Browse our picks. An eighteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area. Written by Brian J. Unjustifiably criticized as a "Jaws" rip-off at the time of it's release "Grizzly" is a really good "Monster on the loose" movie. The film is about a 18 foot grizzly bear terrorizing campers in a national park with Christopher George, the Park Ranger, Andrew Prine, the Helicopter Pilot, and Richard Jaeckel, the Naturalist, teaming up together to bring the "Big Bad Bear's" rampage to an end. There's really nothing that bad about the movie to criticize. It makes you wonder why most of it's critics put it down? Was it its lack of originality artistry and imagination? There's a series of killings in a national park where it's found out that a giant grizzly is responsible for them.
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH grizzly
Not to be confused with grisly or gristly. English grizzly. Borrowed from English grizzly.
What is the grizzly bear?
Grizzly bear , traditional name given to brown bear s Ursus arctos of North America. Grizzly bears of the northern Rocky Mountains U. Grizzlies are massive animals with humped shoulders and an elevated forehead that contributes to a somewhat concave profile. The fur is brownish to buff, and the hairs are usually silver- or pale-tipped to give the grizzled effect for which they are named. Large adult grizzlies may be about 2. The Kodiak bear is the largest living land carnivore and may attain a length of more than 3 metres and a weight of kg. It lives only on Kodiak Island and neighbouring islands. Because of their bulk and long straight claws, these bears rarely climb, even as cubs. Other grizzlies, however, are surprisingly agile and can run as fast as 48 km per hour 30 mph. Their eyesight is poor, and they have been known to attack humans without evident provocation.
All rights reserved. Grizzly bears once lived across much of western North America until European settlements and aggressive hunting eliminated most of the population. The grizzly bear is a North American subspecies of the brown bear. Grizzlies are typically brown, though their fur can appear to be white-tipped, or grizzled, lending them their name. Grizzly bears are protected by law in the continental United States—not in Alaska—though there have been some controversial attempts to remove those protections in recent years. These awe-inspiring giants tend to be solitary animals—with the exception of females and their cubs—but at times they do congregate. Dramatic gatherings of grizzly bears can be seen at prime Alaskan fishing spots when the salmon run upstream for summer spawning. In this season, dozens of bears may gather to feast on the fish, craving fats that will sustain them through the long winter ahead. Brown bears dig dens for winter hibernation, often holing up in a suitable-looking hillside.
