We are in Wyoming and Montana for the next week or so (yes, our cats are being well cared for, thank you for asking), and everyone online keeps telling me there are lots of grizzly bears around. I really want to see a grizzly bear, not too close, but close enough. I probably won’t, so I thought I would learn some interesting facts about them instead. Grrrr!
I got these facts from the Get Bear Smart Society, which seems like a good website to know about since I’m moving to bear country. Plus, they have some bear-y good information. Check out the website for all the facts.
- Not all grizzly bears are huge. I know this personally. While the grizzlies in the videos around Brooks Falls in Alaska are massive from all the fish they eat, the grizzlies in Denali National Park are smaller because they live on berries and small animals.
- The front claws on a grizzly can grow to 4-inches in length. That’s why you don’t want to get too close to these bears.
- While there are 50,000 grizzly bears in North America, only 1,200 live in the lower 48 states. See, no worries.