Wolves Help Grizzly Bears Get Berries<br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="content-date">Jul 29, 2013 12:00 PM ET
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<a href="http://news.discovery.com/jennifer-viegas.htm">
Jennifer
Viegas </a></span><br><p>Wolves and <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/grizzly-bear/">grizzly bears</a>
would seem to be archenemies, but a new study shows how wolves are
actually helping grizzly bears to obtain tasty, nutritious berries in <a href="http://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm">Yellowstone National Park</a>...</p><p>The situation began to unfold back in the early 1900s...[with] “predator control.” By the 1970’s, scientists
found no evidence of a wolf population in Yellowstone, a verdant place
that had previously been home to wolves for ages. In October 1991, Congress provided funds to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to start <a href="http://www.nps.gov/yell/naturescience/wolfrest.htm">wolf restoration efforts at Yellowstone</a>...</p>
<p>“Wild fruit is typically an important part of grizzly bear diet,
especially in late summer when they are trying to gain weight as rapidly
as possible before winter hibernation,” Ripple said in a press release...with wolves hunting elk again, there are more
berries.<br></p><a href="http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/wolves-help-grizzly-bears-obtain-yummy-berries-in-yellowstone-130729.htm" target="_blank">http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/wolves-help-grizzly-bears-obtain-yummy-berries-in-yellowstone-130729.htm</a>
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