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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.
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Bears live in India. One species that can be found there is the sloth bear. A sloth bear is a nocturnal bear that eats insects. It is also known as the Stickney bear or labiated bear.
Most bears are believed to be dangerous because of the lack of respect and understanding humans have with them. Bears are only dangerous if a person does not heed the warning signs a bear gives them, or makes quick sudden movements and high-pitched noises which could make the bear think they are prey. But mostly it's due to a misunderstanding of bear behaviour and psychology that make them seem so dangerous.
Technically, bears ARE vulperines. Vulperine is the name given to a prehistoric group of wolf-like mammals from which all modern carnivorous mammals descended including dogs, bears, hyenas, cats, weasels, seals, etc.
Who would win a fight between a short faced bear and a hippo?
The hippo would definitely win this fight because a hippo has a larger body with thick skin and a huge jaw that can crush the black bear to death. One hippo can even kill a polar bear without getting injured.
Do bears get drunk on black berrys?
When fallen fruits ferment, alcohol is produced. Small animals like sparrows or squirrels can easily get drunk eating fermented berries. However, drunkenness is a function of the percentage of alcohol in the blood stream, so a bear would need to eat a very large volume of fermented berries in order to become drunk.
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Basically little or nothing, their Metabolism slows down to a point where they seem semi-comatose and spend most of the winter asleep [hibernation] in a sheltered spot.
What kind of bear lives in a grassland?
Before Europeans came to America, there was a subspecies of the grizzly bear known as the Plains grizzly. It was found in the grasslands of North America. It had very light yellow colored hair and was smaller in size, as adaptations to the grassland life. With the arrival of Europeans, the bears themselves as well as their animal prey food sources were heavily hunted causing their extinction by the mid to late 1800's.
What types of food do bears eat?
Well it depends on which bear if it's a polar bear they mostly eat seals or sea lions. Maybe even walruses. If its a grizzly bear probably fish.
How common are bear attacks in the us?
um it like never cuz we are away from the bears and we only have bear in the zoo so it rare to get attack by bears
A "she-bear" is a female bear. Otherwise known as bear that is a girl.
Sloths are classified as folivores, as the bulk of their diets consist of buds, tender shoots, and leaves, mainly of Cecropia trees. Some two-toed sloths have been documented as eating insects, small reptiles, and birds as a small supplement to their diets.
A father animal is called a sire, regardless of the species. A male bear is called a boar.
How can a bear be a primary and a secondary consumer?
It directly consumes animals and plants, and it's secondary because it can eat the products of animals and plants such as milk.
What should you do when you see a bear?
First NEVER turn your back on a bear and run! This can insight the bear to chase and attack. The best defence against bears is to always let them hear you coming with bells on your clothes or by constantly making some sort of noise as you hike, most bears will take off and avoid contact. If you still encounter a bear you need to be loud, aggressive and try to look scary. Flip your jacket over your head and scream at the animal. An air horn scares the heck out of some, carrying one is not a bad idea.
Most adult bears cannot climb a tree very well so if you have to climb one to get out of immediate danger. Even if the bear still chases you up a tree you have a way better chance kicking him in the nose and face while he trys to get up than you would fighting him on the ground for sure!
Is a bear bigger than a cheetah?
Many bears are bigger than people, a few are smaller or the same size. They all are stronger than people.
Neither a wolf nor a bear would want to get into a fight with each other if they could avoid it. Although the bear would be very likely to win such a fight, it would still be injured in the process, perhaps badly.
