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Bear prints of a sow and her cub in the snow. So where are the bears?
Are they hibernating yet? Bears that continue to find enough calories foraging in the late fall and winter may go into hibernation later, or skip it altogether these bears are more often males. Likewise, if bears have access to human food or trash in the winter, they may skip hibernation altogether, even in winters with heavy snow accumulation.
There were several accounts on social media of this occurring last winter in the Tahoe Basin. Making the assumption that all bears are hibernating as soon as the weather cools off is a common mistake that can be much more difficult to correct than maintaining proper storage of human food and garbage year-round. Most years, the majority of bears in Yosemite begin closing in on a hibernation location starting as early as October.
GPS data paired with observations of family groups in the spring have shown that pregnant females are the first to select dens. Bears in Yosemite typically select hollowed out fire cavities in large trees or caves formed by large rocks in talus fields. The majority of the dens we have located here in the Park are very difficult to access with protected entry ways and good vantage points to observe potential threats from the entrance. Once the den location is selected, bears may continue to move around scouring the area for food while continuing to prepare their den.
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We can see this behavior using their GPS data as they begin to travel much smaller distances, circling back to their chosen den site. They play with the bear and roll him around playfully. They let the bear spend the night in front of the fire.
In the morning, he leaves trotting out into the woods. The bear comes back every night for the rest of that winter and the family grows used to him. When summer comes, the bear tells them that he must go away for a while to guard his treasure from a wicked dwarf.
During the summer, when the girls are walking through the forest, they find a dwarf whose beard is stuck in a tree. The girls rescue him by cutting his beard free, but the dwarf is ungrateful and yells at them for cutting his beautiful beard.
The girls encounter the dwarf several times that summer, rescue him from some peril each time and the dwarf is ungrateful each time. Then one day, they meet the dwarf once again. This time, he is terrified because the bear is about to kill him. The dwarf pleads with the bear and begs it to eat the girls.
Instead, the bear pays no heed to his plea and kills the dwarf with one swipe of his paw. Instantly, the bear turns into a prince. The dwarf had previously put a spell on the prince by stealing his precious stones and turning him into a bear. The curse is broken with the death of the dwarf.
Snow-White marries the prince and Rose-Red marries the prince's brother. Snow-white and Rose-red, by Alexander Zick. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.