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black bear
noun
: the common North American bear (Ursus americanus) ranging in color from brown or typical black to white
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Government documents show that last May, Deist attempted to sell Hershey, a tiger, and a black bear named Casey to a private collector in Texas.
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Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
Security camera footage captured a black bear with an apparent sweet tooth breaking into a Michigan chocolate shop.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
Vacationers staying in Airbnbs and other short-term rentals also reportedly entice black bears by tossing raspberries and bacon strips off the decks of mountain cabins.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
And then, on Tuesday, Galante got an extremely close look at a black bear.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
Plus, the John Muir Trail begins in the campground, and your chances of spotting a black bear are pretty high.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
The former is suspected to at least have been the size of a black bear, weighing around 500 pounds, but behemoths like Megatherium americanum tipped the scales at (literally) elephantine proportions, weighing more than 4.5 tons.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
Every fall, black bears dramatically increase their calorie intake to fatten up before winter, the bear team said.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
Her photos also show one of the wolves that originally attacked the calf before the black bears showed up to finish it off.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2024
Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
Security camera footage captured a black bear with an apparent sweet tooth breaking into a Michigan chocolate shop.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
Vacationers staying in Airbnbs and other short-term rentals also reportedly entice black bears by tossing raspberries and bacon strips off the decks of mountain cabins.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
And then, on Tuesday, Galante got an extremely close look at a black bear.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
Plus, the John Muir Trail begins in the campground, and your chances of spotting a black bear are pretty high.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
The former is suspected to at least have been the size of a black bear, weighing around 500 pounds, but behemoths like Megatherium americanum tipped the scales at (literally) elephantine proportions, weighing more than 4.5 tons.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
Every fall, black bears dramatically increase their calorie intake to fatten up before winter, the bear team said.
—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
Her photos also show one of the wolves that originally attacked the calf before the black bears showed up to finish it off.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2024
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