Another brown-phase bear

[Sam Menard]

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Here’s a joke for you:
Two guys were sitting in a bar sipping beers and talking. Guy #1 says “I’m going in for a vasectomy tomorrow, my wife says no more kids!” Guy #2 says “ Just be careful, they don’t always work and there can be complications.” Guy #1: “What kind of complications?” Guy #2: “ My brother had a vasectomy and about a year later they had another kid… and it came out black!”

[Gilroy]

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Here’s a joke for you:
Two guys were sitting in a bar sipping beers and talking. Guy #1 says “I’m going in for a vasectomy tomorrow, my wife says no more kids!” Guy #2 says “ Just be careful, they don’t always work and there can be complications.” Guy #1: “What kind of complications?” Guy #2: “ My brother had a vasectomy and about a year later they had another kid… and it came out black!”

This little bit of information I did not know about and probably explains why you end up with a different color bear in the family.


"During the breeding season, most sows will experience multiple ovulation or “heat” cycles. Interestingly, these cycles seem to continue even if the female is already pregnant. This provides sows with ample opportunities to mate, and may afford them the advantage of breeding with multiple males. Giving birth to cubs with different sires in the same litter increases genetic diversity in the offspring, which can improve the odds of adding healthy new bears to the population. This polyestrous (multiple cycles) strategy would be problematic if it produced pregnancies at different stages, but bears accommodate with an adaptation known as delayed implantation.


Ref http://www.bear-hunting.com/tactics?...C-3FD0CF20CB53 (not a secured site but I am still up and running)

[Sam Menard]

This little bit of information I did not know about and probably explains why you end up with a different color bear in the family.


"During the breeding season, most sows will experience multiple ovulation or “heat” cycles. Interestingly, these cycles seem to continue even if the female is already pregnant. This provides sows with ample opportunities to mate, and may afford them the advantage of breeding with multiple males. Giving birth to cubs with different sires in the same litter increases genetic diversity in the offspring, which can improve the odds of adding healthy new bears to the population. This polyestrous (multiple cycles) strategy would be problematic if it produced pregnancies at different stages, but bears accommodate with an adaptation known as delayed implantation.


Ref http://www.bear-hunting.com/tactics?...C-3FD0CF20CB53 (not a secured site but I am still up and running)

Thanks for sharing that information. I was aware that whitetail deer twins could have different sires, and had forgotten that about bears.

There must be a couple of mature brown boars running around the Rainy River area as I get photos of young brown ones on several cameras each year.

[Species8472]

Thanks for sharing that information. I was aware that whitetail deer twins could have different sires, and had forgotten that about bears.

There must be a couple of mature brown boars running around the Rainy River area as I get photos of young brown ones on several cameras each year.

Very cool Sam. Were it up to me alone i would have moved to your neck of the woods about 10 years ago. Have some great clients in the area (many trips on their boats across the line) and one of them offered me a great job - just couldn't convince the wife LOL. Had my eye on some riverfront between Emo and the Fort.

[Sam Menard]

Very cool Sam. Were it up to me alone i would have moved to your neck of the woods about 10 years ago. Have some great clients in the area (many trips on their boats across the line) and one of them offered me a great job - just couldn't convince the wife LOL. Had my eye on some riverfront between Emo and the Fort.

Unless you’ve been there, the Rainy Lake/Lake of the Woods region can be hard to describe. It’s a gem and gets more appreciation from non-residents or Manitobans than from the general Ontario population.