
Grizzly Confidential
An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Author’s Note
- Prologue: Walking Among Giants
- One: The Leading, Bleeding Edge of Human-Bear Relations
- Two: Keep Calm and Carry Bear Spray
- Three: Charismatic Megafauna
- Four: “A Most Tremendous Looking Animal”
- Five: The Island of Behemoth Bruins
- Six: A Tale of Two Bear Parks
- Seven: Tracks of the Craighead Brothers
- Eight: Ursus arctos on Campus
- Nine: Trouble with Taquka’aq
- Ten: Binos and Big Ol’ Boars
- Eleven: The Chonkiest of the Chonky
- Twelve: Devils or Deities?
- Thirteen: The Ursine Paparazzi
- Fourteen: Dancing with the Bear
- Fifteen: Into the Sanctuary
- Sixteen: From Conflict to Coexistence
- Epilogue: A Future with Bears
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Author