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	Polar Bear: Grizzly Bear, Panda, Kodiak, Brown and Black Bears
		The Kodiak and the polar bear are the largest country carnivore on ground.
		Bears are powerfull built creatures with small eyes and ears, large claws and a slow, ambling gait that can quickly shift to surprising bursts of speed.
		Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), sometime called Big Bear or Big Brown, is the largest of all the brown bears.
	www.bearplanet.org (790 words)

	Bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bears in captivity have been to be trained to dance, box, or ride bicycles; however, this use of the animals became controversial in the late 20th century.
		Kodiak bears are the largest type, and in fact one of the largest extant carnivores, though polar bears are the heaviest.
		A bear also features prominently in the legend of Saint Romedius, who is also said to have tamed one of these animals and had the same bear carry him from his hermitage in the mountains to the city of Trento.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bear (3000 words)

	Brown Bear - MSN Encarta
		Although the name grizzly bear is sometimes used to refer to all brown bears, grizzly actually refers to one subspecies in the northwestern interior of North America.
		Brown bears have large, plantigrade feet (heel and sole touching the ground) and five long claws on their front paws to aid in digging.
		Brown bears, along with polar bears, are the largest of the bear species.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579742/Brown_Bear.html (557 words)

	Brown, Grizzly or Kodiak bear?
		Kodiak bears are not grizzly bears, the name “grizzly” comes from the silver tipped hairs these bears get, as they grow older.
		FYI: The Kodiak brown bear is the world’s largest bear while the polar bear being a direct descendent of the brown bear (200,000 years) is the world’s heaviest bear.
		This is a she bear or sow, terms often used in reference to a female bear.
	www.shadowofthebear.com /shebear.html (346 words)

	Alaska Refuges - Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
		The coastal brown bear is found mainly in maritime areas along the coast of Alaska where there are abundant salmon resources, while the interior grizzly is found mainly within the interior areas of Alaska and feeds primarily on non- salmonid resources.
		The population of brown bears on the Kodiak Archipelago is estimated at approximately 3,000 animals of which approximately 2,300 of these are found within the boundaries of the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.
		Brown bear habitat is conserved by the refuge through regulation of human activity in key areas used by bears for feeding and denning.
	www.r7.fws.gov /nwr/kodiak/wildlife_bearfacts.htm (1119 words)

	Kodiak Air (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the remote corners of the Kodiak Archipelago and the Katmai Coast are the densest brown bear populations in the world.
		Kodiak Air offers a bear viewing tour that lasts up to four hours, including 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 hours of ground time to view and photograph the bears.
		Kodiak Air will provide transportation, if needed, on the day of your bear viewing flight to the point of departure and from the point of return.
	kodiakair.com /bearview.php (490 words)

	Como Zoo - Kodiak Bear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bears are known to forage for food until they are physically exhausted, at which time they will climb into a den, collapse and fall into a deep sleep.
		Kodiaks are sexually mature at five to six years of age, and may live up to 20 years in the wild.
		Bears have pointed teeth in the front of their mouth for catching and tearing prey, and they have flat molars in the back to help grind up plants.
	www.comozooconservatory.org /zoo/kodiak.html (464 words)

	Kodiak Bear
		The kodiak bear, also known as the Alaskan Brown bear, can grow to be 10.5 feet long and can weigh up to 900 lbs.
		The bear lives in the Alaskan Mountains on Kodiak Island.
		It is harmed because people hunt the bear for its fur and for its claws.
	lsb.syr.edu /projects/cyberzoo/kodiakbear.html (253 words)

	Alaska Brown Grizzly Kodiak Bears of Kodiak Island
		Kodiak bear fishing in pink salmon spawning creek.
		Kodiak bear fishing in a creek in Larsen Bay, Alaska.
		The Kodiak bear that feed on salmon may attain a length of more than 9 feet and over 1500 lbs., and is the largest bear in the world (sorry polar bear -- you come in second).
	www.mindspring.com /~bjager/akpix2.html (703 words)

	Kodiak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kodiak Island, the largest island of the archipelago
		Kodiak Bear, a subspecies of the Brown Bear
		Kodiak, a brand of snus, made of premium wintergreen tobacco.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kodiak (146 words)

	Roosevelt Park Zoo \| Kodiak Bear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Kodiak is female and was acquired from the Como Zoo in St. Paul.
		Kodiak bears grow to 6-7 feet at the shoulders and weigh between 800-1200 pounds.
		Kodiak bears, like other brown bears, have a hump of fat on their shoulders; fl bears do not have this hump.
	www.rpzoo.com /animals/kodiakbear.html (263 words)

