BEARS
Mammal      -     Vertebrate      -     Omnivore 
Polar Bears are carnivores
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BLACK BEAR CUB
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POLAR BEAR WITH CUBS
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GIANT PADA WITH CUB
Male:  Boar, He-Bear
Female:  Sow
Young:  Cub
BEARS
  • There are eight different species of bears:
           -    The Polar Bear
           -    The Brown Bear
           -    The American Black Bear
           -    The Asiatic Black Bear
           -    The Spectacled Bear
           -    The Sun Bear
           -    The Sloth Bear
  • Eat plants, animals, fungi and insects.  
  • Live in forests and woods.
  • Have 42 teeth.
  • The Black Bear can be found in the United States.  
  • The Asiatic Black Bear is found in Asia.
  • The Brown Bear can be found in Eurasia and Canada.
  • The Brown Bear will put on about 30 pounds a week before hibernating.
  • Bears whose brow fur is tipped with lighter-coloured hairs are called grizzly bears.
  • Can sense food from 18 miles away.
  • Have a bite that is strong enough to crush a bowling ball.
  • Black Bears are always born in January.

Panda Bears
  • The Giant Panda Bear likes to eat fish, but will also prey on wounded and injured animals 
  • Panda Bears live in China.
  • A newborn Panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.
  • If twin Pandas are born, the mother chooses only one to raise.  
  • Has a lifespan of approximately 20 years in the wild - 25-30 years in captivity.
  • Newborn Giant Pandas weight less than a cup of tea.
  • Spend 12 hours a day eating bamboo.
  • In China, killing a Panda is punishable by death.
  • The two Pandas in Edinburgh Zoo eat £40,000 worth a food a year.
  • Red Pandas east bamboo shoot, roots, fruits, acorns, insects, birds' eggs and other small animals.
  • Red Pandas use their bushy tails as blankets to help keep warm.
  • Can stand upright.
  • Are excellent climbers and often take shelter in hollow trees and rock crevices.
Polar Bears
  • Are carnivores and eat seals and fish.
  • Mother Polar Bears are too busy to eat for eight months after their cubs are born.
  • Are descended from brown bears that lived in Ireland over 10,000 years ago.
  • Can smell a human or a seal from 20 miles away.
  • Can swim 60 miles without stopping.
  • All Polar Bears are left handed.
  • Have black skins.
  • Can be found in the Arctic.
  • The cubs cannot sea or hear for the first month after birth.
  • The average age of a Polar Bear in the wild is 17 years.
  • Under their white coats, the Polar Bears have a black skin.
  • Two-thirds of the world's Polar Bears live in Canada.
  • Cannot be seen by using night vision equipment.
  • Are the biggest land predator.
  • Eat dolphins and freeze the leftovers.
Sloth Bears
  • Lives in the forests of South Asia.
  • Has am extremely shaggy black coat and a cream-coloured snout.
  • Eats mainly at night.
  • Is a busy and noisy bear and grunts and snorts as it pulls down branches to get the fruit, dig for termites or snuffle under debris for grubs and beetles.
  • Threats to the Sloth Bears are wild dogs, tigers and leopards.
Sun Bears
  • Are the smallest of the bear species.
  • Have the longest tongue - about 18 inches long.
  • Chews wood with large canine teeth.
  • The male has shorter fur than the female.
  • The baby will stay with its mother for about 2 years.
  • Main predators are tigers and pythons.
  • Bark.
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POLAR BEAR CUB
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SLOTH BEAR
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BROWN BEAR