Bear Facts

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• Bears are found in northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

• The scientific name for the brown bear is Ursus arctos.

• Male brown bears average about 700 pounds (318 kilograms). Females average about 350 pounds (159 kilograms).
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  Bears can run up to 40 miles per hour.

• Bears, eat mostly vegetation. They supplement their diets with the meat of fish and small mammals.

• A bear may chow down on 90 pounds (40 kilograms) of food each day.

• Bears live as long as 30 years in the wild.

• Most bears are born without fur. Only polar bears and giant pandas are born with thin fur.

• Unlike many mammals, bears can see in color.

• Like people, all bears except pandas walk by putting their feet flat on the ground.

• Most bears have 42 teeth, which is about 10 more than people have.

• Not all bears hibernate.

• During hibernation, a bear does not defecate. Its body can somehow recycle body waste into protein.

• Spectacled bears are the only wild bears that live in South America.

• The Sun bear is the smallest of the bears and is about the size of a large dog.

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