Ray wrote:

> I thought, by Northern nomenclature, a brown bear was a grizzly. The worst
> thing I have seen eating berries here in south Texas is a terrapin. (Of
> course you have to watch out for the Jackalopes!)
>
> Ray

People in Ontario (not the north refer to black bears (Ursus
Americanus) as brown bears sometimes, because black bears colours vary a
lot. I think is because there aren't any grizzly bears in Ontario.

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charles

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