Hello my dear friends I am again here on steemit platform with a new post my this post will be about Bear and in this post I will show you all characteristics of Bear so let's see.
There are 8 different kinds of bears
American black bears, polar bears,
giant panda bears, Asiatic black
bears, sloth bears, spectacled bears,
sun bears and brown bears which are
also known as grizzly bears,
Black bears or their relatives live on
all continents except Africa, Australia,
& Antarctica. Approximately 630,000
725,000 American black bears live in
42 states.
They also inhabit 11 Canadian
provinces. Grizzly bears (also known
as brown bears) and polar bears also
inhabit North America.
The most common bear in Idaho
is the Ursus americanus otherwise
known as the American black bear.
Baby bears are called cubs, female
bears are called sows and male bears
are called boars
Brown bears and polar bears are the
biggest bears. They can be over 6 feet
Brown bears and polar bears are the
biggest bears. They can be over 6 feet
long and can weigh from 100 to 600
pounds. Sun bears which live in south
east Asia are the smallest bears.
They weigh about 100 pounds or 45
kg.
Bears walk on their feet as humans
do, with their soles flat on the ground.
The black bear is approximately 4 to
7 feet from nose to tail, and two to
three feet high at the withers.
It has small eyes, rounded ears, a long
snout, a large body, a short tail, and
shaggy hair.
It differs from grizzly bears in being
smaller with a smaller shoulder hump,
a furred rear instep, a less concave
facial profile, smaller claws that
are more tightly curved, and longer
smoother, and more tapered ears.
facial profile, smaller claws that
are more tightly curved, and longer,
smoother, and more tapered ears.
Black Bears are not always black
They can be black, brown, and
occasionally blonde or even white.
Some black bears have a white chest
patch.
Most wild male black bears weigh
between 125 and 500 pounds, while
females generally weigh between
90 and 300 pounds. Their weight
depends upon their age, the season
of the year, and how much food is
available.
The heaviest wild male black bear
known weighed 880 pounds and the
heaviest known female weighed 520
pounds. Black bears in captivity may
exceed these records.
