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路易斯和克拉克探险中的熊
这是他们见过的熊中，体型最为庞大的一只，一只重约600磅的灰熊。「看起来极为庞大的动物，极难捕杀」1805年5月5
日，路易斯的日记如是说。克拉克用下列字句形容那只灰熊「非常高大且外形看起来极为凶残的动物」；克拉克及探险队的另一名队员连开了十枪，那只灰熊才不支倒地。
好几个美国印地安人部落都曾向路易斯和克拉克提过灰熊。他们表示只有狩猎人数高达6-10人时，他们才会攻击灰熊，而且即使是如此，有时灰熊也会杀死其中一人。路易斯在探险过程中第一次看到的灰熊是两只幼熊。他及另外一位猎人轻易的就杀死其中一只。那一天，路易斯在他的日记中写道，虽然美国原住民的弓箭也许无法有效对付灰熊，但灰熊根本敌不过受过训练的步枪射手。很快的，他的想法就不同了。
It was the largest bear they'd ever seen, a great grizzly bear that weighed an estimated 600 pounds. A "most tremendous looking animal, and extreemly hard to kill," wrote Lewis in his journal on May 5, 1805. Clark described the grizzly as "verry large and a turrible looking animal." Clark and another member of the expedition fired 10 shots at it before it died.
Several tribes of Native Americans had told Lewis and Clark about grizzly bears. The tribes would only attack these great bears if there were 6-10 people in their hunting party, and even then the bears would sometimes kill one of them. The first grizzlies Lewis saw during the expedition were two smaller bears. He and another hunter had easily killed one of them. That day Lewis wrote in his journal that although the Native Americans with their bows and arrows might have problems, the grizzlies were no match for skilled rifleman. He soon changed his mind.
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