<p>Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake A student measures the length of the claws of the captured black bear Monday afternoon at Olney-Bissell Elementary. Monday, April 23, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.</p>
April 23, 2012
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April 23, 2012 6:29 p.m.
Students get hands-on bruin lesson
Black Bear Biology 101
Olney-Bissell Elementary School students weighed, measured and at one point even sniffed the breath of a captured black bear as they helped bear and lion specialist Erik Wenum process the sedated animal Monday.