is 389 kg (857 lbs), so considering the fact that Kodiaks weight more on average, the kodiak bear should weight on average a little more than 860 lbs. Average mature male: 389 kg ( 857.60 pounds ) / Average mature female: 207 kg ( 456.36 pounds ).
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Post by brobear on Mar 28, 2020 7:01:54 GMT -5
By Ursus Arctos - carnivora.net/brown-bear-ursus-arctos-t2935.html 835 pounds is an average for a sub-adult 8-9 year old Kodiak. Notice the section under Adult Weight. "Willard A. Troyer writes: Four males weighed in the fall ranged from 960 - 1,346 pounds and three spring species ranged from 813 - 1190 lbs." Take the median value between 813 and 1190, and you'll come up with an average of about 1000 lbs for boar Kodiak Brown Bears. ADF&G technical report on Alaskan Grizzlies suggests an average weight of 441 kg, or 974 lbs for mature (>10 y.o.) Brown Bears from Alaska Peninsula. Alaskan Peninsula Brown Bear.
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Post by brobear on Apr 26, 2020 0:11:17 GMT -5
And here we have the battle of the gigantic brown bears: A Kodiak bear (left) taking on a coastal brown bear (right).
"Nice 'Taker... Prehistoric and Extinct Bears - Earliest Bear Ancestors - Basic Bear Evolution - first post; scroll down to: "Brown Bears". U. arctos apparently entered Alaska about 100,000 YBP but did not move south until the late Wisconsin, about 13,000 YBP. Kurten and Anderson (1980) suggest the possibility of 2 independent migrations; narrow-skulled bears from northern Siberia through central Alaska to the rest of the continent becoming U. a. horribilis, and a southern migration of broadskulled bears from Kamchatka to the Alaskan peninsula becoming U. a. middendorffi. *This coincides with my own theory that the Kodiak bears and Alaskan peninsula bears were at one time one-and-the-same bears. But as the ice began to melt, some were stranded on the islands while some remained on the peninsula. Over the centuries, the peninsular grizzlies have been crossing with inland grizzlies. There are two factors for the Coastal bear's large size: food abundance including salmon and genetics.
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Post by King Kodiak on May 10, 2020 10:28:02 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on May 12, 2020 4:19:14 GMT -5
From Shadow: This is one very interesting article. As it´s well known, there isn´t too much good information about real weights of the biggest bears. Among terrestrial predatory animals real weights of the bears living at Alaskan and Kamchatka peninsula and Kodiak Islands are maybe one of the least studied by valid field weighings. This article tells about one very interesting project and new method which can in future give quite good information. At the moment it´s difficult to say exactly how accurate these results are, but they look quite realistic, when comparing to valid results in chart based on weighings done by Troyer and his team. It´s often said, that the biggest Kodiak bears can be over 680 kg (1500 lbs). This study also indicates, that it´s very plausible, that the biggest brown bears in their heaviest condition can be anything in between 700-800 kg. At this point this study is for sure accurate in it, that it helps to see how big these bears are in comparison with each others. These are Katmai bears, maybe "first contenders" in size to Kodiak bears. Quote: "Fat Bear Week is over for another year, and Holly has claimed the title of the fattest bear of 2019. She is a true champion of Katmai National Park, an individual who exemplifies skill and success in the bear world. In Katmai, fully grown and well fed adult female bears like Holly can often tip the scales at 600–700 pounds and Holly is probably well within, or even exceeds, that weight class. Based on her overall size though, how might she compare to other bears in Katmai? And just how big can a Katmai bear grow? Now, thanks to unusual use of terrestrial laser scanning technology, we have some answers."
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Post by King Kodiak on May 12, 2020 8:03:03 GMT -5
Those are some huge bears there. 1 over 900 lbs, 2 well over 1100 lbs and 1 over 1400 lbs. here is the bear #747:
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 13, 2020 6:54:08 GMT -5
Alaskan brown bears can potentially be heavier than the average male polar bears on Foxe Basin.
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Post by brobear on May 13, 2020 8:04:42 GMT -5
Alaskan brown bears can potentially be heavier than the average male polar bears on Foxe Basin. Polar bears are heavier in the wild than in captivity ( if healthy ). No zoo can feed a bear better than seals and beached whales. Brown bears can reach a greater size in captivity. The biggest captive Kodiaks were equally as heavy or heavier than the record polar bear. My take: some brown bear subspecies have the potential of reaching polar bear size.
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Post by King Kodiak on May 13, 2020 10:33:02 GMT -5
Alaskan brown bears can potentially be heavier than the average male polar bears on Foxe Basin. Well, Foxe Basin male polars average around 1300 lbs. There are some Alaskan Peninsula browns that surpass that, but not many. Bear #747 did though at 1408 lbs.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jun 29, 2020 20:57:39 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on Jun 30, 2020 8:34:32 GMT -5
Hell yeah! We have a brown bear army there at Brooks falls, we need to assemble 20 Full grown tigers and drop them there. What would happen?
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Post by brobear on Jun 30, 2020 12:15:04 GMT -5
Quote: What would happen? *Short-lived entertainment for the bears.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jun 30, 2020 17:42:12 GMT -5
Quote: What would happen? *Short-lived entertainment for the bears. Dead tigers all over Brooks falls. Those bears are huge, the 5 + year old males average 787 lbs. The 9 + average 857 lbs.
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Post by BruteStrength on Jul 5, 2020 17:06:54 GMT -5
The tigers would be dead so quick before they even know what happened.
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Post by tom on Jul 5, 2020 18:54:03 GMT -5
Wrong.... There would be zero dead Tigers.
Why? Because those 20 Tigers would stear clear of a congregation of Brown Bears. They would completely avoid a mass of bears like that.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jul 5, 2020 18:57:30 GMT -5
Wrong.... There would be zero dead Tigers. Why? Because those 20 Tigers would stear clear of a congregation of Brown Bears. They would completely avoid a mass of bears like that. Thats true, ha ha ha ha.
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Post by King Kodiak on Aug 21, 2020 9:45:44 GMT -5
How big is that bear? He could skip meals for 6 months, Alaska park says
A massive Alaskan bear could hibernate for six months without eating because he’s so big, Katmai National Park and Preserve officials said.
The huge brown bear is the biggest bear at the Brooks River at Katmai, park officials said. Bear 747, as he is called, weighed about 1,400 pounds last year.
A Facebook photo showed Bear 747’s massive size, but he’ll get even bigger before hibernating.
“Right now he is fat enough to dig a den, hibernate and not eat for another six months,” park officials said Thursday on Facebook. “But this giant among brown bears still has two more months of eating to do.”
People on Facebook loved to see the fat bear growing. Some commenters have followed the bear for years. One said 747 was first spotted in 2004 and has won the “Fattest Bear” contest before.
"Right here he’s thinking he’s totally gonna win this year,” one commenter said. “I think he’s sick of feeling robbed.”
Other bear fans said 747’s weight gain is incredibly relatable as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
“Oh, 747, we’re all there with you,” one commenter said. “Pandemic pounds are REAL.”
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.idahostatesman.com/outdoors/article245121705.html
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Post by tom on Aug 21, 2020 12:15:25 GMT -5
Two more months of eating !! Damn... he gets much bigger he will explode. Wonder how tall 747 would be when standing bipedal?
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Post by brobear on Aug 21, 2020 12:36:15 GMT -5
Two more months of eating !! Damn... he gets much bigger he will explode. Wonder how tall 747 would be when standing bipedal? Boeing 747
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