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California Grizzlies Weren't as Big—or Bloodthirsty—as People Once Thought
Historical accounts often portrayed the now-extinct California ... activities, the California grizzly population plummeted. The last reliable sighting of a California grizzly bear occurred 100 ...
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Grizzly bears: Really extinct in California?
the bear biologist told me that every year there are some huge bears taken in California, and that because Grizzly Bears are officially extinct, that these huge bears are routinely catalogued as ...
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Monarch the Grizzly Bear
Monarch—a beloved piece of Academy history—was one of the last Ursus arctos californicus, a now-extinct grizzly bear subspecies. Find him on exhibit in California: State of Nature. Monarch's role in ...
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California Grizzly Bears Are Extinct But Some Want To Reintroduce Their ‘Cousins’ To Sierra
A stuffed grizzly bear from Canada — a DNA cousin of the extinct California Grizzly Bear — is on display at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. Imagine a creature pushing 1,000 pounds, almost 10 ...
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Grizzly Bears in California again?
the bear biologist told me that every year there are some huge bears taken in California, and that because Grizzly Bears are officially extinct, that these huge bears are routinely catalogued as ...