620 pounds Largest Black Bear ever captured & released in Florida. Jumps over the GoPro camera!

What a release! This bear is the largest Florida black bear captured in Florida and then relocated. When he was released from the trailer trap he ran (very quickly for 620 pounds) and jumped right over the GoPro camera! Video by Cindy Bennett, Florida Fish and Wildlife.

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When bears find easy food sources, like trash cans that are not secured, they tend to return time after time and can get into trouble. This bear was so used to getting into trash that even after the garbage was secured in a shed he returned and pulled the aluminum siding off to get at his free meal. FWC bear trapper Mike Connolly set a trap and caught this 620-pound bruin. The near-record size male Florida black bear was trapped in Lake County and is second in size only to a 624-pounder struck and killed by a vehicle in Naples years ago. Before relocating and releasing this big guy, FWC biologists Mike Orlando and Dave Turner sedated him, collected some hair samples, and gave him an exam, an identification tattoo and ear tag. And WHAT a release it was!

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