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darshahlu
Trad climber
Irvine, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 1, 2009 - 03:18pm PT
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I stumbled across this bear in Sequoia National Park while embarking on a 4-day solo hike on the High Sierra Trail in Novemeber.
What kind of bear is this?
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gavilanz
Trad climber
Davis, Ca
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Black Bear. Only bear species in California.
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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yeah... that kind...
... and chubby too! LOL
Post Second Thought Edit: I can't tell if you were standing this close to the bear or using a telephoto lens.. but I would think you were kinda lucky the bear was not a hungry bear.. too
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Monster black bear.
Grizzlies have bigger heads,snouts I think. And I think are almost non-existant in Cal anymore.
Also, you're still alive and the bear seems spooked by you. Not grizzley.
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Black bears can actually come in a variety of colors. Google should pick up a variety of little quizzes designed to help you tell the difference between grizzlies and black bears. I think there is even one designed for hunters ..
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Redlands
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Last griz in CA was killed in 1924. Only species here is black bear. The adults avg around 200lb to 350lb, compared to an adult griz at say 1200-2200lb.
Head/snout junction looks way different, more squat and squared off in the griz, vs long snout and slopey forehead to snout and snout/face junction.
It's also pretty easy to tell from footprints, the shape of the main pad on the rear feet are pretty different between black/griz...rounded at the rear vs. almost triangular.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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The most distinctive feature in adult grizzlies is a 'hump' on their back where their shoulderblades meet. Black bear is flat/straight from head to rear.
I was gonna pull a google image but I'm afraid I'll get tub-girled...
Go see for yourself.
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apogee
climber
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Know why there aren't any more Grizz in CA?
They SHOT 'em. Every one of them. Gone for good.
Kinda like the wolves in Idee-ho.
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tooth
Mountain climber
Guam
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I would have said black bear, but after spending a few years in California it is bigger than the normal little grunt running around Yosemite.
Growing up in BC we used to be amazed when the mother bears (the size of that one) didn't even look up when we hit them in the head with big rocks. I used to see one or two every morning on our morning rides/runs near Whistler. Not so many here on Guam, although I did see a Grizz last month in Yellowstone.
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Ed Bannister
Mountain climber
Riverside, CA
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I love eKat's answer,
accurate, and a much more agreeable outcome than being around
Ursus Horribilis
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luggi
Trad climber
from the backseat of Jake& Elwood Blues car
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Hungry? no
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Loomis
climber
*_*
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Looks like tourist have been flinging Big Macs at that one
for quite a while, thing's HUGE!
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Yeah, black bear. No hump, can't see it's claws.
We had one come and sniff our camp in Tuolumne a couple weeks ago. Silent. Pretty neat. I checked closely for tracks a few minutes later and couldn't find any. Pretty stealthy!
-Brian in SLC
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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Idee-ho.....Udee-pimp.
That's what my pal Kristen says a lot.
Just a joke, folks.
As far as I know, there is only 1 grizz in Cali, & it's on the flag. I have seen a bunch of brown or cinnamons in sequoia, all blacks, specieswise.
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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I followed a bear that looked just like that big guy down the trail into Cedar Grove one evening in 2007. He wouldn't leave the trail and he was walking super slow, just meandering along, not letting me pass. I banged my ski poles over my head and yelled and even threw a couple rocks near him to get him to leave the trail. The terrain was too rough for me to pass him otherwise. Finally he pulls over about 20' up hill of the trail and figures he's hiding behind a willow bush. In reality his entire rear end was hanging out and plainly visible, with just his head and shoulders behind the bush. Pretty comical.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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This is interesting.
Ursus arctos middendorffi is the Alskan Brown Bear, or Kodiak, and is the same species as grizzly, they're both Brown Bears, just differing subspecies.
Question. Is Deuce4 part frickin' bear?
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luggi
Trad climber
from the backseat of Jake& Elwood Blues car
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Ok...Gentle Ben is on the loose
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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It's like me....I'm technically white, but I have rhythym & lots of soul.
WooHoo!!!!!!
Dancin' fool, too.(yo!)
Haha!
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