Bear: 13 Furry Facts

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      A bear is a large shaggy beast of prey closely allied to the dog in structure and having many features in common with the badgers, weasels and skunks.

13 Furry Bear Facts:

1. Bears have massive heads, extended narrow jaws and large teeth.
2. The body appears more bulky than it really is, because of the looseness of the skin, the length of the coarse fur, the stumpy tail and the comparative shortness of the legs.
3. The limbs are furnished with long and powerful claws for use in digging, fighting and climbing trees. The senses of hearing and smell are very well developed.
4. Bears are clumsy in their movements; yet they can run rapidly, and most of them climb trees or scramble over rocks with remarkable speed.
5. They usually make their home in some cave or crevice among rocks, or in hollow trees. 
6. There, in the early spring, the young ones, usually two in number, are born.
7. Each bear family usually keeps pretty well to itself, instead of hunting in packs as the wolves do.
8. Bears will eat nearly all kinds of food.
9. They are fond of fruits, berries, herbs, roots, eggs, ants and honey. They capture and devour small animals in the woods and often raid human settlements in search of young pigs, calves, colts and sheep.
10. Almost all bears eat fish and reptiles, and some species live almost entirely on fish.
11. The pelt of bears were much valued for furs, overcoats and rugs at one time
12. The flesh was used for food in many parts of the world.
13. Bear fat and claws are not only valuable but illegal due to the threat of extinction.

Learn More About Bears from The Web:

• All the Different Types of Bears
• Differences Between Grizzly, Brown, and Kodiak Bears
• California wants its grizzly bears back
• Nora's second chance, study polar bear data

Craft Bears:

• The Three Bears Silhouettes (template)
• Fairy Friends Paper Cuts (templates)
• Rigmarole and illustrated bear poem page for your scrapbooks