12-01-2019, 02:12 PM
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NJFishing.com Old Salt
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Denville
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Re: Don't miss out on these large beauties
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Contrary to popular opinion, black bears don’t hibernate in the Garden State, they torpor and there’s a big difference.
“Black bears in New Jersey aren’t true hibernators. They will stay active all winter long if there's abundant food available and we have quite a few bears that you’ll see active in January, February and even with the winter that we had last year,” said Dave Chanda, director of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife.
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“A bear has a unique physiology,” Chanda said. “It slows down its metabolism. It doesn’t feed, but it is completely aware of what’s going on around it so if you were to encounter a bear denned up in the wintertime it will become active immediately. An animal that hibernates, that animal is to the point that you could go in and it’s not going to even know you were around it.”
Chanda said there is currently a lot of research underway to figure out how a black bear is able to torpor.
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https://nj1015.com/nj-black-bears-dont-hibernate/
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