Post by Admin on Sept 10, 2013 12:57:30 GMT
I have been interested in wild animals since early childhood. As a young child, my favorite toys were my collection of very colorful plastic animals; everything from farm animals to dinosaurs. I was also notorious for catching animals and bringing them home. It started with bugs and progressed into snakes, lizards, and turtles and from there to racoons, rabbits, and opossums, etc.
I read every book in my elementary school library about animals and most of them in the schools afterwards. I watched every wildlife documentary I could. I entered into animal face-off sites thinking myself very knowledgeable about animals. I was wrong.
I had no idea just how generic the "facts" had been in all of those books and documentaries. There is an old saying, "war is the mother of invention". Those words are oh so true. As I entered into the world of wild animal face-off sites, I began to learn "real facts". I started off thinking that the grizzly bear is the greatest living predator on earth. I learned that as a "hunter of large prey animals", the big cats are far superior to the brown bears. However, I was never disappointed with the brown bear as being the "dominant" member of the Carnivora. The more I learn about the brown bear, the more impressed I become. It is not only his brute strength I am impressed with, but also his incredible stamina, durability, intelligence, and perhaps the best nose in the animal kingdom. These attributes and many others combined create what I consider the greatest carnivore on earth, regardless of the fact that the brown bear is an omnivore.
The brown bear, above all other bears, has the look of a cuddly Teddy Bear. To watch them, these big bruins are not only awesomely powerful looking predators, but they can make you laugh with their antics. Bears are extremely individualistic; more so than most other animals. This can clearly be observed where bears are found fishing. Brown bears have no "set instinctive" methods for catching fish. Each bear invents his own technique and style for the sport. Where one huge brown bear might allow a smaller predator, such as a cougar or a wolverine to keep him from its kill, another brown bear will simply brush the smaller predator to the side and take the carcass. Where one big brownie might run from a man or a tiger, another will charge fearlessly. No two brown bears are just alike.
greatbear.org/
I read every book in my elementary school library about animals and most of them in the schools afterwards. I watched every wildlife documentary I could. I entered into animal face-off sites thinking myself very knowledgeable about animals. I was wrong.
I had no idea just how generic the "facts" had been in all of those books and documentaries. There is an old saying, "war is the mother of invention". Those words are oh so true. As I entered into the world of wild animal face-off sites, I began to learn "real facts". I started off thinking that the grizzly bear is the greatest living predator on earth. I learned that as a "hunter of large prey animals", the big cats are far superior to the brown bears. However, I was never disappointed with the brown bear as being the "dominant" member of the Carnivora. The more I learn about the brown bear, the more impressed I become. It is not only his brute strength I am impressed with, but also his incredible stamina, durability, intelligence, and perhaps the best nose in the animal kingdom. These attributes and many others combined create what I consider the greatest carnivore on earth, regardless of the fact that the brown bear is an omnivore.
The brown bear, above all other bears, has the look of a cuddly Teddy Bear. To watch them, these big bruins are not only awesomely powerful looking predators, but they can make you laugh with their antics. Bears are extremely individualistic; more so than most other animals. This can clearly be observed where bears are found fishing. Brown bears have no "set instinctive" methods for catching fish. Each bear invents his own technique and style for the sport. Where one huge brown bear might allow a smaller predator, such as a cougar or a wolverine to keep him from its kill, another brown bear will simply brush the smaller predator to the side and take the carcass. Where one big brownie might run from a man or a tiger, another will charge fearlessly. No two brown bears are just alike.
greatbear.org/
