Bear Facts 1
Bears are classified as Ursus.
They are a large, four-legged mammal.
There are eight bear species: American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Asian Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus),
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus),
Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus), Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus), and Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus).
With some minor exceptions, all eight bear species have roughly the same appearance: large torsos, stocky legs, narrow snouts, long hair, and short tails. With their plantigrade postures—walking upright on two feet—bears walk flat-footed on the ground like humans but unlike most other mammals.
Bears range in color with species: Black, brown and Andean bears are typically red-brown to black; polar bears are generally white to yellow; Asiatic bears are black to brown with a white patch and sun bears are brown with a yellow crescent on their chest.
These eight species are scattered across the globe.
Of the eight species of bears the sun bear is the smallest and polar bears being the largest. The sun bear only reaches 4 feet tall and weighs 60 pounds. Whereas the polar bear is 10 feet tall and weighs 1,700 pounds. These stats very slightly from source to source.
Any of the bear species living in the wild can live up to 25 years. If they are in captivity they can live up to 50 years with enough food and care.
Bear diets vary based on species and environment. For example, giant pandas love bamboo, polar bears hunt seals, American black bears feed on berries, sloth bears eat termites, and brown bears catch salmon. Most bears are omnivorous, feasting opportunistically on animals, fruits, and vegetables, with two important outliers: The polar bear is almost exclusively carnivorous, preying on seals and walruses, and the panda bear subsists entirely on bamboo shoots. Oddly enough, though, pandas' digestive systems are relatively well adapted to eating meat.
In the wild survival is based upon how fat a bear is at all times.
Bears are more comfortable moving on all fours, but they can walk using only their hind legs for short distances. From afar, you may think they were ordinary humans.
Because the vast majority of bears live in high northern latitudes, they need a way to survive the winter months when food is dangerously scarce.
Evolution's solution is hibernation: Bears go into a deep sleep, lasting for months, during which their heart rates and metabolic processes slow drastically. Being in hibernation isn't like being in a coma. If sufficiently roused, a bear can wake up in the middle of its hibernation, and females have even been known to give birth in the deep of winter. Bears hibernate during winter to cope with food shortage. With a lower metabolism, they can last for several months without eating and drinking. They survive on body fat instead. Hibernation is a means of energy conservation due to various reasons including food shortage and temperature fluctuations. In the middle of hibernation, females will rise to push out as many as four cubs. The tiny hairless newborns are completely dependent on their mothers for milk and warmth. Bears go into torpor or a deep sleep during the winter. The bear wakes up easily from any noises in torpor, and their body temperature is still relatively high.
Bears may be the most antisocial mammals on the face of the earth. Full-grown bears are almost entirely solitary.
Depending on species, a bear's basic communication needs can be expressed with about seven or eight different "words"—huffs, chomps, groans, roars, woofs, growls, hums, or barks. The most dangerous sounds for humans are roars and growls, which denote a frightened or agitated bear defending its territory. Huffs are generally produced during mating and courtship rituals; hums—a bit like the purrs of cats, but much louder—are deployed by cubs to demand attention from their mothers, and moans express anxiety or a sense of danger. Giant pandas have a slightly different vocabulary than their ursine brethren: In addition to the sounds described above, they can also chirp, honk, and bleat.
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