Andre Rives was boar-hunting in 2021 when a female bear nicknamed Caramelles attacked him. "She was eating my leg," he said. "I reloaded my rifle and fired." ...

Bear 402, a female bear slated to be a contestant in this year's competition, was killed by a male brown bear on the day the brackets were due to be released. According to her bio page on explore ...

Andre Rives was hunting boars in the French Pyrenees on November 20, 2021, when the female brown bear called Caramelles, protecting her cubs, charged and mauled him in a terrifying assault.

The brown bear is characterized by a distinctive hump on the shoulders ... of their time near salmon streams and also graze on upland berry patches. BREEDING: Female brown bears reach sexual maturity ...