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Mother Bear Knows Best Place to Call Home

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avatar Mother Bear Knows Best Place to Call Home
March 02, 2013 08:32PM
Jan. 21, 2013 — Mama bear appears to know what's best when it comes to selecting a place to call home, according to a new University of Alberta study. Published in the latest issue of PLOS ONE, their work explored whether the maternal rearing of cubs shaped which habitats grizzly bears eventually choose. The findings "suggest that habitat selection is learned by young grizzly bears from their mothers and would likely be a more adaptive strategy than using instinct," Nielsen said.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130122111752.htm
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