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Grizzled grizzly cub

Silvertip bear is a alternative name for the North American grizzly bear. Here a silver-tipped (grizzled) grizzly cub stands on a fallen log in the fall, Chilko River, BC. The grizzly bear's formal Latin name, Ursus arctos horribilis, came from confusion between grizzly and grisly, or "horrible." Grizzly bears come in a variety of colours from blond to black and often have brown fur tipped in white or gray. The adjective grizzly probably arose from these "grizzled" or gray-colored hairs, and this cub is a great example of this colouration.

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Uploaded on January 8, 2022
Taken on September 20, 2020