OCT 13, barely believable: bears up close!

  a) Reprise of material posted on October 13 in previous years ...

2020: mammalian wildlife, beavers, Rod the sculptor (poem)
2021: mammalian wildlife, batty idioms (illustrated poem)
2022: numbers, baker's dozen, bark mitzvah (poem)
2023: decorative touches, Ontario Lakeland Scene (fabric art) 

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fabric art, R.C.H.

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 13, 2024): 

  Apparently, the brown bear (Ursus arctos) is in many circumstances, less territorial, less aggressive, and less dangerous to humans than its relatives, members of the physically similar subspecies, the grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis). 

  In Alaska, coastal brown bears, especially those growing up in national parks near the southern coast, become tolerant of the presence of humans, as shown by these photos from an expedition there, as recently obtained and kindly offered for viewing here by my wildlife-photographer buddy Bill Wingfield. 

photos by Dr. William Wingfield,
Lake Clark National Park,
Alaska, August 2024.
Thanks, Bill !