{"id":3291,"date":"2023-06-23T05:14:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T05:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2024-03-31T20:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T20:53:11","slug":"one-of-us-a-biologists-walk-among-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/one-of-us-a-biologists-walk-among-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Us &#8211; A Biologist&#8217;s Walk Among Bears &#8211; by Barrie Gilbert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Barrie Gilbert\u2019s fascination with grizzly bears almost got him killed in Yellowstone National Park. He recovered, returned to fieldwork and devoted the next several decades to understanding and protecting these often-maligned giants. He has spent thousands of hours among wild grizzlies in Yosemite and Yellowstone national parks, Alberta, coastal British Columbia, and along Brooks River in Alaska\u2019s Katmai National Park, where hundreds of people gather to watch dozens of grizzlies feast on salmon. His research has centred on how bears respond to people and each other, with a focus on how to keep humans and bears safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawn from his decades of experience, One of Us: A Biologist\u2019s Walk Among Bears explodes myths that depict grizzlies as bloodthirsty beasts that \u201ckill for pleasure\u201d and reveals the intelligent, adaptable side of these astonishingly social animals. He also explains their pivotal role in maintaining and protecting their fragile ecosystems. Accordingly, Gilbert pulls no punches when outlining threats to bear conservation. Most importantly, this book extols a new way of appreciating grizzly bears, the same way we regard wolves, whales, chimpanzees, and gorillas.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us-495x640.jpg 495w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us_Barry-Gilbert-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us_Barry-Gilbert-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us_Barry-Gilbert-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us_Barry-Gilbert-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us_Barry-Gilbert-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Books_One-of-Us_Barry-Gilbert.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barrie Gilbert\u2019s fascination with grizzly bears almost got him killed in Yellowstone National Park. He recovered, returned to fieldwork and devoted the next several decades to understanding and protecting these often-maligned giants. He has spent thousands of hours among wild grizzlies in Yosemite and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3719,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions\/3719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}