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Kellie Johnson's avatar

Believe it or not, Millers are the preferred food of Grizzly bears in Yellowstone. (Feeling very “Ripley’s Believe it or Not”). We don’t get hoards, like the front range, but we started seeing them last week but then had a late cold snap.

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Kellie Johnson's avatar

They dig under fallen trees where the moths have gone to lay their eggs and scoop them up.

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Kasey Butcher Santana's avatar

That makes more sense 😂

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Kasey Butcher Santana's avatar

Grizzly bears! I had not heard that. Amazing.

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Kellie Johnson's avatar

When our ranger told us, it totally blew my mind trying to picture how many moths it would take to sustain let alone fatten up a bear.

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Kasey Butcher Santana's avatar

I mean, do they just open their mouths and let a few hundred fly in!? I can't picture a bear hunting a moth on purpose.

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