Skip to Content
Advanced Search

pp_191

Downloadable Content

Download image

File Details

Depositor
Karen Dykes
Date Uploaded
Date Modified
2021-12-09
Fixity Check
passed on August 08, 2024 at 14:06
Characterization
Height: 2794
Width: 2094
File Format: tiff (Tagged Image File Format)
File Size: 17577620
Filename: pp_191.tif
Last Modified: 2024-08-09T04:32:26.501Z
Original Checksum: ac57a20e19cc42e714ed3e5c5b0f45fe
Mime Type: image/tiff
Creator Transcript
  • Ursus americanus Banff, Alta. [Alberta] (Saskatchewan R. [river] at mile (100) June 8/43 [1943] Food:- 7 fecal deposits contained nothing but equisetum :- Specimens of this plant preserved. Behavior:- While I was examining the cow moose a black bear came quietly up wind and crowded me off the carcase [carcass]. I had to discourage the brute with a .22 long rifle in the haunch. Healy Cr. [Creek] June 20/43 [1943] Food [underlined]:- Found two deposits both 100% equisetum. Disease:- Found a 2 year old male black bear lying dead in a little clearing in the spruce woods about a mile from camp. Dead about 2-3 days. Subcutaneous vessels congested. Lungs Hepaticized in areas other parts with mottled dark red + gray appearance. Heart enlarged, + very flabby. Liver very soft + showing many stellate or irregularly shaped areas of whitish, then about 3 mm [millimeters] in diameter. Upon section these were found to be gas bubbles + the entire liver was charged with gas. Intestine with acute inflammation. No discharge from any body openings
Permalink
User Activity Date