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dragged up the mountain-side over fallen logs, yet 

 it was apparently moved without extraordinary 

 effort. 



The grizzly is exceptionally expert and agile 

 with his paws. With either fore paw he can strike 

 like a sledge-hammer or lift a heavy weight. He 

 boxes or strikes with lightning-like rapidity. Most 

 grizzlies are right-handed; that is, the right fore 

 paw is most used. If a small object is to be touched 

 or moved, he will daintily use but one claw. The 

 black bear would use the entire paw. 



The fore-foot prints made by the grizzly are 

 much shorter than the tracks made by his hind 

 feet. His hind foot leaves a track similar to the bare- 

 footed track of a man, while the track of the fore 

 foot has the appearance of the grizzly's having 

 walked upon the front of his foot, the ball and 

 toes, with the heel upraised. The fore claws are 

 from two to five inches long, the hind claws much 

 shorter. 



The fore ankles of the grizzly are smaller than 

 the black bear's, the hind feet relatively larger; the 

 claws are much longer and less curved. The griz- 

 zly's claws do not curve as sharply downward as a 

 .black's, but the claw-points extend well beyond 

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