Loftwings and Demons

Size and Behavior

• Males weigh 200–700 pounds, females weigh 200–400 pounds; adults stand about 31⁄2 feet at the shoulder.
• May live 15–30 years.
• Grizzly bears are generally 11⁄2 to 2 times larger than black bears of the same sex and age class within the same geographic region, and they have longer, more curved claws.
• Lifetime home range: male, 800–2,000 square miles, female, 300–550 square miles.
• Agile; can run up to 40 mph.
• Can climb trees, but curved claws and weight make this difficult. Can also swim and run up and downhill.
• Adapted to life in forest and meadows.
• Food includes rodents, insects, elk calves, cutthroat trout, roots, pine nuts, grasses, and large mammals.
• Mate in spring, but implantation of embryos is delayed until fall; gives birth in the winter; to 1–3 cubs.
• Considered super hibernators.

Status

• Currently listed as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act.
• Scientists and managers believe the grizzly population is doing well. Grizzlies are raising cubs in nearly all portions of the greater Yellowstone area and dispersing into new habitat. Currently, they occupy 20,522 square miles in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Got to admire grizzly bears for being super hibernators.  Sometimes I wish I could hibernate too.  

I'd also like to note they're considered a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act and while the above says 'scientists and managers believe the grizzly population is doing well', that that is only the case if one considers population density in the range discussed and not total population.  Grizzly bears were extirpated in most of their historic range, as shown in the graphic at this link:

https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/historical-and-current-grizzly-bear-range-north-america

I knew they were omnivores, but I didn't know grizzly bears ate grasses before I read this.  Wonder if that means they primarily eat the seeds like we do, or if they can go full grazer.