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by AJMD429 Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:48 pm
I just read on one of those "trivia calendars" that:
"
Grizzly bears eat as many as 40,000 moths every day. "
Was this a
misprint ...?
Moths ...?
(I mean really, I could see
butterflies , but not
moths ...
)
I always thought they ate nuts and berries, and other things that
tried to eat nuts and berries when they were around.
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by vancelw Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:57 pm
Have to read up on that myself. I can see where they would eat caterpillars, grubs, and chrysalis (sp?) but a nasty, dusty moth! Yuk.
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by BigSky56 Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:34 am
Ive seen them digging and turning over rocks to get to them above timberline in the absarokas north of the park I have no idea how many they eat but it must be a bunch they are at it all day long. I have also seen them go after lady bug swarms in the bob marshall. danny
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by deerwhacker444 Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:47 am
I saw that on Nature once too, had a hard time believing it till I saw it. Who would have ever thought.
Grizzly Bears eating moths.. "If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men ." Samuel Adams
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by FWiedner Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:13 am
50+ and still learning...
Government office attracts the power-mad, yet it's people who just want to be left alone to live life on their own terms who are considered dangerous.
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by Leverluver Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:03 am
Moths are nectar collectors but on a smaller scale than bees. I think they said they have ~2 calories each. I would guess if a bear were trying to fatten up, anything less than 20,000 calories a day would be a waste of energy to flip the boulders over to collect them. So that is a minimum of 10,000 moths anyway.
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by Bogie35 Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:55 am
Uh oh.....now PETA will be worried about the moth population.
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by Tycer Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:13 am
wow.
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by kimwcook Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:17 am
All bears are "pigs of the forest". They'll eat anything that's even close to edible and some things that we humans wouldn't even touch.
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by pwl44m Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:47 am
deerwhacker444 wrote: I saw that on Nature once too, had a hard time believing it till I saw it. Who would have ever thought.
Grizzly Bears eating moths..
Deerwhacker !! So U counted all 40,000 Moths, that's a lotta counting. And how does anyone get that close to a Bear to count Moths anyway.
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by rjohns94 Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:36 pm
I was fascinated to learn this when I saw it on Nature also. It is an incredible world.
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by Blaine Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:42 pm
FWiedner wrote: 50+ and still learning...
Keep workin' on that IQ, Bro
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by FWiedner Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:18 pm
BlaineG wrote: FWiedner wrote: 50+ and still learning...
Keep workin' on that IQ, Bro
I rather like it where it is.
Keeps things 'simple'.
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by deerwhacker444 Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:37 pm
pwl44m wrote: deerwhacker444 wrote: I saw that on Nature once too, had a hard time believing it till I saw it. Who would have ever thought.
Grizzly Bears eating moths..
Deerwhacker !! So U counted all 40,000 Moths, that's a lotta counting. And how does anyone get that close to a Bear to count Moths anyway.
You count the tiny little moth legs in bear doodoo......
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by vancelw Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:38 pm
deerwhacker444 wrote: pwl44m wrote: deerwhacker444 wrote: I saw that on Nature once too, had a hard time believing it till I saw it. Who would have ever thought.
Grizzly Bears eating moths..
Deerwhacker !! So U counted all 40,000 Moths, that's a lotta counting. And how does anyone get that close to a Bear to count Moths anyway.
You count the tiny little moth legs in bear doodoo......
And divide by two.
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by FWiedner Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:40 pm
vancelw wrote: deerwhacker444 wrote: pwl44m wrote: deerwhacker444 wrote: I saw that on Nature once too, had a hard time believing it till I saw it. Who would have ever thought.
Grizzly Bears eating moths..
Deerwhacker !! So U counted all 40,000 Moths, that's a lotta counting. And how does anyone get that close to a Bear to count Moths anyway.
You count the tiny little moth legs in bear doodoo......
And divide by two.
Here's that IQ thing in action...
Wouldn't you divide by six...?
Government office attracts the power-mad, yet it's people who just want to be left alone to live life on their own terms who are considered dangerous.
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by vancelw Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:25 pm
FWiedner wrote: vancelw wrote: deerwhacker444 wrote: pwl44m wrote: I saw that on Nature once too, had a hard time believing it till I saw it. Who would have ever thought.
Grizzly Bears eating moths..
Deerwhacker !! So U counted all 40,000 Moths, that's a lotta counting. And how does anyone get that close to a Bear to count Moths anyway.
You count the tiny little moth legs in bear doodoo......
And divide by two.
Here's that IQ thing in action...
Wouldn't you divide by six...?
Around here they walk around on their hind legs
You oughta know that, fellow Texan.
This going to work in teen temperature has me bamboozled. I ought to be out hunting instead of working.
I saw three snow plows Monday and got really confused.
I know some snakes that have two legs.
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by pwl44m Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:31 pm
The Snakes with 2 legs that I see get My attention real Quick. U R showing Your age Vancelw.
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You oughta know that, fellow Texan. 
