A couple weeks back I was privileged enough to stumble upon an encounter of the bear with a carnivore of similar gravitas in the urban animal kingdom. From behind the couch I was able to get a couple of minutes of footage before the fight retreated behind closed doors. Take special note of the bear's ability to stand on his rear haunches to swat drunkly at his combatants.
About Me
- The Urban Naturalist
- I have studied large carnivores for the last 26 years, focusing on puma ecology and human-puma interactions in Arizona, and the conservation and behavioral ecology of grizzly bears in the Yellowstone ecosystem of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. He spent 18 years intensively studying grizzly bear foraging behavior and diet as well as ecological relations of foods the bears ate. These studies revealed details about a broad spectrum of bear behaviors, including their bedding, use of rub trees, consumption of dirt and earthworms, exploitation of red squirrels, pocket gophers, and meadow mice, and predation on elk, moose, and trout.