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Black bears are quite often spotted in and around the Crowsnest Pass. Black bears are often mistaken for Grizzly Bears as they may be brown, cinnamon or blonde in colour.
They can be distinguished by their longer, less heavily furred ears, smaller shouler humps, and convex profile. |
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Height at shoulder from 100 to 120cm. |
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Males: 47-409kg. Females: 39-236kg. |
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Average 10yrs., Max 30yrs. |
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Found in relatively inaccessible terrain with thick understory vegetation and abundant shrub or tree-borne soft or hard mast. |
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Primarily grasses, forbs in spring. Roots, tubers, seed grains and fruit. Not predators, feeds on vertibrates if opportunity exists. |
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| ENEMIES: |
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Wolf, Mountain Lion, Human |
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