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Best Answer: Grizzly bears are so called not because they are 'grisly' --- that is, horrifying or gruesomely unpleasant --- but because of their grizzled or gray hairs. Wow good question! I never thought of that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_bea...
Although all brown bears in the region are regularly referred to as grizzly bears, it is the subspecies arctos horribilis that is the true grizzly. Grizzly bears get their name from the grizzled appearance of their fur.