Grizzly Confidential
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Grizzly Confidential

An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Grizzly Confidential

An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator

About this book

In?Grizzly Confidential, author Kevin Grange—former paramedic and park ranger at Yellowstone and Grand Teton—comes face-to-face with North America’s most fearsome predator, Ursus Arctos.

His quest takes him from his home in the Tetons to an eerie, mist-shrouded island of gigantic bruins; from the Bear Center at Washington State University—where scientists believe the secrets of hibernation might help treat diabetes, heart disease, and obesity in humans—to the dark underbelly of for-profit wildlife parks, illegal animal trade and black markets hawking bear bile.

Along the way, he meets fascinating biologists and activists and discovers that everything he knew about grizzlies was wrong. Ultimately, his odyssey leads him to find answers on a remote corner of the Alaskan Peninsula where, for the last fifty years, humans have coexisted peacefully alongside the largest gathering of brown bears on the planet.?? ??

Grizzly Confidential is about bears but also the inspiring people who look after them. This is a fast-paced, gripping story that educates, entertains, and gives a sneak peek into the secret life of a well-known species. Part science, part travelogue, and a passionate plea for bear conservation, Grizzly Confidential is a lively account for anyone who loves the outdoors and learning about the natural world.?

 

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Prologue: Walking Among Giants
  7. One: The Leading, Bleeding Edge of Human-Bear Relations
  8. Two: Keep Calm and Carry Bear Spray
  9. Three: Charismatic Megafauna
  10. Four: “A Most Tremendous Looking Animal”
  11. Five: The Island of Behemoth Bruins
  12. Six: A Tale of Two Bear Parks
  13. Seven: Tracks of the Craighead Brothers
  14. Eight: Ursus arctos on Campus
  15. Nine: Trouble with Taquka’aq
  16. Ten: Binos and Big Ol’ Boars
  17. Eleven: The Chonkiest of the Chonky
  18. Twelve: Devils or Deities?
  19. Thirteen: The Ursine Paparazzi
  20. Fourteen: Dancing with the Bear
  21. Fifteen: Into the Sanctuary
  22. Sixteen: From Conflict to Coexistence
  23. Epilogue: A Future with Bears
  24. Acknowledgments
  25. Selected Bibliography
  26. About the Author