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Originally Posted by ApS
California has only Black Bears.
Touring Yosemite National Park, my late spouse and I walked the pathway under a large rock-fall. The entrance could fit only two people. Somebody up ahead shouted, "There's a bear!" 
Sure enough, a bear was trotting down-slope to our right, passing us only by two feet
Seeing the narrow entrance now blocked by two startled tourists, the bear--now grunting loudly--wheeled around and ran back to wherever he came from. (Again, missing us by only 2 feet).
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Though they are "black bears" (Ursus Americanus), there are almost none that are actually black in color.
I discovered this after a brown bear "interacted" with my friend and me at Glacier Point, and I asked a ranger about it...after changing my underwear, of course!
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