Hearing often precedes sight when encountering grizzly bears
Evidence
About half of all the grizzly bears I have seen I first heard moving through the timber as they emerged for evening feeding. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1676 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Noise harms hearing-dependent wildlife more than visual species like peregrines — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 691; Most grizzlies are first detected by hearing, not sight — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1676
Related
- Most grizzlies are first detected by hearing, not sight (similarity 0.97)
Broader Connections
- Most grizzlies are first detected by hearing, not sight
#corroborates(0.95) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1676