Here's a good opportunity to learn more about the bears we share the land with - from the person who may know them the best, Ben Kilham of the Kilham Bear Center in Lyme, NH.

The Social Black Bear: What Black Bears Have Taught Me About Being Human
Thursday, Feb 1, 2024 — 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST — Chandler Center for the Arts
Register at the link. Free, with optional donation to The Green Mountain Club.

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, matri-linear 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, his wife Debra, and sister Phoebe 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 co-author of the books Among the Bears: Raising Orphaned Cubs in the Wild and Out on a Limb: Origins of Intuition and Intelligence.

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