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Here are two trailcam bear photos.

The first has apparently lost hair on the muzzle and paws, and also lost the forepaws claws. I guess it might have walked mostly on the hind legs because of whatever made it lose the claws. But this is far from all. This bear is strange. The visible foreleg looks too long. The full image, which is only shown in a video I will not post, shows its forelegs are longer than hind legs, as if it was an ape with long arms. On the other hand, the muzzle is bearlike, but still looks somehow off. Is this a new brown bear subspecies ? This bear could likely be misidentified as an ape from a distance, and seen closely gives some kind of sloth vibes.

Then we have the photo of a huge brown bear together with a black one. But look at it, its body structure is quite strange, its fur is weirdly dustributed too. Is it shedding hair ? Is this a normal looking bear ?

Saw this guy or girl in NorCal final day of hunting.

I'm currently reading (and enjoying) Eight Bears by Gloria Dickie and I really want to get some more nonfiction books about bears on my shelf whether they're about bears in general or about specific species/sub-species

During lean food years, what would be wrong with dropping some fruit and grains from a helicopter or plane to supplement their natural diet? Or even using it to encourage bears to move into more isolated areas of national parks when raiding campsites becomes a problem?

Would bears associate food with humans from the scent of the people who handled and packed the drops?

Polar Bears are hyper carnivores. But I question that: Why are polar bears hyper carnivores? What I mean is that other bear species are omnivorous. Why aren’t polar bears omnivorous like every other bear species, especially since they live on or near forested areas?

I don't know if this is the right sub but I'm kinda freaking out lol.. ok so Im in Tennessee, if that matters. So basically I live in this lil town thing, and in order for me to go to my bus to go to school, I have to walk down a hill. So the hill is like surrounded by trees and stuff, but below it is a neighborhood. so the issue is, it's PITCH BLACK when ever I walk down the hill and it's icy, and I have no light. we have seen bears on out back poarch, they also would steal our pumpkins in October. I'm so scared like everyday cuz I walk up and down that hill, and it's like a mini panic attack everyday. I need to know what times black bears like.. wake up? or whenever they're active like up and walking.. main reason I didn't just google this is because people told me to just yell at it or like make myself look bigger, here's the issue! that's literally impossible with my weight and height. like I know that's not gonna work. again, probs not the sub for this but I got like 3 hours before I gotta leave here and walk down the hill of doom so I'd really appreciate some advice.

During our evening walk, my Labrador, Henry, alerted on something, and when I clicked on my flashlight I saw a momma bear and two cubs scurrying away. So we took the long way home. When I got home, my wife and I snuck out and saw that momma had put her babies up the tree. What a good momma. NB: That photo was taken with a 5x zoom and a powerful flashlight. We did not get close.

Where are the remaining specimen of Ursus arctos syriacus mostly located ? Where is the biggest chunk of them ? Where do researchers go to study it ?

Some safe countries where it is found in are Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, but is it actually in safe areas of Georgia ? Because Abhkasia and South Ossetia are not safe at all.

And does it actually live also in Turkey any longer ? I thought it only lived in Caucasus and Central Asia, and it was no longer in Middle East or even in Turkey.

If you wanted to physically get a research team and go to do field research on bears, where would you go between Southern Caucasus and the Pamirs ?

By Southern Caucasus I mean Georgia, but neither Abkhasia, nor South Ossetia, and then I also mean Azerbaijan and Armenia, on the other hand by Pamirs I only mean the mountainous areas in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and not those in Afghanistan or Pakistan.

Is there some popular bear research spot in Georgia/Azerbaijan/Armenia or in Tajikistan/Kyrgyzstan ?

If it is there, which one is the popularly researched subspecies of bear in such area ?

My understanding is that homey bees are only of Old world descent; there were no honey making bees in the America's. When people talk about bears eating honey, they often talk about black bears engaging in the deed.

My question is: a) were there honey bee species bears would feed off before European bees were brought over and b) historically were there native American stories of bears eating honey c) are all the ancient "bear eats honey" stories from The Old World?

Thank you all! Just hoping to find out what I'm missing