Ursus Horribilis aptly named

 

June 21, 2017

The Latin name for a grizzly bear is Ursus Horribilis and it gets that name because it is one of the few animals in the world that exhibited not the slightest fear of man in many situations and it was only after the great hunting guns were invented did man have much of a chance against the grizzlies.

Montana has always been grizzly bear country but for many people the notion of those great bears out here on the prairie was unbelievable. Grizzlies belong in Yellowstone to a small degree but mainly in the Northern Eco System which includes Glacier National Park, Waterton and the three great wild...



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