Comments on: Bear Intelligence

By: Daniel Montclaire

Daniel Montclaire — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:43:55 +0000

A couple of years ago while driving down to Long Island from upstate New York I saw a very large black bear standing by the side of the highway. He must have weighed 400 lbs and was twice the size of a large St. Bernard. This was within 90 miles of the NYC limits in a fairly populated area off Rt. 17. I was amazed how such a large conspicuous animal could co-exist with so many humans. As we humans tend to be intolerant of other species, the bear must have a very high intelligence level to survive so near one of the world’s biggest cities.

By: jd

jd — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:54:23 +0000

theres 2 different types of evolution theres macro, and micro evolution, macro evoltion is a change from one species to another but micro evolution is a change within a species.no one has ever witnessed macro evolution but have witnessed micro but they claim tha our whole earth evolved from a single cell organism and that evolved into a animal and they kept evolving until there were many species. well how can this be so what did the polar bear evolve from well you say grizzlies. but you claim that this is macro evolution but its not its micro even if the grizzly did become a polar bear micro was the cause of it. the grizzly did not evolve into a polar bear from the begining there have always been these two bears one didnt turn into the other if someone witnesses macro evolution then il change my mind but for now i think that if we as humans have intelligence and animals have a form of intellagence to a degree then wouldnt there have to be a greater intellagence that doesnt apply to our earthly laws of science and is out side the realm of time and space and and has infinate knowledge well i think there is and this random chance stuff,it doesnt add up but if someone can explain evolution to me then well good for you but no one can explain al the details therefor it is false to me. i hope who ever reads this takes in my thoughts and ponders what i have said and not disregared it

By: Consuelo larrabee

Consuelo larrabee — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:48:22 +0000

The Grizzly Wolf Discovery Center in Ennis MT near the west entrance to Yellowstone has trash can try-out days. New models are introduced to their 3rd strike garbage bears. It is awesome to see how quickly the bears can eliminate a poorly designed receptacle & there is a display of “failed” models at the exit. On the other hand, I watched a bear try for an hour to open a small suitcase sized metal box designed for campers’ food. He jumped on it. He picked it up & dropped it. He put it in the pond & pushed it around w/his snout. He tried to get his claws under the top on all 4 sides. (Peanut butter & fish must be a great incentive!) If a bear cannot open a receptacle after working on it for 90 minutes, it is deemed “bear proof”.