Words for Women. Find interesting words and phrases to describe women and maybe even yourself Whether you are trying to describe yourself in three words or writing. Bears, theyre just like us. And Im not referring to a subset of hairy humans, but to some furry critters in Wisconsin whose diets contain a staggering amount of. The Asahi Shimbun is widely regarded for its journalism as the most respected daily newspaper in Japan. The English version offers selected articles from. Through a morbid combination of procedures requiring chloroform, spatulas, scissors and chemistry equipment, they analyzed specific chemical dietary markers for animal meat, natural plant life, and bait. They found that around 4. The team published their study recently in the Journal of Wildlife Management. The junk food loving bear situation comes in part from the specifics of Wisconsins hunting laws. The baiting season can last six months, which is longer than other statesbaiting season is only a few weeks in neighboring Minnesota. For bears surviving to the following year, bait might just become an integral part of the diet. Here is another bear, eating trash Is this bad Parkers team didnt really look at how the bears were doing physiologicallybut there are lots of bears in Wisconsin, and lots of bait. Obviously, this studys results are specific to Wisconsin, and are limited by the fact that it only included hunted bears. Moreover, who cares about a hairy army of junk food loving bears stumbling around the woods of northern Wisconsin Mainly, the research highlights the degree to which humans cause some wildlife populations to rely on them for food. If killing and scavenging is the bear equivalent to cooking meals, and eating bait is ordering delivery, then bears are ordering in every night of the week, and on some days theyre even ordering lunch. This is normal for some humans, but obviously not for bears, and could have important implications for the way states operate their bating seasons and manage their bear populations. Heres a third bear, also eating trash It does make you wonder, though, what the bears favorite snacks are. Wisconsin happens to have some very good cheese covered popcorn. Journal of Wildlife Management.