A Grizzly Bear Fact

Did you know that the grizzly bear can weigh up to 800lbs(about 363 kg)and reach heights of up to 8 foot when standing on its rear legs? With such mass and size you would expect it to be extremely slow but despite such size it can sprint at speeds as high as 40km/h which is faster than an olympic athlete.

The Giant Panda

Pandas are quite interesting. It's interesting to see them eat their bamboo. Biting it and trying to get a piece off it to eat. You can see them in zoos, probably in Asia, Australia, Europe, or North America.Pandas are also known as Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally meaning "black and white cat-foot."

Their Hibernation

The black bear can survive for about 100 days without eating, drinking, urinating,defecating, or exercising. Isn't that interesting? I mean how can it's body still work?
These bears pack on food for preparation for their hibernation. They'd then find a place where they'd hibernate for the winter.
Scientists have wondered how these black bears can sleep for that long and survive without water? Why doesn't hunger force it to wake up and search for food? What triggers it to enter and leave its den? Maybe one day they shall find out.

Dr. Lynn Rogers

Dr. Lynne Rogers is a Wild life Biologist. He's been studying Black Bears for almost 20 years now. Because Black Bears hardly attack humans, he can follow them through their natural habitat.
In the beginning he has to earn their trust by spending time with each bear. At first the bears would be more afraid of Dr. Lynne Rogers than he is of them. But after a long time of trying to earn their trust he has accomplished his mission, even a sow with cubs will let him follow closely.
Then Dr. Lynne Rogers learns more about Black Bears by spending time with them in the woods. Sometimes he'll spend an entire day or night, with a bear family, recording every thing they eat or do on his handy computer.What he records may look like this:

10:14 a.m.: Sow eats seven bites of dandelion. Cubs are playing

10:17 a.m.: Sow takes 42 bites of grass along woods road. Cubs find berries- too green.

10:22 a.m.: Sow sits down and nurses cubs.

Using this technique, he discovered something no other scientist has ever discovered.
A bear that eats grasses and dandelions and blue berries? Is that all they eat? Well, no, is what he says, but it's what they mostly eat. The bear really isn't that good at catching other animals, even thought they have sharp claws, big teeth and powerful muscles. With a big round body, short legs and mild attitude, the Black Bear is not a very efficient predator.

Rrrrrrrr... Grizzly Bears!

Grizzly bears are a type of Brown Bear that usually attacks what surprises or threatens them. People need to be more careful out in the west, where most Grizzly Bears live. Same for the Black Bear for that they don't always get along.
Even though Black Bears are not likely to hurt us, we must respect them. But, they are NOT pets, so you shouldn't try to pet one or feed one. Remember, a fed bear is a dead bear.

The Sharp Claws of a Black Bear

Black bears have sharp claws, but Brown bears and Polar Bears live in more open areas with less trees so they don't climb trees. Black Bears climb trees to find food and to escape from things that frighten them, like humans and bigger bears. Because Black bears have evolved to climbing trees to avoid danger, they rarely attack, things that frighten them. That means that they almost always run away from humans. Unless they're injured or cornered, they like to avoid people. They are more afraid of you than you are afraid of them.

A Black Bear's Habitat

Black Bears have always lived in forests, and that's where we'll find them today- everywhere in North America's forests. Deciduous forest with plenty of nuts and acorns are the best places for black bears.