Bears are bigger killers than thought, gruesome video footage reveals

By Joshua Rapp Learn

The scenes start out innocently enough, often with a springtime stroll through Alaska’s Nelchina River Basin. But without warning, things turn grim: tableaus of blood and gore, usually with an unlucky caribou calf at the center.

Such is the video footage collected by scientists over 3 years from cameras strapped around bears’ necks, offering the first “bear’s eye view” of life in this bucolic but harsh reserve. One of the team’s main findings: These bears kill a lot more than we think they do. A whole lot more...http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/bears-are-bigger-killers-thought-gruesome-video-footage-revealsScience Magazine