Colorado may ban killing hibernating black bears - WDAF

"Hibernating black bears will no longer be fair game for Colorado hunters under new regulations proposed for the state, after an outcry over the killing of a 700-pound bruin in its den last fall"

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Hibernating bears slow down but don't chill out

"WASHINGTON - Hibernating bears set their energy demands on low, but unlike most other animals that take long winter naps they don't chill out very much, researchers say."

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Scientists discover hibernating bears to be ‘a metabolic marvel’ - Yahoo! News

"Scientists have long wondered just what takes place within the body of a bear in the wild while it hibernates. And now, they can eliminate a good deal of the guesswork in such speculations, thanks to a new study at the University of Alaska's Institute of Arctic Biology. Researchers at the institute erected boxes for bears to sleep in that enabled researchers to monitor the bears' vital signs--and have provisionally concluded that hibernating bears are nothing less than 'a metabolic marvel.'"

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Wildlife Research Institute Update 10/21/2010

"Braveheart sat tight all day. Lily and Hope did the same until about 4 PM when they moved the remaining 90 yards to their nice bed near the wet ‘possible den’."


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