Photos show impressive size of grizzly bears

Large grizzly bears are out and about in Montana.

Jamie Goguen posted photos nine days ago, saying that their old generator storage shed on Montana's eastern front has become this grizzly's personal scratch tree.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is using the photo to help teach people how to tell the difference between black and grizzly bears. Biologists point out grizzlies are generally larger and may be bigger than a small shed like this.

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[mikev]

If you run towards it yelling and it runs away from you it's a black bear, if it kills you it's a grizzly.

[brittanyfehlings]

How nice of the bear to wave to the camera

[JoseRuiz-vmhr]

when chased by a bear you climb a tree and the bear climb the tree and eat you that is a black bear! If the bear pushes the tree down and eat you that is a Grizzly!

[StamfordBridge]

I once told a grizzly his face looked a little concave. He didn’t like it.

[johnishikawa]

Can anyone imagine how terrifying it would be for a person to be inside that shed with that bear outside of it ?

[drewelliott]

If you're close enough to identify a grizzly bear then identification is the last thing you'll have to worry about.

[mikeofmanymikes]

Scary to think that Kodiak bears and Polar bears are even larger.

[leroilapue]

Whoever named the grizzly a grizzly can we just say they did a great job describing an animal with the perfect adjective?

[rimizm]

What a specimen. Just jaw dropping massive!!!!

[lumberdog]

Also you can tell by how roomy the stomach is so if you are inside a bears stomach and its kinda spacious you are probably inside a grizzly.bears stomach.

[davidcooke]

When hiking it is advised to wear bells so they can hear you coming, and to carry pepper spray just in case. You can tell the difference in their pawprint and their scat too. Black bears are 90% vegetarian and their poop is full of seeds and bits of undigestable stuff. Grizzly poop is full of little bells and smells like pepper.

[mikerobinson]

I’m in Montana and seen plenty of grizzly but never have I seen one this massive! This is an old and rare grizzly bear. My jaw dropped 😮

[claiborneeastjr]

Very impressive. Polar bears are even larger. A big male can stand eleven feet and weigh around 1500 lbs. They are the world's largest land carnivore. But, even a 400 - lb. black bear is very impressive, and extremely powerful.

[Hope-Dasher]

If you need help distinguishing a grizzly bear from a black bear, you probably shouldn’t be living, recreating or working in Montana at all!!!

[bbryant]

To tell the difference between the two types of bears. If you climb a tree and the bear shakes you out of the tree it's a grizzly bear. If you climb a tree and the bear climbs up after you it's a black bear.

[DD-gikx]

if you are attacked by a bear, your chances of survival greatly increase if you are also a bear

[RedSiegfried]

That is a large boy. I love seeing photos of bears like this. They're much nicer to view in photos than in person.

[richardbidinger]

Holy crap, that thing is an absolute tank. 😯

[abeperez]

I saw a grizzly bear in Colorado, it was in one of them places that rescues wild life, I couldn’t believe how huge that bear was, very impressive

[Rick-qkos]

Really?...Grizzly bears are bigger than black bears?. So glad we have mainstream media.