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ing near a grizzly without showing the slightest 

 concern. 



The grizzly is an omnivorous feeder. He will 

 eat anything that is edible, — fresh meat or 

 carrion, bark, grass, grasshoppers, ants, fruit, 

 grubs, and leaves. He is fond of honey and with 

 it will consume rotten wood, trash, and bees, — 

 stings and all. He is a destroyer of many pests 

 that afflict man, and in the realm of economic 

 biology should be rated high for work in this 

 connection. I doubt whether any dozen cats, 

 hawks, or owls annually catch as many mice as 

 he. But in some localities the grizzly is almost 

 a vegetarian. In western Montana and in the 

 southern Selkirks of Canada he lives almost 

 exclusively on plants and plant-roots, together 

 with berries and bark. 



All grizzlies are fond of fish and in some sec- 

 tions they become successful fishermen. Some- 

 times they capture fish by wading along a brook, 

 and catching, with claws or teeth, the fish that 

 conceal themselves beneath banks or roots. 

 Commonly the bear makes a stand in driftwood 

 on a bank, or on a log that has fallen into or 



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