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cut large litters also make finding food sources even more important, and their foraging resourcefulness is another key to their success. “They are omnivores, able to process carrion, road kills, vegetation, insects — yellow jacket nests and their larvae can provide a lot of protein,” said Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries Project Leader Jaime Sajecki. “On occasion they also kill mice and new-born fawns."
In the fall, acorns are a staple as they fatten up for the winter. Today, however, they’ve also learned to look for the autumn increase in road-killed deer, a food source not available to their ancestors. “A bear can eat an entire deer carcass in twenty-four hoars,” said Atkinson.
Even in the winter, black
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