	Brown Bear Hunting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the fall, the bear may be heavier, but they're harder to spot in the alders and ground cover because the leaves are usually still on.
		But another measure of importance to many hunters is the "square" of the bear - what he measures from tip of nose to tip of his short, stubby tail, compared to what he measures after skinning from front two across the back to his other front toe.
		Admiralty is likewise a dense rainforest, and as tough to hunt as is the center of Kodiak Island.
	www.huntingmag.com /big_game/kodiak_090904 (3142 words)

	Kodiak Brown Bear Hunting, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		The bigger coastal bears are called brown bears and the extremely large brown bears on Kodiak Island are often referred to as Kodiak bears.
		For this regulation, a fl bear cub is defined as a fl bear in its first year of life while a grizzly bear cub is defined as a grizzly in its first or second year of life.
		Exceptions include grizzly bears taken in Unit 20E and northeast 20D must be sealed in that unit or in Tok, and brown bears taken in 6A, B, C must be sealed in that unit or in Yakutat.
	hunt.alaska.gov /index.cfm?adfg=bearhunt.black_brown (1384 words)

	Kodiak Brown Bear Fact Sheet, Division of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		Bears are naturally diurnal (active during the day), but when faced with competition for food or space, they adopt a more nocturnal (active at night) life style.
		Bear heads were usually left in the field as a sign of respect to the spirit of the bears.
		Kodiak bears were commercially hunted throughout the 1800s with the price paid for a bear hide being comparable to that paid for a beaver or river otter pelt (about $10).
	www.wildlife.alaska.gov /index.cfm?adfg=bears.trivia (1049 words)

	Critter Corner \| Kodiak Brown Bear
		With a lifespan of around 20 years, male Kodiak bears, called boars, grow to be about 5 feet tall and weigh around 1,000 pounds while mature females, called sows, usually reach a height of 3 feet and a weight of 500 to 700 pounds.
		Kodiak brown bears are extremely strong, have excellent hearing and sense of smell, and can distinguish color and activity at all levels of light.
		The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1941 when sportsmen expressed their concern over reduced bear populations and petitioned the Federal government to protect the bears and their habitat on Kodiak Island.
	www.refugenet.org /critter/kodiakbear.html (667 words)

	The legend of the Kodiak Bear
		A clan of bears found the infant an raised it as one of their own.
		He could not believe his eyes, this wild man, The Kodiak Bear, was fligging these men as if they were rag dolls.
		In a few short years, the Kodiak Bear was traveling the world, inflicting pain wherever he went.
	kodiak-bear.tripod.com /kodiak_history.htm (165 words)

	Kodiakbear hunt on Kodiak Island, Alaska
		His average bear is 9 1/2 feet square and has a 26-inch skull.
		On the Kodiak hunt you'll stay in a lodge on an ocean bay and use an 18-foot boat with a 50-horse outboard to access various parts of the bay.
		Kodiak: Close to 100% now that the state has cracked down on outfitters without special use permits.
	www.hunts.net /brownbearb.html (352 words)

	Kodiak Bear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Kodiak bears live in most of North America, Alaska to Hudson Bay, south to Northern Mexico.
		Kodiak bears are 4.5 - 5 feet tall.
		The claws of a Kodiak bear are extremely strong and curved.
	laurier.vsb.bc.ca /studentp/RyanY/KBear.html (235 words)

	Kodiak Bear Viewing - Euro Alaska Tours
		We fly from Anchorage to Alaska's Kodiak Island and the home of the Kodiak Bear, one of the largest, most powerful carnivores on earth.
		Your quaint, cannery-atmosphere lodge is surrounded by the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and it 3,000 hungry bear inhabitants gorging on the massive Kodiak salmon runs that come each spring and summer.
		After hibernating during the winter, thousands of bears are drawn like magnets to Kodiak's rivers and lakes and their huge amounts of salmon.
	www.euroalaska-tours.com /alaska_wildlife/kodiak_bear_viewing.php (290 words)

	Larsen Bay Lodge, Kodiak Island, Alaska
		Bear research, management, habitat protection, along with healthy salmon stocks have kept Kodiak bear numbers stable in most areas and allowed a slight increase in others.
		In addition to the hunter harvest, an average of 10 bears are killed each year in the defense of life or property.
		Because “DLP’s” are likely to be young bears and/or females, this loss has greater effect on the Kodiak population than the harvest of older males commonly killed by hunters.
	www.alaskaone.com /larsen/KodiakBear/KodiakBear4.htm (253 words)

	Visit Kodiak Island and Bear Viewing
		Bears are one of the most popular attractions in Alaska today.
		While bears are present in the area all summer, the best viewing times are mid-June to mid-July when the bears are fishing for salmon.
		Kodiak has a maritime climate (the bears thrive in it) so we suggest you bring good raingear.
	www.alaskatours.com /wildlife/bear_viewing/kodiak_island_alaska.htm (481 words)

