1 The undisputed king Just west of Calgary in Canada is the Bow Valley, a wildlife hub on the easternmost edge of the Canadian Rockies, with the Bow River flowing through its centre. The ski resort of Banff is located here. So are 52 bears, and since his birth in 2000, one bear has stood out as the most dominant, the most massive. His official name is bear 122, but … [Read more...] about “The Boss”: The Most Powerful Grizzly In Banff
The 10 Eurasian Brown Bear Subspecies
1 Eurasian brown bear The most common brown bear in Eurasia. At its peak, the Eurasian brown bear stretched from Great Britain to deep into the heart of Siberia. Today, they roam from the Pyrenees to Norway to north west Russia. Any news reports coming out of Romania or Slovenia of brown bears pinching chickens or honey will be about the Eurasian … [Read more...] about The 10 Eurasian Brown Bear Subspecies
Top 10 Fake Bear Headlines/Videos
1 Record breaking grizzly shot dead Most internet hoaxes last only a day or two, but some achieve the glorious status of zombie hoax, where no amount of facts can stop them from reviving every 2 years and shuffling around the internet looking for new victims to fool. The contender in the bear universe comes from 2001, when according to a legend, forest … [Read more...] about Top 10 Fake Bear Headlines/Videos
Wojtek, The Fighting WW2 Military Bear
1 Adopted in Iran The origin story of Wojtek the fighting WW2 bear goes that a band of Polish soldiers were marching across the Iranian desert in April 1942, having just been released from the Siberian gulags. On April 8th, they came across a thin, scraggly yet energetic brown bear cub running around at a railway crossing. The cub was a member of the … [Read more...] about Wojtek, The Fighting WW2 Military Bear
10 Bear Attacks Where Climbing Trees Succeeded
1 The adventures of Kit Carson Born in 1809, Kit Carson was one of America's most legendary mountain men, one time duelling a Frenchman for the rights to marry a Native American, and barely surviving when a bullet grazed the top of his head. In 1834, Carson followed a set of tracks through the Colorado Rockies, where he found and shot a gigantic elk. But almost … [Read more...] about 10 Bear Attacks Where Climbing Trees Succeeded