The Grizzly Manifesto
By GAIL COLLINS
NYT
I think it is time to take back the mama grizzly.
“In real life, they are famous for their reproductive freedom,” said Gloria Steinem over the phone.
This is one of the many things I love about Steinem. When things are darkest, she will come up with a very cheering factoid about Iroquois women in pre-Columbian America or the private life of female bears.
“Mama grizzlies mate later than other bears,” she continued. “They have two cubs instead of four. They wait four years — about twice as long as other bears — between having cubs. And after they’re pregnant, if winter is hard or their health is not good or the food supply is uncertain, they re-absorb the embryo into their body.”
(More here.)
NYT
I think it is time to take back the mama grizzly.
“In real life, they are famous for their reproductive freedom,” said Gloria Steinem over the phone.
This is one of the many things I love about Steinem. When things are darkest, she will come up with a very cheering factoid about Iroquois women in pre-Columbian America or the private life of female bears.
“Mama grizzlies mate later than other bears,” she continued. “They have two cubs instead of four. They wait four years — about twice as long as other bears — between having cubs. And after they’re pregnant, if winter is hard or their health is not good or the food supply is uncertain, they re-absorb the embryo into their body.”
(More here.)
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