Bear

Presentation by
Jacque Cooper and Donna Higgins

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StoryBook Bears
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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Paddington Bear
Corduroy
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Sleepy Bears

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Storybook Bears
Storybook bears live in
houses. Sometimes it is
a people house, and
sometimes it is in a tree.
They live all over the
world.

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Storybook Bears
Storybook bears will eat all
types of food, porridge,
honey, and also people food.
They like their food to be
just right, not too hot and not
too cold.

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Storybook Bears
Storybook bears can
come in very different
sizes. Some are small and
some are big. They can be
brown, black, white, yellow,
and even blue!
Sometimes they wear
clothes and sometimes they
dont. Some look like real
bears and some look like
teddy bears.

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Real Bears

Sloth Bear

Asiatic Black Bear

(click on the picture to find out about your bear)

Spectacled Bear

Giant Panda Bear

Where real bears live

American Black Bear

Polar Bear

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Sun Bear

Brown Bear

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out what real
bears are like

Real bears have

Wide shoulders
Short backs
Short and thick legs
Broad paws
Short tails
Long heads
Rounded ears that stand straight up
Small eyes
Long snouts
Excellent hearing
Excellent sense of smell
Color vision-helps them to find ripe fruits and nuts

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Where are real bears

found?

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Spectacled Bear
South
America

The Spectacled Bear is the only

bear to live in South America. It
lives in the Andes Mountains from
Venezuela and Colombia through
Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

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Spectacled Bear
The Spectacled Bear
eats
Wild Fruits
Leaves
Grasses
Small animals, insects

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Spectacled Bear
The Spectacled Bear can
weigh up to 350 pounds. When
they stand they can be almost 6
feet tall.
It is black to brownish black
with a white circle around each
eye.
This bear has long, curved
claws for digging and tearing into
the soil or into insect mounds for
food.
It also has a large nose and
excellent sense of smell help to
locate food.

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Spectacled Bear

Does this bear

look like he is
wearing glasses?

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Spectacled Bears

Click on the bears face to get a surprise.

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Spectacled Bears

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Spectacled Bears

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Sun Bear

The sun bear is

found in Southeast
Asian rain forests.

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Sun Bear

WhatcanI
havefor
dinner?

The sun bear eats

Termites
Fruit
Palm tree tips
Insects
Small birds and mammals

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Sun Bear
The sun bear has the
shortest fur of all the
bears. It has a white or
orange chest mark.
The sun bear uses
its long claws to help it
climb and rest in trees.

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Sun Bear

The sun bear is the

smallest of the bears.
It is not quite 4 feet
tall and weighs less than
100 pounds.
The sun bear rests
during the day and
hunts at night. Its good
sense of smell helps it
to find food.

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Sun Bear

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Giant Panda Bear

China

Giant pandas are mostly

found in western China.

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Giant Panda Bear

The giant panda spends
about 12 to 14 hours each
day eating the leaves and
stems of the bamboo
plant.
It uses its front paws to
bring food to its mouth.

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Giant Panda Bear

The giant panda can be 5 feet tall and

weigh 220 pounds.
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Panda
Bear,
Panda
Bear,
What do
you see?

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Giant Panda Bear

The giant panda has a round
body, small ears, and a short,
stumpy tail.
Its shaggy coat is white
with black around the
shoulders, front legs, and
chest.
The panda bear also has a
black patch around each eye.

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Giant Panda Bear

Baby Panda

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Mei Xiang and TianTian

At the Washington DC National Zoo

Brown Bear

Brown bears can be found in

North America, Europe and
Asia.

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Brown Bear

Brown Bear,
Brown Bear,
What do you see?

Brown bears like

to eat
Fish
Berries
Plants

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Brown Bear
They are usually dark
brown in color but can
vary from a light cream
color to almost black. Two
common brown bears are
Grizzly and Kodiak.

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Brown Bear
One of the largest
bears, brown bears can
weigh between 300 and 860
pounds.
They can be 6 to 7 feet
tall when they stand up.

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Brown Bear
They are usually dark
brown in color but can vary
from a light cream color to
almost black. Two common
brown bears are Grizzly and
Kodiak.

Kodiak

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Grizzly

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Brown Bears

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American Black Bear

The American black bear

lives in forests throughout
North America, from Alaska
and Canada to the mountains in
northern Mexico.

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American Black Bear

Yum!These
plantsare
good.
The American black
bear likes to eat
Plants
Berries
Insect larvae

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American Black Bear

The color of the American black bear can be black,

brown, cinnamon, beige and even pure white! But
most of them are black.

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American Black Bear

Black Bears have color vision
and a keen sense of smell. They
are good tree climbers and
swimmers.
Black bears are very smart and
very curious. They can run up to
35 miles per hour.
Black bears can weigh up to
600 pounds! When they stand up
they are about 3 or 4 feet tall.
They can live over 25 years in
the wild.

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American Black Bear

Are you my mother?

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Polar Bear

The polar bear, the largest of

the meat eaters, is found
along the northernmost
coasts of the northern
hemisphere as well as on sea
ice floes and islands.

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Polar Bear
The Polar Bear eats

Seals
Young walruses
Narwhal and Beluga whales
Berries
Plants

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Polar Bear
Polar bears are the
largest bears. They
can be 8 feet tall and
weigh 400-600
pounds! They have
white fur, a long neck,
and small ears.
A polar bear's nose,
lips and all skin under
their fur is black.

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Polar Bear
Polar bears are
strong swimmers.
They paddle with
their front legs and
steer with their back
legs. They can swim a
long way.

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Polar Bears

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Sloth Bear

The sloth bear is found in India

and Sri Lanka. It is related to
the Asiatic black bear.
Sloth bears are found in
forested areas and in grasslands.
They like dry forests and rocky
outcrops.

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Sloth Bear

The sloth bear likes

to eat
Termites and more termites!
Berries
Ants
Eggs
Corn
Flowers
Figs
Fruits
Frog
Mangos
Lilies
Pawpaws
Mushrooms
Yams
Sugarcane
Honey and the bees too!

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Sloth Bear
The sloth bear can weigh
up to 310 pounds and can be
about 6 feet tall.
The sloth bear is almost
extinct.

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Sloth Bear

Termitesare
good!

Sloth bears have long,

shaggy, black hair and a
white U- or Y-shaped
marking on the chest.
They have large lips, a
long tongue, a pale muzzle.
They have welldeveloped hook-like claws
that help them climb trees
and help them dig for
termites.

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Sloth Bear

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Asiatic Black Bear

The Asiatic black bear lives in

forests in Pakistan and in Korea and
the islands of Japan.

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Asiatic Black Bear

Asiatic black bears like to
eat:
Small mammals
Birds
Fish
Mollusks
Insects
Grasses
Fruits
Berries
Seeds
Insects
Honey
Nuts.

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Asiatic Black Bear

This bear has a black,
shaggy coat and a lightcolored mark on its
chest.
The fur around the
shoulders and throat is
long, and their ears are
large.
They can be 6 feet
tall and weigh up to 400
pounds!

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Asiatic Black Bear

They like to live
in the forests,
hills and mountain
regions.

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Asiatic Black Bear

Can I climb this tree?

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