The group Defenders of Wildlife describes black bears as between a half-meter and three fourths of a meter at the shoulders.
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"The water that we drink every day has been around for millions of years and circulated through who knows what -- dinosaurs, black bears and panthers, " said David Czamanske of the Sierra Club.
Rather than attempting to fence out the wildlife (including bobcats and black bears) from this rugged Eden, they have, Jurassic Park-style, fenced themselves in.
The 400, 000-acre Ocala National Forest is a tangle of springs, sand-pine scrub and subtropical forest that is home to raccoons, flying squirrels, otters and black bears, as well as many species of bird.