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All You Would Ever Want To Know About Bears
Deer Hunting Secrets
Discover The Closely Guarded True Secrets Of Master Hunters.
Author: Keith Londrie Bears can be found throughout the world. They are
generally large animals, and are characterized by a plantigrade walk (on their
heels, like humans), a large body, short legs, a stub of a tail, small, round
ears, and forward facing eyes.
All bears are classified as carnivores, with each species having a variable
degree of herbivorous tendency. The panda, for example, is almost exclusively a
plant eater. The polar bear is almost entirely a carnivore.
The black bear has managed to be quite prolific and successful as bears go. The
eighteen known subspecies can be found throughout the United States and Canada.
Estimates of the number of black bears in North America vary, with 750,000 being
the most often suggested. In the state of Pennsylvania there are believed to be
more than 7000 of the animals scattered across the state.
Despite their name, black bears can actually appear in a variety of colors.
There are brown black bears, white black bears, and even the blue glacier bear.
Expert estimates of the weights of the bears also seem to vary widely.
Conservative measurements put the average weight of the animals is around 300
pounds. However, the degree of sexual dimorphism exhibited by the species makes
accurate accounts difficult. The largest black bear recorded was a male shot in
Wisconsin in 1885. The bear was 802 pounds, far heavier than would be expected.
They have a wide an varied diet. They can and will eat nearly anything. Typical
of bears, they are fond of honey, and are responsible for thousands of dollars
worth of damage to aphiaries each year.
The black bear has claws which are shorter and more curved than those of the
grizzly bear. This allows it to have a great agility in climbing trees. Often, a
sow will encourage her cubs to tree themselves while there is danger. Black
bears have a characteristic way of climbing and descending trees. They mostly
use their front claws for climbing and keeping a hold.
The Brown Bear has captured the human consciousness like nearly no other animal
can. It presents an image so like ourselves that we often get caught up in the
"cuteness" and forget that it is a wild animal that we are dealing with. The
brown bear is often seen as the cuddly buffoon of animation, and the "Teddy"
bear of children and collectors alike. In reality, the brown bear is a complex
and fascinating animal deserving of great respect.
The brown bear distinguishes itself from the other ursines by virtue of its
shoulder hump, which is caused by muscles which are used for digging. The color
of the animal varies from a light creamy color through to black. It has a dished
facial profile and very long claws on the front paws. In addition, has a wider
distribution than any of the other bears, and can be found throuhout the world.
The animal has been found in such diverse places as Europe, Japan, North Asia,
the western Canadian provinces, and the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming, and Alaska. This diversity does not limit itself to purely geographical
happenings, as the bear is also found in a great number of different habitats as
well. Brown bears can be found on the plains, in the forests, the tundra, and in
subalpine mountain areas.
At one time, the brown bear could be found throughout the North American
continent. However, excessive hunting and destruction of the animal's habitat
have all but wiped out this majestic creature.
This animal's weight varies widely throughout the course of the year. Some can
even double their weigh between emerging from their dens in the Spring and
returning in the Fall.
The males can weigh anywhere from 300 to 860 pounds, with the females coming in
somewhere between 205 and 455 pounds. The average size of these bears is
difficult to pinpoint, because it seems to depend greatly on the food sources
available.
The island grizzlies of Alaska (Kodiak and Admiralty) are considered the largest
land carnivores in the world, and live on a diet of fish and other rich food.
The inland animals are smaller by some 30%.
Of the browns, people tend to be more familiar with the grizzly bear. This
animal is well known for it's agressive nature, and it is for this reason that
many folks believe it gets its name. Not so! The name "grizzly" comes from the "grizzling"
of its fur, which gives it a lighter color at the tips of hairs.
Brown bears reach sexual maturity somewhere between their 4 1/2 to 7th years.
Females and males mature at approximately the same time, but males often do not
become successful breeders until they are 8-10 years old due to competition with
older, stronger males.
Mating between browns takes place from early May to mid-July Implantation of the
egg in the uterus, however, does not occur until sometime in Oct.-Nov. 1-4 cubs
are born during winter hibernation of the female, with 2 being most common,
sometime between January and March.
The cubs will stay with the sow up to 2 1/2 years, meaning that the female may
only breed about once every 3 years or so. Given that bears generally live only
until they are 20-25 years of age, this does not give very many opportunities to
reproduce.
Like most other bears, the brown bears are longers; with the notable exception
of females with cubs. During the mating season, males and females may pair up
and mate frequently for up to two weeks.
The females require the stimulation of frequent mating before they will ovulate.
While fertile, she may mate with several males, leading to cubs in a litter
which may not all have the same father. This is one of the factors that makes
research into bears more difficult, since paternity is often hard to determine.
The home ranges of bears often overlap. The ranges of males will often intersect
those of several females. Bears will not generally attack other bears which
wander in to their territories.
They will even congregate peacefully in places where food is plentiful such as
garbage dumps and salmon streams. In such places, the big, dominant males will
usually get the choice fishing areas.
Brown bears are technically carnivores, but in practice most of their diet
consists of plant matter such as sedges, grasses, bulbs, seeds, berries, and
roots. They will also eat insects, fish, and small mammals. Some of these bears
have even developed predatory practices on large animals, including moose,
caribou, and elk.
Keith Londrie II is the Webmaster of
bears.about-animals.info A website that specializes in providing information
on bears that you
can research on the internet at your own pace. Please Visit
bears.about-animals.info now!
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