miketythhon
miketythhon t1_j2du6kp wrote
Reply to Wild bears population size across the US and the EU. The US has 340 000 wild bears (300 000 Black bears, 33 000 Brown/Grizzly bears, 7 000 Polar bears). The EU has 15 500 wild bears (zero Black bears, 15 500 Brown/Grizzly bears, zero Polar bears). 2008-2022 data 🇺🇸🇪🇺🗺 [OC] by maps_us_eu
Ya I dunno who came up with this but this data doesn’t exist. It’s really hard to even make a reasonable guess about these numbers and it’s deceptive to present them as factual data. Second, Wyoming obviously has a lot of bears both grizzly and black.
miketythhon t1_j25f2my wrote
Basically just a biodiversity map
miketythhon t1_j2du9ji wrote
Reply to Wild bears population size across the US and the EU. The US has 340 000 wild bears (300 000 Black bears, 33 000 Brown/Grizzly bears, 7 000 Polar bears). The EU has 15 500 wild bears (zero Black bears, 15 500 Brown/Grizzly bears, zero Polar bears). 2008-2022 data 🇺🇸🇪🇺🗺 [OC] by maps_us_eu
Got a link to the methods?