Oldest Known Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone Park Dies
2021-01-26
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1Animal biologists in the U.S. state of Wyoming recently confirmed the death of the oldest-known grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park.
2Grizzly is another name for the North American brown bear.
3This bear was 34 years old.
4Most male bears do not live that long.
5But he outlived the oldest-known female bears.
6He was known to park biologists as Grizzly 168.
7He was first captured and given a tattoo with his number in 1989.
8Officials made the decision to give the bear a lethal injection because of his poor health.
9The bear had lost a lot of weight and was killing young farm animals.
10Healthy male bears weigh about 200 kilograms.
11This bear only weighed 77 kilograms.
12The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says healthy grizzly bears will sometimes chase and kill young animals for food.
13They also eat berries, roots, insects and fish.
14This old bear, however, was not able to eat much.
15He was so old that he had lost most of his teeth.
16Recently, the bear would attack young cows.
17The bear would crush them with his jaws but would not leave any bite marks.
18Officials said it was a hard decision to kill the bear because there are so few.
19Hundreds of years ago, there were lots of grizzly bears in North America.
20But as land was developed, many bears were killed.
21The Fish and Wildlife Service declared them threatened in 1975 when there were very few known bears in the United States.
22Most of them were in Alaska.
23Now they are protected and the population is increasing.
24There are still, however, only a little more than 1,000 grizzly bears in the U.S. outside of Alaska.
25Grizzly 168 leaves an important legacy.
26He did his part to help the population of bears recover.
27In his lifetime, researchers estimate he fathered at least three groups of baby bears.
28I'm Dan Friedell.
1Animal biologists in the U.S. state of Wyoming recently confirmed the death of the oldest-known grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. 2Grizzly is another name for the North American brown bear. This bear was 34 years old. Most male bears do not live that long. But he outlived the oldest-known female bears. He was known to park biologists as Grizzly 168. 3He was first captured and given a tattoo with his number in 1989. Officials made the decision to give the bear a lethal injection because of his poor health. The bear had lost a lot of weight and was killing young farm animals. Healthy male bears weigh about 200 kilograms. This bear only weighed 77 kilograms. 4The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says healthy grizzly bears will sometimes chase and kill young animals for food. They also eat berries, roots, insects and fish. This old bear, however, was not able to eat much. He was so old that he had lost most of his teeth. 5Recently, the bear would attack young cows. The bear would crush them with his jaws but would not leave any bite marks. 6Officials said it was a hard decision to kill the bear because there are so few. Hundreds of years ago, there were lots of grizzly bears in North America. But as land was developed, many bears were killed. 7The Fish and Wildlife Service declared them threatened in 1975 when there were very few known bears in the United States. Most of them were in Alaska. Now they are protected and the population is increasing. There are still, however, only a little more than 1,000 grizzly bears in the U.S. outside of Alaska. 8Grizzly 168 leaves an important legacy. He did his part to help the population of bears recover. In his lifetime, researchers estimate he fathered at least three groups of baby bears. 9I'm Dan Friedell. 10The Associated Press wrote this story. Dan Friedell adapted it for Learning English. Mario Ritter, Jr. was the editor. 11What do you think of this story? We want to hear from you. Write to us in the Comments Section and visit our Facebook page. 12________________________________________________________________ 13Words in This Story 14tattoo- n. a picture, word, etc., that is drawn on a person's skin by using a needle and ink 15lethal- adj. causing or able to cause death 16jaws- n. either one of the two bones of the face where teeth grow 17legacy- n. something (such as property or money) that is received from someone who has died