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Govt puts down oldest Yellowstone bear on record (34yo)
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Last: 3 yr ago by JSKolache
Thanks for sharing! I always enjoy learning more about bears.
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"It's not 100%, but based on the genetic evidence we have, there's a likelihood that he bred as a 31-year-old male," Thompson said.
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"You'll skin them and there's like terrible bruising, but there's no real punctures," Thompson said. "They have so much strength in their jaws they can kill an animal by basically gumming it."
By the time Turnbull trapped the male bruin, he was down to an estimated 170 pounds, with three bulbous nubs for canines and no other teeth at all. Grizzly biologists use a 1-to-5 body condition score when they capture animals in the Yellowstone region.
"On the form, it was written zero," Thompson said.
Damn that's cool.
Biden already destroying Yellowstone.
Jeez they captured it 3 different times? Why don't they just leave them alone...
JSKolache said:
Jeez they captured it 3 different times? Why don't they just leave them alone...
They captured him way more than that. How do your think science is done? The dude lived to 34 obviously it didn't hurt him to be captured.
Very cool.
Yeah, it is not that unusual for a research bear to get caught that often
Yeah, it is not that unusual for a research bear to get caught that often
A freaking G n R reference in an article about an ancient grizzly.
Gig 'em! '90
me too old bear, me too.Quote:
It's not 100%, but based on the genetic evidence we have, there's a likelihood that he bred as a 31-year-old male
Have you ever been apart of giving a bear a lip tattoo? Sounds really cool and really terrifying (even when they're tranquilized)!
There have got to be better ways to get your kicks
Yes, I have lip tattooed bears and Key deer.
I kinda feel bad for the bear that he didn't get to die on his own terms, naturally, even if it would be "harder."
Snowflake epitomized.JSKolache said:
Jeez they captured it 3 different times? Why don't they just leave them alone...
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I don't see where the govt put him down??shiftyandquick said:
https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/grizzly-was-oldest-documented-in-greater-yellowstone-area/article_2bdc24e7-760b-5f16-86ad-ac43181a7031.html
Can you confirm. It looks like he was trapped, tranquilized and let go.
It's in the article.jsdaltxag said:I don't see where the govt put him down??shiftyandquick said:
https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/grizzly-was-oldest-documented-in-greater-yellowstone-area/article_2bdc24e7-760b-5f16-86ad-ac43181a7031.html
Can you confirm. It looks like he was trapped, tranquilized and let go.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's grizzly bear recovery coordinator, Hilary Cooley, made the final call to euthanize the withered grizzly, which was old enough to be dealing with sensory deficits. Relocating the animal, even though he had avoided known conflict for decades, "wouldn't have been the right thing to do," Thompson said. The 34-year-old grizzly drew his last breath on July 30, 2020.
"It was sad that we had to put him down," Thompson said, "but ethically there was nothing else that could be done."
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's grizzly bear recovery coordinator, Hilary Cooley, made the final call to euthanize the withered grizzly, which was old enough to be dealing with sensory deficits.
I bet PETA takes her off their Christmas card list.ttha_aggie_09 said:Quote:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's grizzly bear recovery coordinator, Hilary Cooley, made the final call to euthanize the withered grizzly, which was old enough to be dealing with sensory deficits.
Pretty sure most of you don’t know me.
Covid death...
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Well that's one less **** in the woods. Glad he had a long life.
Thanks for clarifying.
By the looks of his mouth, he was probably in poor condition. Not many teeth left and those looked rotten. I'm sure the guy had a great life.
By the looks of his mouth, he was probably in poor condition. Not many teeth left and those looked rotten. I'm sure the guy had a great life.
He was a bear among bears. A true bear's bear.
I was a zoom call with a USFS biologist Wednesday and he was telling us about a bear they tracked through the Cabinet Mountains where we live (Idaho/Montana border) that died at 37.
Grizzly or Black bear?
ttha_aggie_09 said:
Grizzly or Black bear?
Grizzly. They first trapped her back in the late 80s if I remember right. I think she only had cubs 7 or 8 years and then was just solitary. Not sure if that's normal, maybe ursus can chime in.
My bad, i sure didn't think it was that invasive. Maybe a tag and a retrieval or something. I like the idea of wild predators roaming around, but at some point it seems like a thumb is on the scale if humans keep effing with them over, and over, and over. I mean did they catch him every year and throw him a birthday party? At some point that blurs the line between wild and glorified pet.YellowPot_97 said:JSKolache said:
Jeez they captured it 3 different times? Why don't they just leave them alone...
They captured him way more than that. How do your think science is done? The dude lived to 34 obviously it didn't hurt him to be captured.
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