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Bartthebear (Unregistered Guest)
visitor
| | Posted on Friday, July 22, 2005 - 10:39 pm: |     |
How dense are a Grizzly bears bone and muscle density? Is it true that they are more dense than human and cat muscle and bones? |
Sumojoe
bear cub
Username: Sumojoe
Post Number: 16
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 6:23 pm: | |
Um, anybody??? |
Scott
flint knapper
Username: Scott
Post Number: 1017
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 5:26 am: | |
I have heard that bone and muscle density is 8-10 times that of a human, per cc, with regards to the Grizzly.
Scott
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Ted
hunter
Username: Ted
Post Number: 252
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 6:45 am: | |
---------I have heard that bone and muscle density is 8-10 times that of a human, per cc, with regards to the Grizzly. ---------
??????????
How can that be? Our muscles are about the same density as water, maybe a bit more.
That would make Grizzlies have muscles around the density of copper or silver.
Did you mean a total weight of bone and muscle ten times ours?
Ted
Do not go gentle into that good night...Rage, rage against the dying of the light |
Cavebear
flint knapper
Username: Cavebear
Post Number: 2172
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 1:49 am: | |
Just an unsupported thought... Grizzlies can swim in water. They can't be 10 times our body density. |
Sumojoe
bear cub
Username: Sumojoe
Post Number: 39
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 1:18 am: | |
There is one website I'm aware of that mentions bears having such bone and muscle density, but there where no sources on it, so I dont give it much weight.
Although it is proven that Bears are weight for weight the strongest land carnivores alive(depending on how much body fat they have) , i'm not so sure about the impressive muscle/bone density. |
Angakuk
gatherer
Username: Angakuk
Post Number: 108
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 1:35 am: | |
Hey Sumojoe,
Thought we lost you for good. Nice to see you posting.
"It takes all kinds to make a world and I'm just one of them." My Grandmother
I don't blame you for not believing in the kind of god you think I believe in. I don't believe in that god either. George MacDonald (paraphrase)
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Sumojoe
bear cub
Username: Sumojoe
Post Number: 40
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 1:49 am: | |
THank you Angakuk. I might keep with this site a little longer.
BTW: I LOVE Bears  THey are among my favorite animals. |
Sumojoe
bear cub
Username: Sumojoe
Post Number: 43
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 2:23 am: | |
Bears are capable of tremendous strength. Brown bears for example can carry the carcass of a Bull Moose easily (moose can get up to well over a 1000 pounds)and can smash the back of a Moose or elk or with one blow of their paw. THey have grown to such sizes that it would make some dinosaurs cringe, ie the Giant short faced bear (11-14 feet tall, 1300-2205 pounds)
That kind of bear is the stuff of legend and nightmares. |
Scott
flint knapper
Username: Scott
Post Number: 1028
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 3:29 am: | |
Yeah density is the wrong word. Strength per cubic cm of bone/muscle might be a better indicator. I will look for some more info when I get a chance.
Scott
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