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Spazito

(54,405 posts)
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 01:25 PM Jun 2023

Platinum-blond grizzly's fence-climbing acrobatics spur new measures from Parks Canada

A platinum-blond grizzly living in the Rockies along the Continental Divide is up, active and hungry from her winter's rest.

Lucky for Bear 178, whom locals have nicknamed Nakoda, the Trans Canada Highway ditches in Banff and Yoho parks provide a ripe, lush, green and yellow buffet this time of year — full of dandelions free for the picking.

And there's little standing between Nakoda and her next roadside meal — not even the wildlife fencing installed to keep her and other animals safe from cars and semi-trucks.

"She was up, up, and over that fence. Very, very graceful," said hobby photographer Gary Tattersall.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-alberta-bear-wildlife-canada-1.6866614

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Platinum-blond grizzly's fence-climbing acrobatics spur new measures from Parks Canada (Original Post) Spazito Jun 2023 OP
She's very JustAnotherGen Jun 2023 #1
She certainly is! Spazito Jun 2023 #2
From a distance or in a photo! marble falls Jun 2023 #3
I've seen grizzlies, black and brown bears but... Spazito Jun 2023 #4
I've been fortunate, i've never seen griz closer than a 1/4 mile and they're big enough to see ... marble falls Jun 2023 #5
I'm with you regarding the wildlife preferably being at a distance... Spazito Jun 2023 #6

Spazito

(54,405 posts)
4. I've seen grizzlies, black and brown bears but...
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 01:51 PM
Jun 2023

I have never seen a blonde one, they must be very rare as well as beautiful.

marble falls

(62,240 posts)
5. I've been fortunate, i've never seen griz closer than a 1/4 mile and they're big enough to see ...
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 02:02 PM
Jun 2023

... them well enough at that distance. Browns actually scare me more, blacks are pretty easy to scare off and they act more like over sized coons, who can get amazingly aggressive if they are properly riled. As I've gotten older, I appreciate most of my wildlife 'encounters' one sided and at a distance.

Spazito

(54,405 posts)
6. I'm with you regarding the wildlife preferably being at a distance...
Tue Jun 6, 2023, 02:25 PM
Jun 2023

these days, close enough for a great photo, far enough away so we are both safe.

Seeing as this grizzly is blonde, her hump wouldn't be as quick an identifier given the normal grizzly has the silver hump while it's fur is dark.

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