Cubs are born while their mother is in her den hibernating through winter, and will spend about two years with their mother before setting off on their own. Grizzlies are opportunistic feeders. Grizzlies also eat insects and fish as well as other animals-whatever is the easiest meal they can find. Area of Distribution Unpopulated Area Grizzlies and humans usually keep their distances. But when encounters do occur, they can end in serious injury or death.
Most serious encounters are a result of carelessness.
Either people walk up a female with cubs by accident, or through a gradual but equally careless series of events, the grizzly becomes habituated to people through their food or garbage. Either way, nobody wins. All rights reserved.