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What every one should know about black bears before visiting Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee.
The family doesn’t feed the birds. And Boyle has taught her daughters what to do around bears. “I learned this as a kid too,” she says. “If you see a black bear, you don't run, you don't ...
The family doesn’t feed the birds. And Boyle has taught her daughters what to do around bears. “I learned this as a kid too,” she says. “If you see a black bear, you don't run, you don't ...
Males might wander a 15- to 80-square-mile home range. When winter arrives, black bears spend the season dormant in their dens, feeding on body fat they have built up by eating ravenously all ...
For tourists, it's their responsibility to "pay it forward" for the next visitors. Don't feed the bears or leave trash out because it could create bad or unsafe behavior patterns in the bears.