Unlike their diurnal ancestors, modern bears forage all night, not for the grubs and wild berries of the woods, but for their version of “nuggs”—the kitchen scraps and cornfields that tend to be less well guarded at night. Access to nuggs also explains why all ten of the heaviest bears ever recorded in New Hampshire were spotted (and shot) in 1997 or later. (They each weighed between 493 and 552 pounds.)
