By Dr. Lynn Rogers~ Lily Fans are asking about the bear fight video from New Jersey at https://youtube/watch?v=yBhR5ToR7a8. It is not as vigorous a fight as we have seen, but the pulsing throaty sounds that become more frequent as the interaction continues shows it is serious. Black bear play is quiet. One Lily Fan noted that the ears were not always back in the New Jersey interaction. True, but that is usual during fighting. The bear in the more defensive position is more apt to put its ears back. We’ve also seen ears back in play when a participant finds itself on its back in a vulnerable position while playing with a larger bear that it doesn’t yet fully trust. At about the 5:15 minute mark into the video, the bear on top makes biting motions toward the hindquarters of the opponent which is on its back. That reminded me of the 4 broken (mostly healed) baculums I found many years ago and reported in my Ph.D. Dissertation (p 89), saying, “Four males 4-11 years of age had deformed penis bones with bone calluses indicating the presence of mended fractures. In addition, a 3-year-old had a raw and swollen penis, the tip of which was missing. The wound appeared to be fairly fresh when the bear was captured on 24 June.” bearstudy.org/website/updates/daily-updates/2541-ted-fighting-and-cfc-update-october-31-2014-.html
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:42:59 +0000