Black Bear v. Grizzly (Brown) Quiz

[Howie]

16, some tough views.

 

[MThuntr]

When I took it, it wouldn't accept an answer unless it was correct so naturally I got a 100%

 

[Elkoholic]

I missed one, impressed myself!

 

[midwesthunter]

20/20 for a midwestern, I think I did pretty good

 

[Deleted member 20812]

I hear Arkansas is lying about the high numbers of grizzlies they have migrating from Colorado. The government doesn’t want you to know.

Can confirm.

 

[Pucky Freak]

9/20. When in doubt, don't shoot!

 

[Tiredofthebickering]

There were a bunch of black bears that I thought were Grizzly, but no Grizzly that I thought were black bears lol

 

[COEngineer]

There were a bunch of black bears that I thought were Grizzly, but no Grizzly that I thought were black bears lol

That was my experience as well. A griz is a griz, but a black bear...might be a griz.

 

[Pucky Freak]

That was my experience as well. A griz is a griz, but a black bear...might be a griz.

From what I see (or don’t see) a young griz can have a less-dished nose and a less-defined shoulder hump, but both are still unmistakable on a side profile. The most distinguishing characteristic of a griz seems to be the huge claws.

Young black bears seem to be easily distinguishable from griz by their Mickey Mouse ears. Mature bears of both species appear to me to have very similar, proportionately-small ears. A pumpkin-head black bear with a light-colored muzzle can have the illusion of a dished nose when viewed head on.

I like the side profile on a mature blackie to see the smooth shoulder and straight nose.

 

[MTLabrador]

From what I see (or don’t see) a young griz can have a less-dished nose and a less-defined shoulder hump, but both are still unmistakable on a side profile. The most distinguishing characteristic of a griz seems to be the huge claws.

Young black bears seem to be easily distinguishable from griz by their Mickey Mouse ears. Mature bears of both species appear to me to have very similar, proportionately-small ears. A pumpkin-head black bear with a light-colored muzzle can have the illusion of a dished nose when viewed head on.

I like the side profile on a mature blackie to see the smooth shoulder and straight nose.

That’s good advice. Big black bears can often have a pretty good shoulder hump too, especially when their head is down.

 

[tkhuntsman]

20 out of 20 in 3 and a half minutes I thought it was better than the FWP quiz and enjoyed it.

 

[DuncanDonettes]

21/21
I even got the out-of-focus bigfoot one correct. Nice quiz, some are definitely tricky.

 

[Gerald Martin]

21/21.

 

[jbogg]

I was in the half of the class that made the top half possible. We would celebrate a strong C+.

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

I was in the half of the class that made the top half possible. We would celebrate a strong C+.

C+ is good enough to get Rogan to believe you saw a grizz

 

[Deleted member 20812]

I was in the half of the class that made the top half possible. We would celebrate a strong C+.

Can’t have a bell curve without a sufficient number of idiots.

 

[Derek44]

Here is the quiz on sporcle

Bear Identification

Can you tell the difference between a black bear and a grizzly?

www.sporcle.com

I tried to make a decently hard quiz, if folks have really tricky bear pics, esp ones they ground truth-ed I can add them.

 

[NDcoyote]

That was fun! 18/20 for me

 

[kiwi hunter]

i must have got the last one wrong as i played right thru. no 10k fine for me

 

[clint0481]

I got 17/20 but to be fair they were blurry or indistinct and I erred on the side of grizzly.