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Julia Clarke

“It taps into something deep within all of us” – Tooth and Claw podcast host on why we can’t get enough of grizzly bear stories

Grizzly bear baring teeth.

Perhaps you saw that headline circulating last week about a grizzly bear chasing a moose through a deserted Montana campground. If you did, you almost certainly wanted to know more. Whether it’s a wildlife on wildlife story like that one or a man surviving a mauling by a grizzly bear when it accidentally bites his can of pepper spray, there’s no doubt about it – we can’t get enough of grizzly bears. Or black bears for that matter. And bear biologist Wes Larson has a theory as to why.

“It taps into something that is deep within all of us,” muses Larson. 

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