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I suspect that their curiosity concerning these animals has been satisfied.

-Merriwether Lewis

Excerpt from Merriwether Lewis' (of Lewis and Clark fame) log book pertaining to the expedition's first encounter with Grizzlies. Indians had warned them about the bears they were going to encounter as they went west, but they were curious to see one for themselves.

The men were astounded by the number of shots required to bring the bears down. After three encounters where wounded bears pursued them across the plains and into the water, they decided they had seen enough Grizzlies close up.

[ZULU]

The Indians referred to the grizzly as "the bear that walks like a man".

I wonder what they called Arctodus simus, the Short-Faced Bear or Bulldog Bear. Check that one out in your search engines! This critter lived in the late Pleistocene. It stood about six feet or so at the shoulder WHEN WALKING ON ALL FOURS. Although bigger than a Kodiak Brown Bear, it was built lightly with long legs for running. Its dentition indicated it was a total carnivore rathen than a omnivore. Found mainly in the western part of the U.S., Canada and Beringia, it may have been responsible for limiting human expansion into North America until its extinction.

Sounds like a walkinig nightmare compared to a grizzly.

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Bump for Kevin!!