[Texascavers] Re: black bear remains in Texas caves

2014-01-04 Thread Logan McNatt
David et al., Refer to your copy of /50 Years of Texas Caving*:/ the section on Bones, pp 279-285. Bones of black bear (/Ursus americanus /sp.) have been found in numerous Texas caves. Not surprising because historical accounts mention that there were a great many of them during the 1800s,

Re: [Texascavers] Re: black bear remains in Texas caves

2014-01-04 Thread Gregg Williams
We found a set of scratches was found in the Helictite room on a survey trip last year. They were quite large and had a span of about 4 feet or so, but if they were bear scratches I will leave up to the experrts. Gregg On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Pete Lindsley caverp...@gmail.com wrote: