Bears

Dangerous animals
 Kinds of bears
• Brown bear
• Polar bear
• Asian black bear
• American black bear
• Sun bear
• Sloth bear
• Spectacled bear
• Giant panda
 Etymology

• The English word "bear" comes from Old English bera and belongs to a
family of names for the bear in Germanic languages, such as Swedish björn,
also used as a first name, that originate from an adjective meaning "brown".
 Claws and feet
• Brown bears have very large and curved claws, those present on the
forelimbs being longer than those on the hind limbs. They may reach 5 to 6
centimetres and may measure 7 to 10 centimetres along the curve. They are
generally dark with a light tip, with some forms having completely light
claws.
 Size
• Bears include the most massive extant terrestrial members of the order
Carnivora. Polar bears weigh up to 730 kg. The smallest are the sun bears of
Asia, which weigh up to 68 kg. Body weight varies throughout the year in
bears of temperate and arctic climates, as they build up fat reserves in the
summer and autumn and lose weight during the winter. Head-and-body
length can range from 150 cm in sun bears to 244 cm in polar bears.
 Distribution and habitat
• Extant bears are found in sixty countries primarily in the Northern
Hemisphere and are concentrated in Asia, North America, and Europe. An
exception is the spectacled bear; native to South America, it inhabits the
Andean region. The sun bear's range extends below the equator in Southeast
Asia. The Atlas bear, a subspecies of the brown bear was distributed in
North Africa from Morocco to Libya, but it became extinct around the
1870s.
 Food
• Although all species of bears, including black and grizzly bears, are
technically of the order Carnivora, they are essentially omnivores that eat
plants, insects, fish, and animals.
• Bears spend most of their time perusing a patchwork of habitats throughout
the year, feeding on vegetation, insects and other more reliable, though lower
calorie food sources. Plant foods make up the majority of a bear’s diet –
sometimes as much as 90 per cent.
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