answersLogoWhite

0

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

How does a bear interact with the atmosphere?

Bears breathe, much like any other mammal.

Why does a female bear protect its cubs from the male?

Many males eat cubs when they are desperately hungry

How are pandas unlike polar bears?

Well, for one, it's habitat. The Giant Panda lives in the mountains of China, and have adapted to that sort of enviroment. Also, pandas look different to any other bear in its own way, including the rings around its eyes ect..

Pandas are not actually bears. Their closest relatives are racoon-type mammals.

Where are there bears in the US?

The back bear would be the largest. If you took time you could find it in a diffrent place. But yes is one of the larger bears.

The largest type of bear in the United States is the brown bear, also called the grizzly bear. They can weigh 150 to 1,700 pounds, and when they stand on two legs, they can be ten feet tall. If you count Alaska, the answer would be the Kodiak bear, which is a type of brown bear, but bigger.

What kind of a bear lives in a cave?

a cave bear (hence the name) or a grizzly bear.

most bears will live in a cave if there is one there x

Can a panda bear and a polar bear mate?

No, a panda is not technically even a bear and even if it was, with the exception of canines, different species cannot interbreed and give birth to a viable offspring. Like a horse and donkey, will make a mule, but mules are always male and thus cannot breed itself. Another example is the lyger.

Are bears really dangerous?

Kodiak bears are extremely dangerous. They are the Largest of the bear family and even more dangerous than grizzly bears, They are approximately 5 feet tall when on all fours, and when standing upright can reach heights of 10 feet. Fortunately they are only found in a remote region known as Kodiak Archipelago in Alaska.

What is a phobia for bears?

What do you call a fear if polar bears

What is so special about grizzly bears?

they are special because they are the only bears that can stand on their hind legs

How do bears get ready for winter?

Eating lots of food to get fatter so they'll be warmer.

Do bears eat trout?

only if they are coastal bears such as kamchatka bears, kodiak bears. coastal bears grow much larger than inland bears such as grizzlies. the only inland bear that grows as big as coastal bears is the ussuri brown bear but typically they are still smaller.

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:]