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“Bears are living a complex life out there and and we never know what really has been going on in their life."

“Bears are living a complex life out there and and we never know what really has been going on in their life."

Bears at WSU's Bear Research, Education, and Conservation Center are now hibernating, but they won’t sleep nonstop till spring.

Washington State University graduate student Heather Havelock, left, monitors any reactions from Adak while under sedation for his procedure on Tuesday at the WSU Bear Research, Education, and Conservation Center

Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee got a behind-the-scenes tour of the WSU Bear Center as well as the new Family Medicine Residency program at Pullman Regional Hospital as part of his visit to the Palouse Thursday.

Using grizzlies from a West Yellowstone bear center for product testing has proven successful for years. But it’s facing an emerging challenge: increasingly, the bruins show signs of “testing fatigue.”

An elementary school found himself face-to-face with a big black bear outside a West Virginia school. They both ran for their lives.

"Everything that unfolded in front of me felt surreal," Anna Cory-Watson told Newsweek. "I knew I was seeing something I was unlikely to ever see again."

The weak 1-year-old bear died under anesthetic. A helper said the bears should emerge from hibernation soon, but "this little fella was a few weeks too early."

The bears work is a master class in vacation photos. Chin tilts, smoldering eyes, a coy look over the shoulder.