	ABC News: Researchers to Study Kodiak Bear Diet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		KODIAK, Alaska Jul 14, 2006 (AP)— Researchers plan to set out Saturday for a monthlong excursion to study the plants that affect the eating habits of brown bears on Kodiak Island.
		The goal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-sponsored trip is to study plants and grasses that affect the diet of the bears in the highlands of the island.
		Brown bears number from two to seven per square mile in the area.
	abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=2194583&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (387 words)

	Kodiak Management Area, ADF&G, Sport Fish Southcentral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		With respective populations of 11,000 and 4,300 the communities of Kodiak and Dutch Harbor/Unalaska are the two largest communities in the KMA, although the area also includes approximately 20 villages with year-round inhabitants.
		Kodiak bears are a unique subspecies of the brown or grizzly bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi).
		There are usually more bears in the Kodiak Remote Area fishing in freshwater streams and lakes than on the road system.
	www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us /Region2/areas/kodiak/kodhome.cfm (909 words)

	Animal Fact Sheets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Brown bears belong to the family Ursidae, which includes eight species.* The Kodiak bear is a subspecies of brown bear found on Kodiak Island in Alaska.
		Kodiak bears are the largest of all brown bears and the second largest bear in the world.
		Grizzly bears in the Selkirk and Purcell Mountains of northern Idaho and northeastern Washington represent one of the last six remaining grizzly bear populations in the lower 48 states.
	www.zoo.org /educate/fact_sheets/b_bear/b_bear.htm (1746 words)

	Kodiak Brown Bear Hunt, Hunts by Alaska Trophy Hunting
		This is a huge land with volcanoes, large runs of spawning Salmon, Whales and Walrus cruising along the shoreline, and a few native villages sparsely spread along the coast.
		In the Spring the Brown Bear come out of hibernation during April and May. They lounge about their dens for a few days and then come down out of the snow looking for food and the boars hoping to participate in the annual breeding season.
		If you truly want an opportunity to take a 10 foot Brown Bear you should plan to hunt on the Alaska Peninsula or on Kodiak Island for a trophy that is highly ranked among the top trophies in the world.
	www.alaskatrophyhunting.com /kodiak_brown_bear.shtml (702 words)

	Alaskan Bear Viewing
		Kodiak and the Katmai Coast boast some of most densely populated bear areas in the world.
		The coastal brown bears of this region are larger than the interior grizzlies of Alaska.
		In addition, Kodiak is home to the famed Kodiak Brown Bear, the largest land carnivore on earth.
	www.kodiakbrownbear.com /bearquestaviation (154 words)

	Brown Bear hunting - alaskan, kodiak, grizzly
		Alberta will suspend the spring grizzly bear hunt while DNA census data is collected throughout the province, which is expected to continue over the next few years.
		Permits to participate in the State sponsored bear control program in eastern Interior Alaska will be available April 1 from Fish and Game offices in Tok, Fairbanks, Anchorage and Palmer.
		With much discussion surrounding grizzly bears, including a recommendation to list them as a threatened species, which would mean no more hunting for the species in Alberta, the AFGA reconfirms its position that the very limited entry hunt should be continued.
	www.biggamehunt.net /sections/Brown_Bear (527 words)

	Alaska brown bear or Kodiak bear hunts on Kodiak Island, Admiralty Island, Chichagof Island, Alaska Peninsula, interior ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		You must apply for tags to hunt Kodiak Island, but the odds of drawing are close to 100% now that the state has cracked down on illegal outfitters.
		Over the years the average bear taken on this hunt is 8 1/2 feet.
		Most years at least two of the bears taken will be nine feet squared or bigger with the rest measuring between eight and nine feet.
	www.hunts.net /brownbear.html (414 words)

	Spiridon Bear Camp - Hunting the Kodiak Brown Bear
		As the world's largest carnivore, the Kodiak Brown Bear demands respect and admiration of anyone who catches a glimpse of these magnificent beasts.
		The rush of adrenaline, the fear, the exhilaration, and the satisfaction of your hunt are well worth your trip to Spiridon Bear Camp.
		Make no mistake about it; your pursuit of bear in Alaska will be etched in your memory for the rest of your life.
	www.spiridonbearcamp.com /bearhunt.html (280 words)

	Bart the Bear, Unofficial Home Page of the Kodiak bear actor, star of The Edge
		Tributes to Bart the Bear¹s TM memory may be made to the Vital Ground Foundation, a 501(c)(3).
		Bart is a 1480-pound Kodiak bear who lived in Midway, Utah with his drama coach, animal trainers Doug and Lynn Seus.
		Photos of Bart the Bear, and the name 'Bart the Bear', may be trademarks or copyrights of their owner(s), who bear (pun intended) no responsibility for this Web site.
	members.tripod.com /bartbear (1530 words)

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