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Bears

In this category, you will get more than just the bare facts about bears. Mammals of the family Ursidae, there are 7 genera and 8 species spread over North America, northern South America, Europe, Asia, and parts of North Africa. Leave your picnic baskets at the gate and wander around this category for information about bears.

1,004 Questions

Why do mama bears protect their cubs?

The same reason any animal protects there offspring. Maternal instinct.

The world is a dangerous place for baby animals. Unless enough babies survive into adulthood, the specie would die out.

Animals have two ways of dealing with this, either have lots of babies, and hope that some survive by themselves. Fish and reptiles usually work this way.

Or the mammal approach, where a considerably smaller number of babies are born and then protected and cared for until the have a decent chance of managing on their own.

From where does a bear get its energy?

Generally, they use energy as we and all aninals do, they move, they keep their bodies warm, they digest their food, and they metabolize food into more energy.

Where are bears located in North America?

There are about 32,500 brown bears in the United States and 21,750 in Canada. 95% of the brown bear population in the United States is in Alaska, though in the lower 48 states they are repopulating slowly but steadily along the Rockies and the Western Great plains.

The last Mexican brown bear was shot in 1960.

North American brown bears seem to prefer open landscapes, whereas in Eurasia they inhabit mostly dense forests.

What are the bear's distant relatives?

panda bears are related to grizzly bears and some people say they are related to the raccoon.

How do bears gather and store food?

For short term use, yes they do. But this includes carcasses mainly of prey species, which are covered up and returned to later.

What natural instincts do bears have?

Grizzly bears learn foraging techniques from their mother. Their instinctive behaviors include a tendency to attack when surprised (black bears, on the other hand, tend to run away), to avoid other bears, and to use their sense of smell to locate food.

Do bears live in clans?

Bears are generally solitary animals that don't live in groups. The exception is a mother bear and her cubs, who stay together for approximately the first two years of the cubs' lives. A male and female bear will form a couple for a week or two during the mating season, but sows with young will chase away boars who get too close to her babies. Since bears are omniverous and are well-equipped with teeth, claws, strength and speed to hunt game or take over another animal's kill, they do not need the cooperation of their kind, as wolves and lions do.

Do brown bears lay eggs?

no they are mammals and are born like humans.

What kind of teeth do bears have?

they have 42 teeth in total, and are very pointy to help them eat and tear apart meat:]

In what order does the bear belong?

The scientific classification of the American Black Bear is:


Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus

Do bears hibernate alone?

Unless it's a sow with unweaned cubs, yes.

Why do bears sleep all winter long?

bears sleep through winter to conserve food, especially during winter when food is short, tapping energy reserves, body fat, at a slow rate.

you can find out more at here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation

How are bears birthed?

Bears are mammals so they give birth as any other mammal do. No eggs. During hibernation

Where to sell bear skin rugs?

You can sell them at a store like bass pro shops and they would probably take them.

What are 3 adaptations of bears?

Bears have several adaptations. They have thick, insulating fur which enables them to keep their body heat, they hibernate during the winter, sharp claws and teeth which help them defend themselves, and they have a strong sense of smell.

What is a bunch of bears called?

There are two collective names or nouns for bear. The collective names for this animal are sloth or sleuth.

Who are a bears main enemies?

Bears don't actually have them. Bears don't go looking for fights, and the only thing that may be their enemy is anything that they eat that can run away.

How tall is the biggest bear in the world?

The worlds largest grizzly bear ever encountered was killed by a forest services worker in Alaska. The bear weighed over 1600 pounds (over 730 kg) and stood 12'6" at the shoulders. When standing upright on its hind legs the bear would have been able to see over the roof of a single story house, or into the windows of a second story house. The average man would stand only to its belly button. It took the forest worker 12 rounds from a semi-automatic rifle to bring the beast down.

Forest services workers tracked back along the path of the grizzly and discovered the remains of one of its last meals, a male hiker. His firearm was found nearby. Upon inspection of the bear's stomach contents they found human remains from two people, which means the bear had attacked and most likely killed another person in the previous 72 hours.

How long can a bear sleep for?

from October until March or April.

What type of bear does not hibernate?

All kinds of bears technically don't hibernate. They enter into a phase called torpor which is like a deep slumber but they can awaken and often do from their slumber.
Panda Bears, sun bears, and sloth bears do not hybernate.

What kind of bears live in Arkansas?

Bears are found in the Ozarks of Arkansas and the backwoods.

Do cougars or lions kill bears?

Bears are too large for cougars (mountain lions), but a mother cougar may take on a bear if her young are in danger.

Lions can't kill bears because they are never in contact. There are no places where both lions and bears live together in the wild.

How does a bear's sense of smell help it survive?

A polar bear has one of the best noses in the entire world and are well known to have an incredible sense of smell! Polar bears have been seen walking in a straight line for 20 miles to food with only their nose to guide them. Polar bears have also sniffed out a seal ten football fields away that was hidden under 1m ,3', of ice!!