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Post by King Kodiak on Nov 19, 2020 10:27:46 GMT -5
How about "Grizzlyclaws" from Wildfact?
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Nov 19, 2020 10:29:44 GMT -5
How about "Grizzlyclaws" from Wildfact? I listed him in reply 2.
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Post by King Kodiak on Nov 19, 2020 10:31:25 GMT -5
How about "Grizzlyclaws" from Wildfact? I listed him in reply 2. Oh i see. He should be added to reply #1. That guy is very knowledgeable on bear morphology.
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Post by brobear on Feb 1, 2021 10:19:51 GMT -5
www.backpacker.com/survival/get-this-job-bear-biologist/ Get This Job: Bear Biologist What does it take to research one of nature's most powerful creatures for a living? A good education and the tenacity of a mama grizzly. Move over, astronauts and rock stars, there’s a new dream job on the block: bear biologist.
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Post by King Kodiak on Feb 1, 2021 17:33:35 GMT -5
Reply #62: right now am getting old and dont have the energy to study a career, but if i was just starting, i would probably study for bear biologist. That seems like the perfect job for some of us here at the domain.
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Post by tom on Feb 2, 2021 15:49:28 GMT -5
Bear biologist is a dream job for many. Depending on the state and federal budgets, fish & Wildlife careers can be hard to come by. Much of that depends on the budget to increase hiring. Many of these jobs are held by long term employees who have made a career out of it in the same state until they retire. For biologists a bachelor's degree is minimum and a master's is preferred. That's a big commitment education wise. Once out of college you hope for an internship somewhere then plaster your resumes to every state that will accept them hoping for an opening. The hurdle the the college grad and intern face is competition from seasoned biologists looking for that once in a lifetime position that suddenly opens up do to someone retiring. Experience can be the difference.
It's not easy but if that is your dream then one should follow your dream.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2021 15:27:48 GMT -5
Bears are very underestimated. With my mates, I talked that a bear can kill a tiger or lion so everyone of them started to laugh and said that bears are just so bulky and can hardly move so how they will kill anyother cat. Then I told them some accounts and reason of my claim. Not only Big cat's gracefulness is the reason which attracts the people more than bear but also that people are totally unfamiliar with the skills and importance of bears. People think that such a fat animal can nothing instead of sleeping and eating. Even some believe that bears are lazy and lions are active, lmao. In reality, its the opposite. People are unaware that the brown bear can kill any big cat, has won from bulls un California, has defeated the lion in roman arenas, has filled fear in the tiger's heart in siberia, has taken the crown of 'the king of beasts' from the man and has ruled in the human imagination.
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 7, 2021 18:51:47 GMT -5
Notice that even though this site has been wide open for a month now, we have thus far found one new member other than Polar and myself. Last year a survey was done and the tiger was voted as being the most popular animal on Earth. When I look at calendars each year in drug stores or department stores, I always ( of course ) see cats, dogs, birds, and horses. As for wildlife, other than assorted wildlife in general, I see lots of eagles and wolves. After that, in popularity, come lions and tigers. Bears are just about forgotten. Here in North America, the grizzly is our greatest wild animal. He is easily the equal of Africa's lion or Asia's tiger. Regardless of the fact that he is the fiercest, strongest, and smartest beast on the North American continent, along with the polar bear of the far north, he is all but forgotten. Even on facebook, I often see advertised wolf and eagle belt buckles, jewelry, and other items for sale. Why the wolf and eagle and not the grizzly? I cannot imagine Africa forgetting the lion in their artwork; nor Asia the tiger. Why then is our greatest wild beast neglected? Tiger does not symbolizes Asia. It is only a prime symbol of India, China or Korea. Asia has most respect for lion compared to tiger. In my country, people call a brave person as lion not tiger and people donot even know that what is a tiger lol. Wolf symbolizes the Central Asians and Turkey while lion for Near east. Tiger has only three countries. Bear is widely recognized in the North. Tiger does not symbolize Asia. Asians are fighters like lions and bears, not stealth killers like tiger.
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Post by brobear on Apr 23, 2021 1:58:02 GMT -5
Within the general public, the big cats and the wolf are far more popular than bears. A big cat or a wolf documentary portray the predator taking down prey. Viewers find this to be much more entertaining than to watch a big brown bear catch a fish. Perhaps, the big cats are considered more appealing in their looks as well. Consider too, people can associate the big cat with their tabby or the wolf with their poodle. Another point - within the general public, a bear is thought of as a big clumsy brute, all brawn and no brains. They are, the majority, clueless. So, we should invite any bear fans we discover to the Domain. Also, the great ape fans, now that we have a great ape section.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Apr 24, 2021 8:14:38 GMT -5
That is what Tundra Eagle once said back on AVA: he believes bears are boring in comparison to big cats. However, he supports bears over big cats in a fight.
