10. Bears are Really Fast
Bears are extremely fast and brown bears can reach the speed of 30 mph.
The top speed clocked for a bear was 40 mph.
Source: NationalGeographic.com
9. Bears Give Birth While Hibernating
A pregnant bear hibernating delivers its cub while in hibernation.
The tiny cub knows to nurse from its mother the first few months until spring, when mother bear wakes up!
Source: BestFunFacts.com
8. Polar Bears are Often Regarded as Marine Animals
Polar bears have been spotted 200 miles from land.
They find food by following ice flows & tracking the migration of seals.
Source:PolarBearsInternational.org
7. Grizzly Bears Love Eating Moose & Elks
Grizzlies have been blamed in the decline of elk in Yellowstone Park when gray wolves initially blamed.
In Denali National Park and Yellowstone, grizzly bears may kill as much as 51% of the calves born each year.
Source: Alaska.gov
6. Bears Can Eat a Lot of Fish
A Kamchatka brown bear can catch around 90 pounds of fish each day.
The Kamchatka brown bear is the largest bear in Eurasia, weighing up to1433 pounds.
Source: wcsrussia.org
5. Bear Have Great Memories
A grizzly's memory is so sharp that he can remember where they encountered a certain food 10 years earlier.
Bears remember familiar animals for years, recognizing them and identifying their social status.
Source: PBS.org
4. Bears Don't Live Long
The average lifespan of an American black bear in the wild is 18 years.
The record age is 31 years in the wild and 44 years in captivity.
Source: Wikipedia.com
3. There are no Bears in Africa, Australia or Antarctica
Although bears do not currently live in Africa, bear fossils have been found there.
Scientists are unsure why bears do not live in Africa today.
Source: Bears (Amazing Animal Hunters).
2. Pandas are Bears
In the 1970s, it was confirmed that the giant panda was a member of the bear family.
The panda is known for its 'thumb', a modified wrist bone that enables it to grasp bamboo.
Source:eol.org
1. You can Eat Bear for 1 Million Dollars
In 2010, Anar Mammadov, worth millions, ordered a dancing bear be slaughtered and grilled.
The restaurant asked for $1.2 million dollars. Mammadov, whose family is worth hundreds of millions, paid and ate the bear.
Source: azerireport.com
Title: Top 10 Awesome Fun Facts About Bears
Published on May 21, 2014
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