You are invited to join the Mad River Valley Bear Initiative for a photo and video illustrated presentation by Ben Kilham, a world-renowned researcher of black bear biology and social habits.

The Social Black Bear: What Bears Have Taught Me About Being Human
Saturday, April 15, 2023
3:00-5:00pm
Sugarbush Resort, Lincoln Peak in the Schoolhouse (84 Forest Drive, Warren, VT)

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Black bears, thought to be solitary, have a different type of social behavior that possibly parallels early human behavior. They show evidence of reciprocal altruism, matrilinear hierarchy, and a mix of intentional and emotional communication. Bears can live for as many as forty years, which allows them long-term benefits from forming relationships with fellow cooperators.

Ben Kilham, Ph.D. is a wildlife biologist based in Lyme, New Hampshire. His love of and devotion to black bears has enabled him to study their habits and interact with them for more than two decades. He and his family have accepted orphaned bear cubs into their home and enabled them to successfully return to the wild. Ben has been the focus of several news articles and documentaries, including National Geographic's A Man Among Bears and Animal Planet's Papa Bear. He is also the author of the books Among the Bears: Raising Orphaned Cubs in the Wild and Out on a Limb: Origins of Intuition and Intelligence.

To learn more about Ben's work go to: https://kilhambearcenter.org/our-work

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