RHH's photos with the keyword: horribilis

This photo was taken by our son-in-law. Our vehicle was ahead when these Grizzlies crossed the road in front of him. We were driving down the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park.

When in Yellowstone last May parts of the park were still closed by snow and there was a lot of snow still on the ground in the parts of the park that were open. Near the turnoff for Old Faithful and as we were leaving the area we saw this Grizzly sow and cub playing in the snow and watched them for quite a while. We had seen them foraging earlier on our way into the Old Faithful geyser basin but they were in the trees and we did not get good photos.

This Grizzly sow and cub playing in the snow were photographed near the Old Faithful geyser basin in Yellowstone National Park.

These are Grizzlies, a sow and an older cub, playing in the snow near the Old Faithful Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.

Photographed along the main road near the Old Faithful geyser basin, this Grizzly sow and cub were playing in the snow.

This Grizzly Bear sow was photographed near Yellowstone Lake in September. She was digging for roots and grubs and would soon be hibernating. She paid no attention to the people had stopped to watch here, though many were out of their vehicles and far too close, in my opinion.

Well named Ursus arctus horribilis, the grizzly male can weigh up to 1500 pounds and stand taller than a tall man. This grizzly was photographed at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and is one of a pair of male grizzlies, brothers, living at the zoo, both large bears but smaller than 1500 pounds, though still quite fearsome. Interestingly, it is reported that grizzlies are moving back into the North Cascades, the mountains which stand to our east. When hiking we always have to be careful about bears and make sure anything scented is tied in a tree away from camp, but our worry is usually the smaller and less aggressive black bear, not these monsters. When hiking in areas where grizzlies are found they tell you to wear bells on your clothing so as not to surprise a bear and cause it to attack. A ranger in one of the parks put that idea to rest by telling us that the difference between black bear scat and grizzly scat is that the former has seeds in it while the latter has bells in it. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/05/woodland-pa...