Bears, which get a far better press, are more dangerous.
Grizzly bears, which feed heavily on pine seeds, have begun to disperse from their core habitat.
(Usually another child gets to catch the bears, which invariably fly all about).
The worst damage will be done to grizzly bears, which feed heavily on pine nuts before hibernation.
Reports of black bears, which are rarely seen in Louisiana, have begun coming into state and federal offices.
They found that the animals fell into two camps: country bears, which spent almost all of their time in wild lands, and city bears, which lived in residential areas, often right under people's noses.
Black bears, which are in pretty good shape themselves, take five to seven months off every year to hibernate.
"If you create a park for pandas, you're also preserving black bears, which in China are running for their lives".
That results in a disruptive competition between juvenile bears which struggle to take their place, Reljic says.
The beekeepers I know routinely have trouble with bears, which take an almost orgiastic pleasure in scattering a hive's contents.
This terrain provides protection from predators such as grizzly bears, which are aggressive diggers and a significant predator of the Alaska marmot (Marmota broweri) in the Brooks Range.
