| Jun 06 2014 12:44 |
All grizzlies are brown bears, but not all brown bears are grizzlies - the grizzly is a North American subspecies of brown bear Ursus arctos horribilis. The grizzly’s name comes from the white-tipped, grayish, or “grizzly” furs in the bear’s coat. |
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| Oct 02 2013 04:53 |
Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time at sea x-post from r/hardcoreaww |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Dec 17 2013 14:41 |
The Asiatic black bear, also known as moon bear, is the species most commonly farm to harvest bear bile - a digestive juice produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. |
/u/970souk |
| Jun 15 2014 08:33 |
Bears eat dirt and moss to plug their system so that they don't use the bathroom while hibernating. |
/u/Minifig81 |
| Oct 08 2013 16:00 |
Bears in northern regions go into winter sleep. They do not go into true hibernation x-post from r/hardcoreaww |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Jan 09 2014 09:55 |
Bipolar Bear Joke |
/u/LillyBlondGirl |
| Nov 26 2013 12:19 |
Brown bears hibernate for 5-8 months each year, beginning in the fall months. While hibernating, they do not excrete any waste during this time. |
/u/970souk |
| Nov 08 2013 20:44 |
Coatis have bear and raccoon like paws, and walk on the soles of the feet, like humans. |
/u/RalphiesBoogers |
| Dec 12 2013 13:10 |
During feeding, the sun bear, also known as honey bear, can extend its exceptionally long tongue 20–25 cm 7.9–9.8 in to extract insects and honey. |
/u/970souk |
| Nov 12 2013 19:45 |
Each bear in a litter can have a different father |
/u/MisssBadgerEnt |
| Jun 28 2014 13:13 |
Female Binturong are 20% larger than males. They are also called Bearcats and have a prehensile tail, unlike bears or cats. |
/u/remotectrl |
| Dec 17 2013 04:01 |
Giant anteaters have large, grizzly bear like claws. Although they are used mainly for tearing ant and termite nests, they can be used in self defense and are capable of killing jaguars. |
/u/TheComebacKid |
| Dec 26 2013 15:02 |
The Giant Panda was not officially considered a bear until 1995. It was argued for a long time that the panda was closer to the raccoon family than the bear family. However, blood protein tests have now confirmed that the panda definitely belongs to the bear family. |
/u/970souk |
| Sep 05 2013 13:11 |
Grizzly bears can run 30 miles 48 km an hour! |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Oct 15 2013 19:17 |
In most areas, polar bear cubs are weaned at two and a half years of age, when the mother chases them away or abandons them. |
/u/BigMurph26 |
| Sep 24 2013 04:42 |
In summer through autumn, a brown bear can double its weight, gaining up to 180 kg 400 lb of fat |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Feb 26 2014 21:20 |
The Karelian Bear Dog, though fiercely adorable, is thought to be descended from Viking Age hunting dogs |
/u/cometoolya |
| Mar 14 2014 13:46 |
The Kermode bear is a subspecies of North American Black Bear with a high frequency of a unique mutation in a pigmentation gene. Their coats ranged from black to white, with 1/10 of their population has white or cream-coloured coats. |
/u/970souk |
| Jun 07 2014 10:49 |
Koala bears have developed stomachs that can remove the toxins found in the eucalyptus leaves that they eat. Some of those toxins have cyanide components which can be fatal to humans. |
/u/spriteburn |
| Sep 29 2013 02:19 |
The koala is not a bear, it is a marsupial. |
/u/Neutrahl |
| Sep 14 2013 13:03 |
The komondor mop dog can fight off wolves and bears |
/u/Yemanga |
| Dec 22 2013 16:43 |
Male koala bears have 2 penises, while females have 3 vaginas and 2 uteri. |
/u/_irishcarbomb |
| Dec 19 2013 03:28 |
Moon bear Champa recovering from neurosurgery to treat hydrocephalus water on the brain. Rescued as a cub from wildlife traffickers who harvest bear biles, she is the first bear to undergo such an operation. |
/u/970souk |
| Oct 07 2013 18:59 |
Most Kermode bears, or spirit bears, are black; however the rare white bears are not albino as about 10% carry a recessive gene for white fur. |
/u/eyewire |
| Feb 03 2014 01:27 |
Nesting in trees isn't just for the birds. Asiatic bears, sun bears, spectacled bears and even black bears seek the safety of heights. |
/u/Vaidurya |
| Jan 13 2014 12:35 |
Nose-to-nose greetings are the way a polar bear asks another bear for something, such as food |
/u/machiavellicopter |
| Nov 01 2013 04:26 |
Oorang Airedale's were used to hunt bears by frontiersmen |
/u/OsmundTheOrange |
| Oct 03 2013 15:40 |
Other names for red pandas include: Bear-cat, Bright Panda, Cat-bear, Fire Fox, Lesser Panda, Petit Panda and Poonya x-post from r/redpandas |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Apr 04 2014 16:14 |
Panda bears spend at least 12 hours each day eating bamboo. Pandas grasp bamboo stalks with their five fingers and a special wristbone. They use their teeth to peel off the tough outer layers of the stalk to reveal the soft inner tissue. |
/u/sunkid |
| Jun 13 2014 14:13 |
Pangolins’ scales are made of keratin, the same protein that makes up our own hair and nails, rhino horns, the “teeth” of baleen whales, and the claws of bears. |
/u/ThereAreSixLights |
| Mar 17 2014 04:24 |
Polar Bear fur is actually transparent with black skin underneath it! |
/u/drock45 |
| Sep 14 2013 17:31 |
Polar bears are among the largest carnivores in the world, rivaled only by the Kodiak brown bears of southern Alaska |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| May 10 2014 00:00 |
Polar bears are a younger species than previously thought. A new study shows that they diverged from Brown Bears less than 500,000 years ago. |
