Although record books measure bears by skull size rather than weight, Manitoba officials believe this may be the heaviest black bear ever reported. A bear weighing 880 pounds was killed in North Carolina in 1998. The Manitoba bear was struck near a garbage dump along Lake Winnipeg by Steven Fontaine, who was driving a 1986 […]
Home » Uncategorized » Winnipeg Canadian news services report that a record-sized black bear was struck by a car in Manitoba on Aug. 30. Provincial wildlife officials say the bear weighed 856 pounds five days after it died. They estimate it had lost at least 30 pounds in body
Winnipeg Canadian news services report that a record-sized black bear was struck by a car in Manitoba on Aug. 30. Provincial wildlife officials say the bear weighed 856 pounds five days after it died. They estimate it had lost at least 30 pounds in body
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