Spirit bear hair

ByRaincoast 2014-05-292018-11-26 Salmon Carnivore Project

Helicopter hovers in the background og a green field of grass backdropped by misty pale blue sky. In the foreground, extreme closeup of a tuft of white hair from a spirit bear caught in a barbed wire strung up for the purpose by the Raincoast team, and a tag attached to the wire near the hair with small writing on it

Got some Spirit bear hair today!

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