<p>Horses, dogs, now bears ... oh my! We love hearing about the creative applications customers find for our cleanable, durable, waterproof BioThane&reg; coated webbing.<br />
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Ely, MN&rsquo;s Wildlife Research Institute was looking for a way to alert its resident hunters to some of the bears being radio-collared and used for research. Hunters are asked to spare these bears, so the collars needed to be as visible as possible. They also need to be durable to last through a hunting season.<br />
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&ldquo;Years ago, we began tying survey tape to the collars,&rdquo; says Sue Mansfield of the Wildlife Research Institute. &ldquo;The tape easily tore as the bear scratched it or even just passed through brush. Then we tried duct tape ribbons -- more durable, but still not a perfect solution.&rdquo;<br />
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Sue said the team at the Institute knew they needed something tough, stiff and bright. So she ordered a sample of BioThane&reg; for its well-known durability attributes. The team attached strips of <a href="http://www.biothane.us/rolled-goods/reflective-edgeguardtm-biothane-webbing.html">BioThane&reg; Reflective - Edgeguard&reg;</a>, visible for more than 100 yards in the woods, to the bears&rsquo; radio-collars.<br />
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&ldquo;The BioThane&reg; strips and the bears wearing them made it through hunting season just fine,&rdquo; she notes. &ldquo;BioThane&reg; is cub-proof&mdash;surviving the bites and tugs of even 3-cub litters!&rdquo;</p>
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To learn more about Reflective - Edgeguard&reg; BioThane&reg; coated webbing, <a href="http://www.biothane.us/rolled-goods/reflective-edgeguardtm-biothane-webbing.html">click here</a>. To learn more about these bears, visit the <a href="http://www.bearstudy.org">Institute&rsquo;s web page</a>. To see these bears in action <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/bearstudy#g/u">click here</a>. <br />
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