An ecotour company guide in Yellowstone National Park discovered the nearly undisturbed carcass of an adult male grizzly bear last week while hiking off-trail.
Since the bear had been wearing a GPS collar, the extraordinary find helped reveal a wealth of information about an animal that probably died as the result of a “bear argument” with another male grizzly.
Yellowstone Insight reported Friday via Facebook that naturalist/guide Doug MacCartney found the carcass May 23 and contacted park bear biologists Kerry Gunther and Travis Wyman. (The Facebook images are graphic.)