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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Oddr wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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being zoologists, I think we'd need a cant. Any structural differences are
going to vary by artist, anyway, in ways that aren't heraldically
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<DIV style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">If the black bear species is native to Europe,
you could make a stronger case, but the case would be much better if the head
was in fact all black.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT face=Arial>Alicia wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">I'm not sure you would specify a 'black bear' - I
think it would just be <BR>a bear's head.<BR>I didn't find any
conflicts.<BR><FONT
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<DIV style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT face=Arial>Thank you both! I am
thrilled that you found no conflicts, Alicia. The black bear is important
to me, but I had assumed it was also found in Europe. Upon reading Oddr’s
post, however, I checked and was wrong, so just bear’s head it is. Totally
irrelevant factoid: Black is actually just the name of the species, not
the colour, as black bears come in a range of colours, including white!
Though the white ones (Kermodes) are limited to the coast of British Columbia,
so would not be found in Europe, even if I had been correct about the black
bears.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT face=Arial>Doireann
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