Mountain goat 'turned the tables,' killed grizzly bear in Yoho National Park

Grizzly bears are known as one of the most ferocious predators in the forest; few can stand against them. 

Except for a rare circumstance in eastern B.C.’s Yoho National Park, where a mountain goat took one on — and won. 

According to Parks Canada, a forensic necropsy of a female grizzly bear determined that it died of wounds inflicted by the mountain goat. 

David Laskin, wildlife ecologist with Parks Canada, said the bear was found with puncture wounds at the bottom of the neck and armpits, consistent with a mountain goat’s horns. 

“[It] was the result of an unsuccessful predation attempt