[NatureNS] black bears

Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 9:10:49 -0300
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 Hi Rob & all,

I have never heard of 'bear bells'? What are they? 

Gayle MacLean
Dartmouth

---- Rob Woods <rrtwoods@yahoo.com> wrote: 
> You may have stumbled across a family group. Cubs may stay in with the mother 
> for two years. A two year old bear probably looks adult size. In my Alberta 
> hiking days though I did not  usually stick around to asks the bears their age 
> when I came across a group of them. Checking out the noise is certainly 
> possible. I often found bears more attracted to the bear bells than not....Some 
> times the bears learn that the bells mean food. But NS bears would not have that 
> training.
> 
> Rob

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