In British Columbia, towering red cedars live a thousand years, and black bears are born with white fur.White fur occurs in only one of every 40 to 100 black bears on the British
Columbia mainland coast, but the trait is especially pronounced on certain
islands in the Great Bear Rainforest.
On Princess Royal Island, one in ten black
bears is white. On Gribbell Island, directly north of Princess Royal, it's one
in three. Biologist Wayne McCrory of the Valhalla Wilderness Society calls
Gribbell "the mother island of the white bears."
The Spirit Bear also known as the Kermode bear are endangerd. Today, there are less than 200 spirit bears left in the world.Researchers have recently proved that the spirit bear's white coat gives it an advantage when fishing. Although white and black bears tend to have the same
success rate after dark—when bears do a lot of their fishing—scientists Reimchen
and Dan Klinka from the University of Victoria noticed a difference during the
daytime.
White bears catch salmon in one-third of their attempts. Black
individuals are successful only one-quarter of the time. "The salmon are less
concerned about a white object as seen from below the surface
Columbia mainland coast, but the trait is especially pronounced on certain
islands in the Great Bear Rainforest.
On Princess Royal Island, one in ten black
bears is white. On Gribbell Island, directly north of Princess Royal, it's one
in three. Biologist Wayne McCrory of the Valhalla Wilderness Society calls
Gribbell "the mother island of the white bears."
The Spirit Bear also known as the Kermode bear are endangerd. Today, there are less than 200 spirit bears left in the world.Researchers have recently proved that the spirit bear's white coat gives it an advantage when fishing. Although white and black bears tend to have the same
success rate after dark—when bears do a lot of their fishing—scientists Reimchen
and Dan Klinka from the University of Victoria noticed a difference during the
daytime.
White bears catch salmon in one-third of their attempts. Black
individuals are successful only one-quarter of the time. "The salmon are less
concerned about a white object as seen from below the surface
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