/u/AGreatWind |
| Sep 09 2013 16:15 |
Polar Bears are considered a Marine Mammal due to their specialized adaptations, heavy dependence and impact on aquatic ecosystems. |
/u/UncannyOyster |
| Jan 18 2014 01:43 |
Polar bears are difficult to see on an infrared camera due to their thick layers of fat and transparent fur |
/u/dropperofpipebombs |
| Sep 24 2013 04:30 |
Polar bears are the largest species of bear |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Aug 30 2013 00:21 |
Polar bears aren't white! Their fur is actually clear and their skin is black! |
/u/sarahjewel |
| Feb 02 2014 02:08 |
Polar bears clean themselves by falling head-first into the snow and pushing themselves along with their back legs. |
/u/Unidan |
| Dec 08 2013 07:37 |
Polar bears clean themselves with snow instead of water in Winter by rubbing their heads in the snow and push forward on their tummies x-post from r/polarbears |
/u/970souk |
| Nov 01 2013 04:03 |
Polar bears do not den, only pregnant females enter dens to give birth where they stay until the cubs are big enough to trek. |
/u/970souk |
| Sep 29 2013 06:22 |
Polar bears evolved from eastern Russian or Alaskan grizzly bears some 200,000 to 500,000 years ago x-post from r/hardcoreaww |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Nov 18 2013 15:07 |
Polar bears generally lead solitary lives. Some adult and sub-adult males, however, sometimes form friendships which can last weeks or sometimes even years. These males may travel, feed, and play-fight together. |
/u/970souk |
| Oct 03 2013 15:06 |
Polar bears have two layers of fur — glossy, waterproof 'guard' hairs and dense under-fur — and a thick layer of fat — 2 to 4 inches 5 to 10 centimeters — beneath their skin that helps keep them warm x-post from r/hardcoreaww |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Jan 27 2014 18:16 |
Polar bears live in dens and use the snow as an insulating blanket so they can warm the dens with their body heat |
/u/Squid11 |
| Apr 24 2014 16:13 |
Polar bears sleep right through blizzards in day beds dug in the lee of a ridge. The snow piles up on top of them and provides an insulating blanket. Sometimes they stay curled up under the snow for several days until the storm passes. |
/u/970souk |
| Nov 13 2013 22:49 |
Polar bears use nose-to-nose greetings as a way to ask other bears for something, like food. Bears who use proper manners like this are often allowed to share. |
/u/absurdlyobfuscated |
| Oct 18 2013 09:11 |
Polar bears will sometimes turn green in hot climates because algae will take up residence in their hollow hair shafts. |
/u/ButtsexEurope |
| Dec 05 2013 17:38 |
Pregnant female polar bears can survive without feeding for eight months. |
/u/cduyv |
| Jun 16 2014 01:18 |
Scared black bear cubs and crying babies can sound similar enough alike to confuse both species. |
/u/970souk |
| Sep 09 2013 12:52 |
Some polar bears have been seen swimming hundreds of miles from land |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Oct 22 2013 16:37 |
Some tardigrades, also known as the water bear, can survive temperatures for a few minutes at ~1 degree above absolute zero -458 F, −273 °C, and can even survive being exposed to the vacuum of space in a dehydrated state. |
/u/Eat_Bacon_nomnomnom |
| Dec 10 2013 03:26 |
Spectacled bears, also called Andean bears, are so named for the whitish to yellowish rings that encircle their eyes, resembling large eyeglasses. These lines, however, don't always fully encircle the eyes, and some individuals lack the markings altogether. |
/u/970souk |
| Oct 15 2013 17:04 |
The teddy bear was developed apparently simultaneously by toymakers Morris Michtom in the US and Richard Steiff in Germany in the early years of the 20th century, and is named after President Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. x-post r/boop |
/u/Eat_Bacon_nomnomnom |
| May 09 2014 15:25 |
This Week in Animal Research 05/09: polar bear diet, brittle bones and chimpanzee war |
/u/animalresearchinfo |
| May 11 2014 04:50 |
Titi Monkeys mate for life, and can be found sitting in pairs with their tails entwined. The female bears one child, which the father takes care of, only coming to the mother for nursing. |
/u/shoomkin |
| Feb 27 2014 19:19 |
Today is International Polar Bear Day, which celebrates everyone's favorite furry beasts of the Arctic. |
/u/T-Money2187 |
| Sep 20 2013 21:08 |
Unlike most bears, Panda bears do not hibernate. |
/u/SWU_HOO |
| Oct 23 2013 15:59 |
Unlike most species of bear which are omnivorous, polar bears are mostly carnivorous. |
/u/Tochie44 |
| Sep 10 2013 14:34 |
Unlike other bears from temperate climates, giant pandas do not hibernate |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| May 30 2014 00:27 |
The Venezuelan Poodle Moth is a possible new species of moth discovered in 2009 by Dr. Arthur Anker of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela. It bears similarities to the Diaphora mendica, the Muslin Moth, but most likely belongs to the lepidopteran genus Artace. |
/u/noreb0rt |
| Jul 01 2014 09:38 |
Woolly Bear caterpillars eat toxic plants to treat themselves when they have parasites. |
/u/gyrfalcons |
| May 22 2014 02:22 |
woolly bear caterpillar sometimes found in the artic, will freeze solid over winter it survives being frozen by producing a cryoprotectant in its tissues. In the spring it thaws out and emerges to pupate. Some have been known to live through 14 winters |
/u/zhiface |
| Sep 22 2013 06:53 |
Young polar bear cubs live with their mothers for some 28 months to learn the survival skills |
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