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Fast Facts
- Number of calories in an army cutworm moth: 0.5
- Number of moths a grizzly may consume in one day: 40,000
- Calories in a Snickers bar: 280
- Number of humans killed by grizzlies in Yellowstone between 1839 and 1994: 5
- Number who drowned: 101
- Number of suicides: 16
- Number killed in battles with Indians: 7
- Number of visitors to Yellowstone between 1980 and 2000: 56 million
- Number of visitors injured by bears in that time: 29
- Number of grizzlies killed by humans in northern Rockies since species was listed as threatened in 1975: 226
- Year grizzlies became extinct in California: 1922
- In Colorado: 1979
- Percentage of Forest Service land in Montana open to oil and gas exploration: 85
- Percentage of Bureau of Land Management land open to oil and gas exploration: 94.
- Compensation paid for livestock killed by wolves in Yellowstone region since 1995: $76,033
- Percentage of Yellowstone visitors who come to watch wildlife: 94
- Average amount each wildlife watcher spends per trip: $563
- Annual visitation at Yellowstone National Park: 2.8 million
Sources: National Park Service, Sierra Club, U.S. Forest Service
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