1 Bears saved him from booze and drugs The story of the bear whisperer began on April 29th 1957, when Timothy Dexter was born in New York as the 3rd of 5 children. By his teenage years, he was a troubled child, partying hard and once getting so drunk that he smashed up the family car. By adulthood, he had adopted his mother's maiden name to … [Read more...] about The Story Of Timothy Treadwell, AKA Grizzly Man
“The Boss”: The Most Powerful Grizzly In Banff
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