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Post by brobear on Apr 24, 2021 8:19:30 GMT -5
That is what Tundra Eagle once said back on AVA: he believes bears are boring in comparison to big cats. However, he supports bears over big cats in a fight. A good documentary on the "black grizzly" ( Ussuri brown bear ) where he lives among leopards, wild boar, and tigers might be - less boring.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Apr 24, 2021 8:21:45 GMT -5
That is what Tundra Eagle once said back on AVA: he believes bears are boring in comparison to big cats. However, he supports bears over big cats in a fight. A good documentary on the "black grizzly" ( Ussuri brown bear ) where he lives among leopards, wild boar, and tigers might be - less boring. I do hope to see videos of interactions between the Ussuri brown bear and Siberian tiger.
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Post by Montezuma on May 11, 2021 17:52:58 GMT -5
Within the general public, the big cats and the wolf are far more popular than bears. A big cat or a wolf documentary portray the predator taking down prey. Viewers find this to be much more entertaining than to watch a big brown bear catch a fish. Perhaps, the big cats are considered more appealing in their looks as well. Consider too, people can associate the big cat with their tabby or the wolf with their poodle. Another point - within the general public, a bear is thought of as a big clumsy brute, all brawn and no brains. They are, the majority, clueless. So, we should invite any bear fans we discover to the Domain. Also, the great ape fans, now that we have a great ape section. People are unaware of many things. People think that big cats are hunters so they are also fighters. By seeing the bears appearence, they think that bears are clumsy, lazy and poor fighters. While the reality is whole the opposite.
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Post by Montezuma on May 11, 2021 17:54:29 GMT -5
I have observed that most bearfans also like wolves, great apes, elephants and wven lions too.
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Post by brobear on May 23, 2021 3:28:37 GMT -5
When I was a rooky on animal face-off forums, and there were a lot more very active forums going on back then, home computers were fairly a new thing. I came in with far less knowledge that I thought I had. I lacked the facts to back-up my beliefs - even though in most of my beliefs, I was right. But this is my point; both lion fans and tiger fans were rude and crude and down-right obnoxious! I could not have a civil debate or conversation with anyone without - not one - but a whole gang of big cat fanboys being as cruel as is possible over a computer. There were only a handful of bear fans out there. However, when I got into a scrap with a gang of big cat fans, I was always on my own. Its as if bear fans, like bears, are loners. But, the big cat fans always ganged-up on an adversary. If I sometimes sound aggressive on the topic of big cat vs bear - you can attribute that to "wild animal face-off shell-shock." *Edit and add: after all these years, it feels good to know that I was right all along.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 27, 2021 4:43:49 GMT -5
A lot of times you can be right but if you do not post the facts to back it up, a lot of posters will not listen. It is the same thing with vultures.
Reading the book ‘Vultures of Africa’ and ‘Raptors of the World’ has conformed many of my opinions. Recently, there are pictures to back them up too (in the past few years).
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Post by brobear on Sept 17, 2021 4:26:11 GMT -5
We cannot always simply decide what to be interested in. You cannot force a boy to take an interest in car engines ( for example ). While I have a great interest in bears; especially brown bears and cave bears, a 2-hour documentary watching big brownies catching fish will put me to sleep. A polar bear documentary is even worse; 2 hours of white screen. So, I believe that this has a lot to do with there being more big cat enthusiasts that bear enthusiasts. Watching the magnificent big cats take down huge herbivores is much more exciting.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Sept 17, 2021 4:28:54 GMT -5
Tundra Eagle supports bears over big cats but he did say once that cats are more interesting to watch and bears are boring back on AVA.
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Post by brobear on Sept 17, 2021 5:30:52 GMT -5
During years of observing wildfact.com/forum/ I have noticed that lion fanboys are typically early risers. Early mornings are generally all lion enthusiasts in the big cat section. Does this mean generally a more mature group? I'm no psychiatrist. Someone in the old AVA ( possibly BigBonns ) once noted, "bear enthusiasts are generally more mature that big cat fanboys, with some exceptions of course." It would be an interesting challenge for a psychologist to analyze and study.
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Post by brobear on Nov 29, 2021 6:09:44 GMT -5
*Note about the misconception of bear fanboys: A bear enthusiast, when debating big cat vs bear ( especially the brown bear ), is often, in fact nearly always, labeled as being a fanboy by the big cat fans he is debating. Why? Answer: Considering that normally the brown bear, even though he will often be within the same size range as the lion or tiger ( HB length ), the bear has the upper hand in girth, weight, strength, durability, stamina, and grappling ability. The brown bear's physical advantages over the big cat ( not to mention superior intelligence ) makes a one-on-one face-to-face confrontation almost a sure win for the bear. The brown bear's physical advantages are so great in fact that, even though the bear enthusiast is being completely honest, someone lacking in knowledge ( or fanactically biased for the big cat ) might consider him a "bear fanboy." Conclusion: This is very different from the tiger fanboy claiming that a tiger can defeat a full-grown male brown bear in a face-off even though the tiger, which hunts and kills juvenile bears and sometimes kills an adult she-bear, has never made even one single confirmed kill of an adult male brown bear. Those are actually juvenile "fanboys" who make claims based on nothing more than their own delusional fantasies.
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