jaybone comments on Grizzly bear historical and current ranges

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why did they historically not go further east?

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[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

They did, at least into Minnesota. This range map probably doesn't use data from as long ago as when they did.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

I was definitely thinking the time (and method) of this data collection. It kind of appears to reflect US western expansion.

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[–] altasshet@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Pure guess, but the praries are probably not a good habitat for them. Hard for them to hunt, and the buffalos could easily mess them up.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah trees and mountains make sense. Like the Sierra range in California / Nevada. Or the Rockies. But that map shows way down into Mexico where I imagine it is pretty flat and trees are not as dense (which i guess is kind of similar to a prairie?) Interesting point on the buffalo, i can see that.

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