1 Bozo the bear The original actress bear. Bozo was a gigantic female Kodiak bear who shot to fame when she portrayed real life grizzly bear Benjamin Franklin in the TV show The Life and Times Of Grizzly Adams. The real Ben Franklin was actually a male, a Californian grizzly bear (an extinct subspecies) who befriended the real life Grizzly Adams and even saved his … [Read more...] about 10 Actor Bears Which Appeared On Screen
M13 The Swiss Mayhem Bear: 2011-2013
1 M13, the early days For 100 years since the last one died in 1904, Switzerland had been almost completely free of bears. Like Austria, it was once a notorious bear heartland, with medieval farmers looking over their shoulders constantly, until the population was completely eradicated by government sponsored hunting. Occasionally though, a bear would … [Read more...] about M13 The Swiss Mayhem Bear: 2011-2013
Top 10 Brown Bear Headlines Of 2014
1 Bear eats glazed donut For many years, a theory has been popular that if humans went extinct overnight, it would be bears who gradually became smarter and inherited the Earth. Others vote for rats or chimpanzees, but a bigger mystery is how intelligent bears are right now. They've been observed to use tools by scratching themselves with a riverbed rock, … [Read more...] about Top 10 Brown Bear Headlines Of 2014
10 Brown Bears Spotted Having Fun
1 Jenny plays in the snow As 2020 ended, the question of whether bears love to play in fresh snow as much as people was finally answered. Jenny was (and still is) an orphaned Syrian brown bear cub residing in the Orphaned Wildlife Centre in New York. She's a lifer bear who will never be released back into the wild, but judging by this video, she's … [Read more...] about 10 Brown Bears Spotted Having Fun
The Brown Bears of Japan: 10 Facts
1 Brown bears up north, black down south Japan has an estimated 2200-6500 brown bears as of 2021, and except for zoos, and pet bears which the police haven't noticed, they're all located on the large northerly island of Hokkaido. Meanwhile, the main island of Honshu has no brown bears, but a huge amount of Asiatic black bears. The reason … [Read more...] about The Brown Bears of Japan: 10 Facts