Articles for tag: Grizzly Bears, Grizzly Man, Herzog, Timothy Treadwell

The Bear Nature of Timothy Treadwell

Timothy Treadwell was a complex man with a love for nature and grizzly bears. During the course of his life, Treadwell spent thirteen summers studying grizzly bears in the Alaskan peninsula. For the last five of these summers he recorded footage of his stay and interaction with the bears. The purpose of his studies was ...

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Great Children’s Books About Bears for Pre-K Students

When it comes to children’s books about bears, there are certainly a lot to choose from. However, not all of the books are suitable for Pre-K classroom use. With that said, here’s a quick rundown on several that are: “My Favorite Bear” Andrea Gabriel’s “My Favorite Bear” is a good book to start off a ...

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Timothy Treadwell, the Grizzly Man: Documentary Review

Recently Animal Planet aired “Grizzly Man,” a documentary about Timothy Treadwell, the conservationist whose bizarre fanaticism over grizzly bears cost him and his girlfriend his life: In 2003 in Alaska, he and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were eaten by a grizzly, and the six-minute incident was caught on audiotape. Grizzly Man is a well-done documentary ...

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Communication Within Grizzly Bears

The Grizzly Bear, also known as the Silvertip Bear is one of the most expressive species when it comes to communication. The grizzly uses a wide array of communication methods including touching, seeing, vocalizing, and smelling. Their communication helps keep cubs and mothers together, find a mate, and relieve social tensions. Bears speak a language ...

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Identifying Bear Feces

Identifying bear feces can be of valuable importance whether you are hiking, camping, or if you live in an area close to bear habitat. Bear feces is typically found black on the surface and can be 2 to 4 inches in length and from one to two inches in diameter depending on the size of ...

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Timothy Treadwell and the Grizzly People

Animal welfare has been an issue since the dawn of time. Should we eat it, should we keep it, should we just kill it, or should we find some use for it are questions even now to modern civilization when we speak about animals. Moreover, to answer these questions are people who with tireless efforts ...