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An Ursus americanus (American Black Bear) in Everglades National Park, FL, pulls an Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator) egg from a nest. The bear consumed at least 38 eggs over nearly 5 hours, causing total clutch loss.
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Ursus americanus (American Black Bear) and Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator) are sympatric in areas of Florida. During summer, alligators build nest mounds for eggs on freshwater shores, shallow marshes, and tree islands. Biologists have speculated that bears might prey upon alligator nests because of their opportunistic and generalis...
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... was constructed primarily from typha spp. (cattails) and Cladium jamaicense Crantz (Sawgrass), and was partially shaded by Chrysobalanas icaco L. (Cocoplum). Parry set the camera to capture 1 photo and one 30-second video upon motion trigger with no delay between captures. On 1 August at 1412 h, an unmarked male Bear was recorded on the camera ( Fig. 2; also see Supplemental File 1, available online at http:// www.eaglehill.us/SENAonline/suppl-files/s22-3-S2849-Doran-Myers-s1, and for BioOne subscribers, at https://www.doi.org/10.1656/S2849.s1). The Bear exhibited poor body condition, with outlines of ribs, vertebrae, and pelvic bones visible under the skin and healed injuries to the ...
