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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

Are bears bipedal?

Humans are plantigrade. We walk on our feet, rather than our toes, but of course it's possible to behave in a digitigrade manner if you're a ballet dancer...

Do bears live in the Alps?

confiring to the caves that are in that mountain then yes. bears have lived up there for some years because of the birds that they eat. they also use the caves as shelter!

What makes the spirit bear special?

Spirit bears are black bears with a light colored coat, sometimes almost white.The Kermode bear (Ursus americanus kermodei), also known as the "spirit bear" (particularly in British Columbia), is a rare subspecies of the American black bear living in the Central and North Coast regions of British Columbia, Canada.
Spirit bears hold a prominent place in the oral traditions of the indigenous peoples of the area.

Should you run up a tree when there is a bear?

No..... If a bear is chasing you do not run up a tree! The bear may follow depending on what type it is. Or it will stay there and you will be trapped in the tree with a bear waiting for you at the bottom

Which bear is the most ferocious in the animal kingdom?

In North America, that would be the Grizzly Bear. Skye

What a female bear called?

It is called a sow and ahpun.
Female bears are called sows.
sow
Female bears are called sows, and a baby bear is called a cub. Bears are solitary animals and do not live in groups or packs.

How long can a bear live?

Everything that is born, dies in one way or another. The average lifespan of a brown bear is 35 years. 20 to 25 years for a Grizzly Bear in the Wild.

What are some good bear names?

Dark Wolf Names

BlackHeart

DarkShadow

DeathClaw

RedEye

SnakeFang

KillerFang

DarkPaw

Bright Wolf Names

SunPaw

SunBlaze

Moon Heart

BlackMoon

Hope This Helped! ^_^

What do brown bears and polar bears have in common?

they're all born as cubs and raised to be giant and weighing over 200 pounds as they grow.

Do bears eat fish?

Male bears will eat cubs if they find them. While savage, it ensures that the male has less competition for limited food resources; it is up to the female to defend the cubs, even though they may be the offspring of the offending male. This behavior is well-documented in grizzly bears. Otherwise, bears typically stay away from one another.
some male Black Bears will kill and eat cubs. they are capable of eating anything but not usually cannibalistic.
1) No.

2) Do they? No. Can they? Yes.

What is the smallest bear in the world?

The smallest of the bear species is the sun bear, which is found in southeast Asia. The sun bear ranges in size from 120-150 cm in length, which is equal to 47-60 inches.

The sun bear is also known as the honey bear.

What species of a bear is the most dangerous?

As of a report released by IUCN Red List in November 2007, the Giant Panda was first on the list, and still the bear listed at the "very high risk of extinction in the wild". The report also found that six of the eight bear species are also now listed on the Red List, and are in a threatened state. The Sun Bear was listed second in that report, and for the first time status confirmed, since in the past there wasn't enough data to make a decision on it's status. For more details, see sites listed below.

What is the most powerful bear in the world?

The polar bear and the kodiak bear are the strongest
Either the brown or polar bear, these two species are very close in size and strength.but the largest bear and properly the strongest bear is the short-face bear which is much bigger than any bear but went extinct 1200 years ago

Why do bears have thick fur?

For most bears, they have to hibernate during winter. So, they store up a lot of fat in them, and survive off of their fat reserves as they sleep through the winter. If they were not to store up fat reservesm, and only eat enuogh to pass on one day's worth [or whatever] on, they'd have nothing in the fat reserves to survive the winters off on.

What is the most aggressive bear?

Despite being the smallest of all the bears, the sun bear is probably the most aggressive, and will attack without provocation. Relatively, they also have the largest canines of all the bears, although their diet is less carnivorous than some of their cousins. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/12.shtml

How many bear species are there?

Types of bears: American Black Bear (United States, Canada); Brown Bear (Canada, Alaska, Northern Euraisa); Polar Bear (Arctic Circle); Giant Panda (China); Asiatic Black Bear (Southern and Eastern Asia); Bloth Bear (Tropical forest of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal); Spectacled Bear (South America); Sun Bear

(tropical forests of Southeast Asia).

well there is the brown bear, the black bear and the polar bear!

How are panda and polar bears alike?

Both are large, powerful bears, and the brown bear (which the grizzly is a race of) and polar bear are very closely related. The main difference is the lack of a pronounced hump on the polar bear's shoulders, and the distinctive "Roman" nose of the polar bear.

What type of skin does a black bear have?

Panthers are big cats (mammals) and typically have black fur.

Why are bears carnivores?

Bears are actually not carnivorous, despite having the teeth and jaw structure for doing so. They are omnivorous animals, making a meal out of everything from grass, berries, flowers, grubs and seeds to fish, venison, moose, rodents, etc.

What was pudsey's origanal colour?

When Pudsey bear first came into production, he was made from a brown fur-like material to represent the dark coulour of most bears. It came to light that this brown material was too expensive to continue re-producing, so a brighter, cheaper and warmer colour was chosen.i.e. yellow.

How many months can a bear live in the mother's pouch?

Fetuses aren't grown nor stay in the dam's stomach. They stay and grow in the womb or uterus, not the stomach. How long these cubs stay in their mother depends on the species: it can range from 5 to 8 months long.

Can bears juggle?

Of course they can. They are born knowing how.

Of what are bears afraid?

It's nothing really. Bears are more scared of you then you are scared. If you go into the woods, and you see a bear, duck! Bears can only look up so if you see one duck! So yeah there is nothing really nothing.

Bears live in Nile River?

Actually, well, don't be silly. No bears lived along the Nile river?

Do any bears live in the desert?

To an extent, yes.

The North American black bear populations in southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, and Northern Mexico have been known to dwell the deserts, but don't live there permanently, and usually live in national parks nearby.

Also, when grizzly bear populations were more plentiful in previous times, they were known to live in the desert as well. The Atlas bear, which is now extinct, also lived in the North African deserts.

There is a rare species of bear that does live in a desert. The Gobi bear, a subspecies of Brown bear, does live in the Gobi Desert, though it is rare.