Were California's grizzlies really ravenous meat eaters? Not so much, new report shows

"California's historical record misrepresented" the animal and humans are largely to blame, researchers say.

"It's surprising in the context of the historical sources which really portrayed an entirely different animal, an animal that was very much a product of people's minds [contrary] to what the creature was actually out there doing in the wild," Alagona said.

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