Talk:Brown Bear
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Brown bears have also been found Robbery the kills of tigers, wolves, and pumas. and Two male tigers were found killed by brown bear in the year 2000. (sic)
I'm not quite sure what this means. It adds little to what is otherwise a well written article, so on balance I decided to remove rather than rephrase it. Andrewa 15:15, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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Doubtful subspecies
Is anything more known about the Ursus arctos subsp. stickeenensis ?? Where does it live etc? Thanks GerardM 07:21, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- All the Google references appear to be Wikipedia-generated. A-giau 18:04, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Aha! Yes, I've just stumbled onto this too. Suspect a joke. Alternatively, it may be a vestige from past over-division. Some old papers listed literally hundreds of subspecies, some others just list dozens.
Some sites that don't list it and should if it were genuine:
- omne-vivum (http://www.omne-vivum.com/c/7142.htm)
- Lioncrusher (http://www.lioncrusher.com/animal.asp?animal=88)
- San Francisco State University (http://bss.sfsu.edu:224/courses/Spring99Projects/grizzly.htm)
Unless we can come up with some verification, I propose to remove the references. Andrewa 01:50, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Removed text:
- Ursus arctos stickeenensis
from the list of subspecies as a probable joke with no verification. Andrewa 14:56, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Queued images
California Grizzlies
Out of curiosity, have there been any proposals to reintroduce the grizzly to California? It would seem only right, given that its image appears on the state flag. Funnyhat 23:44, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
- The California grizzly is extinct as the article notes. There are no major plans in the works for other subspecies either. Here (http://www.ecomafia.com/wheresthebears/) is one person's personal campaign. Rmhermen 14:26, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
Information Website
Cool, I like this website, Its got a lot of info!
