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Ursus americanus
The American black bear is the world's most common bear species. Most black bears are black. However their fur can range in color from pure white to a cinnamon color to very dark brown or black. Typically, adults are approximately 3 feet tall at the shoulder, and their length from nose to tail is about 75 inches. Adult males are much larger than adult females. A large male black bear can exceed 600 lbs in weight while females seldom exceed 200 lbs.
These bears were spotted at a reserve for animals in Rapid City South Dakota where they are able to roam free.
Spotted on Jul 8, 2015
Submitted on Jul 8, 2015
22 Comments
Thank you so much LisaPowers. I'm quite honored to be in the top 10 mammal spottings for 2015 best wildlife photo mission. Thanks again!!
Congrats mary.gallo.m, your engaging black bear has made the top 10 mammal spottings in the '2015 Best Wildlife Photo' mission! Rangers are voting on the top 10 mammal spottings, and the top 3 will be announced on February 6th. The top 3 spottings will be commented on here on the site, but make sure you keep a look out on our Facebook app page for the announcement as well! Congratulations on making the top 10! https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah
Thanks Maria
That is a relaxed-looking bear! Congratulations!
Thank you Desmond. All the pictures were taken in a car. This is a drive through preserve where the animals are free to roam. The first picture the bear was right in front of me and did not use camera zoom at all. The last picture I did use zoom for about 10 feet. Thanks again.
Welcome
Thank you outside girl
Yes, Congrats! How close was it to you in that last picture?
congrats! amazing SOTD!
Thank you James, Antonio and Leuba. I truly appreciate getting the SOTD for the bears.
Congratulations Mary ! Lovely animals !!
Great series Mary,i love bears:) congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Congrats Mary
Thank you Sukayna for nice comment. I too wanted to give him a hug. He was so perfect looking with his fur so pretty and such a cute face. But oh was he big!
I am so happy for you mary.gallo but happier for the bear...it has just such a nice friendly face (sorry shouldn't make animals bear the brunt of human emotion) but it looks placid (Ok...I know bears can be dangerous...) and yeah, looks a perfect candidate for a hug...a bear hug.
CONGRATULATIONS. :)
Wow! Thank you so much for making this magnificant bear the spotting of the day. I am thrilled. Thanks sgain!
Congrats Mary!! :)
Congratulations Mary! This wonderful bear has earned you Spotting of the Day honors! Thanks for sharing this and so many other great nature encounters with us. We look forward to seeing many more. Enjoy the recognition!
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Glorious beast of a Black bear. The ones I've seen have been much much smaller.
Thanks SukanyaDatta and DavidMroczkowski for comment. I just loved that bear. I wanted to get out of the car and pet it because it was so beautiful.
Looks like a friendly neighbourhood lady looking to chat over a fence ! :) It has that kind of a look its face. Fab shot.
Very photogenic.