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Black Bears
Black bears are common bear native to North America. They are the smallest bear on the continent.
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Yes, they are. They can get quite big too. A study shows there are more aggressive attacks on humans caused by black bears than grizzly bears and polar bears. Most violent attacks by black bears on humans are rather predatory than territorial. Black bears arent easily intimidated as some people think.
Do other black bears live with other kinds of bears?
Black Bears and Brown Bears DO live in the same area. Living in Alaska, I have seen (about a week ago) a brown bear in an area where I had seen a mother black bear and her cub two days before.
How long are black bear cubs blind?
Newborn cubs are born with no senses. They are blind for the first week, deaf for the first twenty-four hours; their smelling and walking abilities do not develop for several weeks and depends solely on their mother's fur and fat for warmth.
Is the American black bear a decomposer or consumer?
It is a consumer because it feasts on something that lives.
decomposer means that it would eat the remains of an animal that already got killed by another one
How did the black bear adapt to the deciduous forest?
Its roles as predator and scavenger make the black bear [Ursus americanus] important to the environment of the deciduous forest. For example, black bears hibernate through the winter. In spring, their first choices for food are the remains of animals that died over the previous winter. These dead bodies may have minerals and trace elements within them that need to be digested and eliminated in order to become part of the food chain. A well known example is the uselessness of nitrogen to plant life if it's in a form other than soluble. So as scavengers, black bears form clean up crews to clear the deciduous forest floor of the previous season's debris.
But black bears don't feed just on meat. Meat actually makes up only about 10-15% of the black bear's diet. In fact, black bears are omnivores that feed mainly on insects, plants and plant products. So as predators, black bears keep insect populations under control and in balance with the particular needs and stresses of the deciduous forest.
Additionally, as predators, they add to the forest's growth. On the one hand, they eat large amounts of tree bark in the spring. This may start a cycle of decline that ends in the tree's death. But at the same time, black bears favor berries, herbs, and nuts. In their choices of berries and nuts, they contribute to the replacement of dead and dying trees with new growth. The berries and nuts that they digest are eliminated, to germinate over wider areas than where these plant products fall. As a consequence, the deciduous forest sees the perpetuation and even expansion of its species.Black bears are extremely adaptable and show a great variation in habitat types, though they are primarily found in forested areas with thick ground vegetation and an abundance of fruits, nuts, and vegetation. In the northern areas, they can be found in the tundra, and they will sometimes forage in fields or meadows. Black bears tend to be solitary animals, with the exception of mothers and cubs. The bears usually forage alone, but will tolerate each other and forage in groups if there is an abundance of food in one area.Most black bears hibernate depending on local weather conditions and availability of food during the winter months. In regions where there is a consistent food supply and warmer weather throughout the winter, bears may not hibernate at all or do so for a very brief time. Females give birth and usually remain denned throughout the winter, but males and females without young may leave their dens from time to time during winter months.
Do black bears hoot yes or no?
Yes. I heard one tonight. They use it as a sortof territory boundary signal. If they hear another bear "hoot" they know they are encroaching on the others' "territory".
Which is more powerful the black bear grizzly bear or the brown bear?
Brown bear, and the grizzly is a race of the brown bear.
Is a black bear stronger than a jaguar?
Well a mongoose is about the size of a ferret and a black bear is about half the size of a grizzly bear, so in a fight the black bea will obviously win.
How far will a black bear travel in a day?
The home range of an American black bear can vary greatly depending on the location, the season, food availability, the density of other individuals in the surrounding area, and the sex and age of the bear in question. The home range of a male is normally much larger than that of a female, and each male's home range will usually overlap the home ranges of several females. Generally, the poorer the habitat, the larger the home range must be in order to support the bear with enough food, water, and shelter and potential mates. In some extreme instances a male American black bear can have a home range of over 100 square miles, a more typical size would be: Males 8 to 60 square miles and females 2 to 15 square miles.
Does black bears eat strawberrys?
yess. coyotes eat berries. their favorite is the rare Japanese berry.
About how long is a black bear?
From nose to tail, a black bear averages at around 6 to 7 feet long. Males tend to be longer in body than females.
How does a black bear get their energy?
Like all animals, black bears get their energy from food. Black bears are opportunistic omnivores, eating whatever plants or animals are available. They eat young shoots from plants, berries, nuts, carrion, insects and insect larvae, honey, and nuts, along with anything else they can find. Where humans live, they often eat food out of the garbage, so dumpsters have to be designed to be bear proof.
Absolutely. And not just honey, but the combs, bees, larvae, and pupae.
In fact, if it's really hungry, even one bear can completely consume a whole hive clean, probably to the point of where you wouldn't know there was ever a beehive there to begin with.
How many black bears are there roaming North America?
Black bears are found mainly in forested regions--mainly temperate forests--of North America and Eurasia. Where they live specifically, though, depends on what species of black bear you're referring to.
Yes. Black bears will kill wild turkeys or chickens if they catch them, but they usually do not since wild chickens can fly.
Is a black bear exothermic or endothermic?
A black bear is endothermic, able to maintain its own body temperature. It is a mammal, and mammals and birds are endothermic. The term 'endothermic' is the biological term for an animal that is warm-blooded.
How mach does a black bear weigh?
Males can weigh up to 600 pounds. The world record black bear weighed 881 pounds, shot in North Carolina.
How much does a black bear weight?
The adult American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) can grow to weigh 600 lbs but average around 300-450 lbs. Males are around a third larger than females. Smaller subspecies reach only 100 lbs. The black bear cub at birth weighs only 10-14 ounces, but by the time they leave the den for the first time they have grown to 4-8 lbs. The Asian Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) are generally smaller and adults are typically around 250 lbs. The record is 880 pounds for a black bear killed in NC.
When were American black bears discovered?
natives likely met American black bears when they crossed the Bering land bridge 1000s of years ago but most people use the term 'discovered' to mean 'by science'. so for that definition, I'd say early to mid-1700s when European naturalists first began to describe animals and plants with binomial names.
