Griz killed on hwy 99?

[One Shot]

Was up in Squamish yesterday and was informed that a grizzly was struck and killed on Friday by a vehicle near the big orange bridge on the Squamish Whistler hwy 99. This came from a transit driver that drives the hwy. Any one else hear this?

[TheWalkingSlaughterHouse]

I heard it was friends with Jelvis' train buck!

[Trophyslayer]

Last I checked bears are ushally hibernating in the winter

[300ultra]

grizzly dont hibernate .You see them up north here in the winter lots of times :-D

[Allen50]

what winter??? is there snow some place to hibernat in???? lol lol

[BillyBull]

Grizzly bears do hibernate, but they also skip hibernations if there is ample food sources and the weather is cooperative...

[Gateholio]

It's been pretty warm around here, and the orange bridge area is a grizzly travel route, so it's possible a groggy grizz got up and went for a walk. We'll know for sure on THursday.:mrgreen:

[Darksith]

grizzly dont hibernate .You see them up north here in the winter lots of times :-D
haha, where you living? All bears hibernate, even polar bears, but its more brought on by environmental conditions rather than a date on a calander.

[boxhitch]

Look it up, they do not hibernate.
They do go to sleep for most of the winter, and are known to get up for a stretch once and a while.
This one must have been sleep walking the yellow line.

[Mountain Hunter]

Black bears hibernate (more so than g-bears or p-bears). "Deep hibernation applies to an animal whose body temperature drops to 5C (41F) for a period of days or weeks. Deep hibernators also show a marked drop in heart rate, and are slow to wake up when disturbed."

Grizzly (including Polar) bears go into torpor - "Much of the debate revolves around body temperature and the ability of the bears to move around during hibernation on occasion. Grizzly bears have the ability to "partially" recycle their body wastes during this period. In some areas where food is plentiful year round, grizzly bears skip hibernation altogether."

Anyways, you don't see biologists sticking their heads into grizzly and polar bear dens while you do see them doing this so they can tag black bears, as the black bears are slower to wake up and easier to jab with drugs.:-D

[Angel]

i was in whistler on the weekend and drove up on friday but i didnt see or hear about that..... but who knows, it wasnt really the first thing on my mind

[oldtimer]

Maybe he was on his way to the Olympics. Mike

[humble hunter]

One of the local c.o.'s kid is over at my place right now. I will ask him when he comes to pick her up.