In Images: Trapping Yellowstone's Grizzlies

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Tracking device attached

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(Image credit: Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team)

Fast asleep

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(Image credit: Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team.)

Researchers have tranquilized the bear and prepare to lift it out of the trap and onto the tarp for data collection. Once on the tarp the bear is easier to move.

Protective kerchief

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(Image credit: Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team.)

The kerchief over the bear's eyes protects it from dust and debris and reduces visual stimulation. The small tubing in its nose, known as a nasal cannula, delivers oxygen to the animal while it is tranquilized.

Data collection begins

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(Image credit: Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team.)

Researchers begin gathering biological data from the bear.

What a big boy

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(Image credit: Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team.)

A researcher measures the bear's head.

Dinnertime

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(Image credit: Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team.)

A grizzly bear in the Shoshone National Forest, Wyo., peers over a scree field. The bear is feeding on army cutworm moths which provide excellent nutrition and are found in high elevation locations throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Live Science Staff
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