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young are able to shift for themselves the second year and are 

 supposed to breed in the third. 



At one time it was believed that the species would not 

 breed in captivity, but we are better informed to-day in the 

 handling of cage-animals, and the list of non-breeders grows 



Fig. 241 — Young Grizzlies, 3 months old, bom in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The offspring of Monarch. 



less. Arthur B. Baker says:'° "A Grizzly-bear in one 

 zoological garden produced, in 12 litters, 22 cubs, but only i 

 was reared." 



In general, the Grizzly's habits resemble those of the habits 

 Blackbear. Both are shy, but desperate fighters when cor- 

 nered. Both are lovers of the twilight, but travel in full day or 

 black night on occasions. They differ in this: the Blackbear 

 rarely quits the woods; the Grizzly often lives permanently in 



" Smithson. Miscel. Coll., 1904, No. 1434, p. 178. 



