Ursinology (BEARS) With Chris Morgan
Metadata
- Author: Ologies with Alie Ward
- Full Title: Ursinology (BEARS) With Chris Morgan
- URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/6fa09c13-3dcb-4794-9f01-1e893d0043df
Highlights
California Grizzly Bear Summary: Grizzlies and brown bears are the same genus and species, but there are subspecies within them. California’s grizzly bear numbered over 10,000 before the discovery of gold nuggets in Northern California in the mid-1800s. By 1924, every California grizzly bear had been hunted and killed. A California grizzly still adorns our state flag. Transcript: Speaker 4 Those interior grizzly bears that we hear about the famous Yellowstone bears, those are grizzlies, interior Alaska, those are grizzlies. Speaker 1 Interestingly, though, even in North America, you start getting to the coast and people start referring to them as brown bears. Speaker 4 But the umbrella is brown bear and then some brown bears are referred to as grizzlies, even though I joke about these little Italian bears being like, the URL grizzly, you know. Speaker 3 It’s kind of like Americans have huge trucks, and then there are smart cars in Europe. It’s like a Fiat, still a car. Speaker 4 Everything is bigger over here. Speaker 2 So, yes, grizzlies and brown bears and Kodiak bears, they’re all the same genus and species, but there are subspecies within them, including California’s grizzly bear, which numbered over 10,000 before the discovery of gold nuggets in Northern California in the mid-1800s. And by 1924, every California grizzly bear had been hunted and killed. And a California grizzly, with golden brown fur and that signature brown bear shoulder hump, still adorns our state flag. As a reminder of how we came here and killed stuff, that’s not true, but it kind of is. But just a reminder on a flag with no grizzlies, can we fix that? (Time 0:14:28)