Boss of the Woods

Another topic Pablo and I disagree on are all of the captive animal cage-fights recorded by old newspapers of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of those fights have multiple endings, which is impossible. Fact: most of those newspapers sought after sensationalism to sell papers. They printed exciting tales. Also, even those animal fights which actually happened could very well have been fixed, such as with drugs, to assure that the beast the owner wishes to win, would win. In some fights, one newspaper printed this one as the victor while another paper printed the other animal as the victor. Therefore, I made the personal choice not to conclude any of those old tales as anything but unreliable stories. I'm certain that among these tales are true valid accounts of fair fights conducted between lions and bears. We simply have no fool-proof method of separating fact from fiction. Also, concerning the legitimate fights, we usually have no real information concerning size, age, h...

Ursus arctos. Brown bear. Grizzly. Since the year 2000, I have participated in numerous wild animal face-off blog sites. The big three adversaries are the lion, the tiger, and the mighty grizzly. In the early years, my main arch enemies were both lion fanboys and tiger fanboys. These guys, regardless of age, are juvenile, radical, dishonest, guys who care nothing for an open honest debate. They lie and cheat and create fake data. But equally as infuriating  is a fellow bear enthusiast.  He created a rather rude habit of always disagreeing with anything that I felt passionate about. Even though he is a self-proclaimed tiger-hater, he fills page after page arguing against my discoveries even though the reason I feel so passionate about each one is the prefect indisputable logic of them. He doesn't stop to realize that these pages of argument destroy the value of the topic. After about a dozen or so pages filled with heated arguing, then he usually settles down and agrees to my...