06-17-2008, 07:39 PM
Bears are much less common than deer, elk, birds. etc. I specifically referred to bears. It is estimated that the whole bear population (grizzly, black, kodak, polar) is around 700,000 for the whole of North America. Utah alone has many times more of that number of deer and elk, and moose.
How many times have you come across a dead wolverine or live one?
I am not talking about roadkill or deaths by predators. You must be one lucky man I tell you what if you find dead bears on a regular bases. Biologists would be very interested in the samples that you should give them, seriously. I have yet to find a single completely naturally deceased bear or bones of.
I am not attacking you or questioning your finds. Just pointing out that it is much different with bears. Also, not every single bear hibernates. It is dependent upon temp, food, length of day etc. They regularly go into daily torpor sometimes but that is not identical to full winter hibernation. This supports my argument all that much more, if you were to relate it to Bigfoot behavior.
I challenge you to produce a single photograph of a naturally dead bear (not by human or predator kill) in a wilderness area by those who reportedly see them all the time, and all over the place. It has been confirmed by bear biologists that when they get sick, these animals will seek a place to die. Same thing when they get old and "feel" death coming.
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How many times have you come across a dead wolverine or live one?
I am not talking about roadkill or deaths by predators. You must be one lucky man I tell you what if you find dead bears on a regular bases. Biologists would be very interested in the samples that you should give them, seriously. I have yet to find a single completely naturally deceased bear or bones of.
I am not attacking you or questioning your finds. Just pointing out that it is much different with bears. Also, not every single bear hibernates. It is dependent upon temp, food, length of day etc. They regularly go into daily torpor sometimes but that is not identical to full winter hibernation. This supports my argument all that much more, if you were to relate it to Bigfoot behavior.
I challenge you to produce a single photograph of a naturally dead bear (not by human or predator kill) in a wilderness area by those who reportedly see them all the time, and all over the place. It has been confirmed by bear biologists that when they get sick, these animals will seek a place to die. Same thing when they get old and "feel" death coming.
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