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[deleted] t1_ivzz65q wrote

Reply to comment by Librekrieger in Federal government restarts effort to restore grizzly bears to Washington’s rugged North Cascades by Elijah_nicholas

> I wonder what the point of expanding the population is? What do grizzlies bring that black bears don't?

Biodiversity. They got after slightly different things in the habitat for food. etc

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sleeknub t1_iw0bx0z wrote

Is it really just slightly different? Grizzly bears are a lot bigger.

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[deleted] t1_iw0kup4 wrote

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sleeknub t1_iw0yvjz wrote

Black bears attack humans on a regular basis, but I don’t think they kill them very often, as opposed to grizzlies (often as a percentage of attacks).

I was asking more about the diet, not about the threat to an individual human in an attack (which is substantially higher for a grizzly), but the two topics are related. My understanding is that grizzlies will attack and kill large game (including humans), which is something black bears don’t do.

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Crazyboreddeveloper t1_iw0ydks wrote

People, for example.

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