[pct-l] Bear question

[Gerry Zamora]

So Who's on 1st?
On Jan 11, 2011 6:49 PM, <jomike at cot.net> wrote:
> A lot of people get confused on this. A brown Bear is another name for a
> grizzly bear. A black bear is the kind most of us in the lower 48 are used
> to seeing. What causes the confusion is that a lot of black bears are
brown
> in color. So that brown colored bear you are seeing is a black bear - just
> a brown black bear. This is starting to sound like an Abbot and Costello
> routine so I'll end it.
>
> Day-Late
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> Just to confuse things even more, a "brown bear" in Alaska is a Grizzly.
But black bears here in the lower 48 are also cinnamon and blonde. Now, try
to repeat back...
>
> are we there yet
>
>
> ...going to the mountains is going home.
>
> John Muir
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