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This past week there have been numerous reports from all over the world about bears that are off their normal hibernating schedules. Some reports suggest that bears are forgetting to hibernate altogether. Most people are linking this behavior to global climate changes, which are outlined in the annual report recently released by the National Climatic Data Center. We talk with John Hechtel, a wildlife biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, to get his thoughts about what's really going on.

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