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Wildlife Agency Cautions Bear Appetites Are at Seasonal High

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission warns residents to secure potential food sources as black bears enter a period of intensive feeding in late summer and fall. The agency cites hyperphagia, a biological phase in which bears dramatically increase their food intake to prepare for winter.

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