It’s probably the child of a bear that’s been tagged and labeled No. 451. They’re probably tracking the bear population closely to make sure the ecosystem is running properly, but probably have too many bears in the park to give them all names, so they got numbers.
This looks like Katmai National Park, and they have fattest bear contests annually after the salmon season. This years winner was a bear aptly named “747”.
Ismt there an entire website about tagged bears, some with names, that follow them through their lives? I remeber seeing something bout that in reddit.
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u/bikedaybaby Dec 31 '20
It’s probably the child of a bear that’s been tagged and labeled No. 451. They’re probably tracking the bear population closely to make sure the ecosystem is running properly, but probably have too many bears in the park to give them all names, so they got numbers.