Article 5PRWM Canada: mountain goat kills attacking grizzly bear with ‘dagger-like’ horns

Canada: mountain goat kills attacking grizzly bear with ‘dagger-like’ horns

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Leyland Cecco in Toronto
from World news | The Guardian on (#5PRWM)

Forensic necropsy of a female grizzly bear suggests she was killed by a goat, after the horns pierced the bear's armpits and neck

With their long, sharp claws and frightening speed, few predators in Canada's wild hinterlands attack as mercilessly as a hungry grizzly bear.

But in a rare turn of events, park officials say a mountain goat not only defended itself from becoming a meal, but was able to kill the attacking bear with its dagger-like" horns.

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