Bears, world’s most amazing

creatures !

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Types of bear : 1. Asian black bear2. American black bear3. Spectactled bear4. Brown bear5. Asian sun bear6. Panda bear7. Sloth bear8. Polar bear

Diet :

Bears can weight as much as 1700 pounds (771 kg)

Bears are great fishermen

• Bears are omnivorous : they can either hunt animals (deer, caribou, elk…) or scavenge (garbage, dumps…)

• Bears living near rivers tend to catch salmon • While getting ready for hibernation, they eat twice as much food

as usual• Female bear won’t be able to give birth if they’re not fat enough• Polar bears mainly eat seals, by patiently waiting for them poking

out of the water to breath

Mating and cubs : • Mating depends on the bears health and weight• Males are quite rough, they can kill the female for food• Bears mate in spring but it take a while for the male to seduce the female• Once they’ve mated, male will leave and never see the cubs • Bears in warm climate don’t hibernate and can mate at any time

• It takes 3 to 9 months depending, on the species, to give birth• Some species have a delayed implantation so they can hold off fertilization until

hibernation so cubs will be born in a warm and safe place• Bear cubs are born helpless, neither can’t they see nor hear or have teeth• Cubs weight around 1 pound when born (450g)

Hibernation : • Bears hibernate 4 to 7 months since food is scarse in winter

• While hibernating a bear’s heartbeat goes from 40 to 8 beats/minute

• Bears can give birth and and go back to sleep immediatly after during hibernation

• Cub nurse themselves while their mother is sleeping

• Bears can go for more than 100 days without eating or drinking

• Bears don’t poop while hibernating

• This time of lethargy is a great opportunity for scientist (gathering data, replace batteries in collar, studying…)

Random facts about bear :

Bears have deadly skills : • Bears can run up to 40 mph (as fats as an average horse)• Polar bears can smell seals who are 20 miles away• Polar bears can swim up to 100 miles without resting at 4 mph• Some bears can jump 2 meter high• Polar bears can’t be seen on IR camera due to their fur• Eating a polar bear would be deadly for a human• Bears are very smart and have been known to roll rocks into

bear traps to set off the trap

• Some species of bear in Asia build nests in trees• Cubs can moan and cry for weeks if separated from their

mother• Bear will fight to death to protect their cub or sibling• Bears like beer : in 2004 a bear passed out after drinking

several cans of beer he had stolen from a fridge he broke into• When U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a

black bear cub on a hunting trip, a cartoon featured the event, and soon stuffed toy manufacturers popularized “Teddy’s bear.”

Human are the bears only predator

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Men is the biggest threat to bears, there are 3 main reasons : - Global warming- Hunting- Destroying bears natural habitat

Why ? Mainly for those 2 reasons:- Selfishness- Unawarness

How to survive an encounter with a bear ?

Remember that bears are fast,have better sense and can climb on tree

3 steps to follow :

• Lie down • Cover your neck with your hands• Don’t panic

Bears kill an average of 6 people per year

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