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a half-ton predator that can outrun a horse and bench-press a small car.
means A large North American brown bear, known for its silver-tipped fur and formidable size — or, as an adjective, anything resembling such a bear in grayness or fierceness.
from From 'grizzle,' meaning gray or gray-haired, which traces back through Old French 'grisel' (gray) to Frankish roots — a cousin of words for that ashy, salt-and-pepper color. The bear earned the name from the grizzled, frost-tipped guard hairs across its coat. Worth noting: 'grizzly' (grayish) is often confused with 'grisly' (gruesome, from Old English 'grislic,' to terrify) — a tidy accident of spelling, since the animal happens to be both.
- top speed
- Sprints up to 35 mph downhill
- bite force
- Can crush a bowling ball
- hibernation
- Months without eating, drinking, or defecating
- sense of smell
- Detects food seven times farther than bloodhounds
- name origin
- Grizzly means grizzled, for silver-tipped fur
grizzly 399 — famous grand teton grizzly bear, mothers over 20 cubs since 1992
grizzly 122 — yellowstone bear killed scott tomlin in 2023, deadliest attack in decades