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This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a drizzly autumn morning on the coast of British Columbia, a shadowy figure lumbers down to shore. A black bear has ...

Also known as the North American brown bear, the grizzly bear is a powerful predator that can weigh up to 800 pounds. (Photo: Paul Hamilton/Can Geo Photo Club) The ends of the hairs on grizzly bears’ ...