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Subject: Year 6 Literacy Sheet: Grizzly bear

Grizzly Bear
Quick facts Diet: Omnivore Life span in the wild: 25 years Size: 1.5 2.5 m Weight: 365 kg Status: Least concern

The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) is a huge, powerful predator that can be found in North America, Europe and Asia. Grizzlies have a large hump on their backs and sharp long claws. Grizzlies are solitary animals but they do gather in large numbers by rivers when the salmon swims upstream to spawn (lay their eggs). Grizzlies, also called brown bears, feed mainly on nuts, fruit, leaves and shoots but will also eat rodents, deer and elk. During the winter, grizzly bears hibernate for 5 8 months which is why they must eat a lot of food in the summer so they can survive. Female grizzlies give birth when they are still hibernating in their den. There are usually two cubs in a litter and they are born blind and hairless. They snuggle into their mother's fur for warmth and start to feed on her milk. When the mother has woken up from her long sleep, she leaves the den with her babies. Mountain lions and wolves are predators of young bear cubs but mother grizzly bears are very protective of their young so they usually survive. Cubs will stay with their mothers for 3 years until they are ready to fend for themselves.
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06-02-06-054-s

Name: Date:

Subject: Year 6 Literacy Sheet: Grizzly bear

Grizzly Bear
Answer the following questions:
1. What do we call an animal that eats both meat and plants? ___________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the scientific name for a grizzly bear? ___________________________________________________________________ 3. How long do grizzlies hibernate for? ___________________________________________________________________ 4. Grizzlies are also called: a b Red bears Grey bears c Brown bears

d White bears

5. Where do grizzlies hibernate? ___________________________________________________________________ 6. Name two animals that would attack a young bear cub. ___________________________________________________________________ 7. When a bear cub is born, how does it stay warm? ___________________________________________________________________ 8. Grizzlies are solitary animals. What does this mean? ___________________________________________________________________
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