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| View Original: | The ferocious American grizzly bear can grow to weigh 400, 500, even 700 pounds. One can observe this robust specimen at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado LCCN2015633857.tif.tiff (8227x6051) | |||
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| Keywords: The ferocious American grizzly bear can grow to weigh 400, 500, even 700 pounds. One can observe this robust specimen at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado LCCN2015633857.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 ; The word grizzly means grizzled ; that is showing tips or streaks of gray hair This is not to be confused with the word grisly meaning ghastly or horrid Nonetheless naturalist George Ord formally classified the California grizzly in 1818 not for its hair but for its character as Ursus horribilis The zoo invites its visitors to ascend the mountainside via a fire tower offering breathtaking views of Colorado Springs and the distant Colorado prairies and culminating with the experience of a lifetime seeing magnificent grizzlies roaming the rugged mountainside ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015633857 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/33800/33841a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 33841 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 33841 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||