"Polar bear The polar bear (""Ursus maritimus"") is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approximately the same size as the omnivorous Kodiak bear (""Ursus arctos middendorffi""). A boar (adult male) weighs around , while a sow (adult female) is about half that size. Although it is the sister species of the brown bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice and open water,"
"have even been recorded to feed in small groups at abundant food sources. Males are reported to have an average home range of during the wet season and during the dry season. Females are reported to have an average home range of in the wet season and in the dry season. When encountered by humans or other spectacled bears, they will react in a docile but cautious manner, unless the intruder is seen as a threat or a mother's cubs are endangered. Like other bears, mothers are protective of their young and have attacked poachers. There is only a single"
"to her offspring. Female bears are very defensive of their young, devoting, on their own without any participation of the male bear, many years of their lives just to raise their cubs and teach them to hunt, hence the term ""mama bear"" to refer to extremely reactive and protective mothers of humans, particularly those who do this without paternal care. While solo bears will usually retreat, a mother bear protecting her cubs is mostly likely to attack any sudden threat. Black bears present something of an exception to this, however, as mother black bears sometimes urge their cubs to climb"
"if available, when they see a strange male bear, and the mother often successfully defends them, even though the male may be twice as heavy as she, although females have been known to lose their lives in these confrontations. The brown bear is a naturally long-lived animal. Wild females have been observed reproducing up to 28 years of age, which is the oldest known age for reproduction of any ursid in the wild. The peak reproductive age for females ranges from 4 to 20 years old. The lifespan of brown bears of both sexes within minimally hunted populations is estimated"
"urea. Female bears give birth during the hibernation period, and are roused when doing so. Bears do not have many predators. The most important are humans, and as they started cultivating crops, they increasingly came in conflict with the bears that raided them. Since the invention of firearms, people have been able to kill bears with greater ease. Felids like the tiger may also prey on bears, particularly cubs, which may be also be threatened by canids. Bears are parasitized by eighty species of parasites, including single-celled protozoans and gastro-intestinal worms, and nematodes and flukes in their heart, liver, lungs"
"Ungnyeo Ungnyeo (웅녀 / 熊女), Sino-Korean for ""bear woman,"" was a bear that became a woman. She was featured prominently in the creation myth of the Korean nation. In the tale, a tiger and a bear (Ungnyeo) lived together in a cave and prayed to the divine king Hwanung to be made human. Hwanung heard their prayers and gave them 20 cloves of garlic, a bundle of mugwort and ordered them to stay out of the sunlight and eat only this food for 100 days. Due to hunger, the tiger left the cave after roughly 20 days, but the bear"
"females each year. Despite their lack of traditional territorial behavior, adult males can seem to have a ""personal zone"" in which other bears are not tolerated if they are seen. Males always wander further than females due to both increasing access to females and food sources while females are advantaged by smaller territories in part since it decreases the likelihood of encounters with male bears who may endanger their cubs. In areas where food is abundant and concentrated, such as coastal Alaska, home ranges for females are up to and for males are up to . Similarly, in British Columbia,"
"Bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. Bears are found on the continents of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Common characteristics of modern bears include large bodies with stocky legs, long snouts, small rounded ears, shaggy hair, plantigrade paws with five nonretractile claws, and short tails. While the polar bear is mostly carnivorous, and the giant panda feeds almost entirely"
"regions. In parts of northeastern Canada, especially Labrador, American black bears have adapted exclusively to semi-open areas that are more typical habitat in North America for brown bears (likely due to the absence here of brown and polar bears, as well as other large carnivore species). The skulls of American black bears are broad, with narrow muzzles and large jaw hinges. In Virginia, the total length of adult bear skulls was found to average . Across its range, the greatest skull length for the species has been reportedly measured from . Females tend to have slenderer and more pointed faces"
"is a head-and-body length of and a shoulder height of . The tail is relatively short, as in all bears, ranging from in length. The smallest brown bears, females during spring among barren-ground populations, can weigh so little as to roughly match the body mass of males of the smallest living bear species, the sun bear (""Helarctos malayanus""), while the largest coastal populations attain sizes broadly similar to those of the largest living bear species, the polar bear. Interior brown bears are generally smaller than is often perceived, being around the same weight as an average lion, at an estimate"
"their reproductive success. Since bears are sexually dimorphic, sexual conflict is a primary driving force behind sexual selection influencing intra-sexual and inter-sexual competition. Unlike more social species bears, being solitary mammals, have wide-ranging habitats to locate potential mates. Due to the asynchrony of oestrous phases and lengthy parental care by females, bear populations are usually male-biased, meaning that females are more choosy and males are more competitive. Intra-sexual selection is then characterized by male-male competitions influenced by female mate choice. Mating seasons fluctuate based on species dependent on geographical location. American black bears ""(Ursus amercanus)"", brown bears ""(Ursus arctos)"" and"
"longer seasonal and event related messages. It is even possible for customers to personalise their bears. The bears are particularly popular amongst females in the 10–30 age group although they are also designed to be romantic gifts for people of all ages as they can be considered 'cute'. Due to this they are becoming collectors items, similar to Steiff and Beanie Baby toys. Indeed, there are even annual Tatty Teddy national collectors events. Several special edition and limited edition bears have also been produced, enhancing the collectible nature of the toys, which see the bear dressed in different costumes including"
"time, the girls were known as ""arktoi"", or little she-bears. A myth explaining this servitude states that a bear had formed the habit of regularly visiting the town of Brauron, and the people there fed it, so that, over time, the bear became tame. A girl teased the bear, and, in some versions of the myth, it killed her, while, in other versions, it clawed out her eyes. Either way, the girl's brothers killed the bear, and Artemis was enraged. She demanded that young girls ""act the bear"" at her sanctuary in atonement for the bear's death. Virginal Artemis was"
"days. After mating, they return to their solitary lives. Females reach sexual maturity at age 3–4 and males reach sexual maturity at age 4–5, usually one year later than females. Mating is usually from June to August and pregnancy lasts for 6–7 months. Thus, wild females usually give birth between December and the following February. Each birth produces 1–3 cubs. Cubs will be nursed by mother for about six months. When they are strong enough to leave the den, bear cubs will remain with the mother for approximately two years, until the mother enters the next cycle of estrus and"
"for a little over a year. As they grow older, females become fertile and sexually mature at around age three, allowing reproduction early in the mother's life. These bears mature very quickly and develop a very good sense of hearing and smell, which will help them find food and roam their environment. In contrast, the eye-sight of the Marsican Brown Bear is rather ordinary, or average. As they start to grow, they turn to eating more of a plant based diet including: grass, fruit, berries, etc. Because they are omnivores, it is a common pattern seen with this specific species"
"and size, as well as the counter-strategies of females, including sexually selected infanticide and cryptic female choice. Ursus (genus) Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bears, the polar bear, black bears and ""Ursus thibetanus"", the Asiatic black bear. The name is derived from the Latin ""ursus"", meaning ""bear"". A hybrid between grizzly bears and polar bears has also been recorded. Known commonly as a pizzly, prizzly, or grolar bear, the official name is simply ""grizzly–polar bear hybrid"". The mating systems within the genus ""Ursus"" are primarily classified as polygynous, polyandrous and"
"Himalayan brown bear The Himalayan brown bear (""Ursus arctos isabellinus""), also known as the Himalayan red bear, isabelline bear or Dzu-Teh, is a subspecies of the brown bear and is known from northern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, northern India, west China and Nepal. It is the largest mammal in the region, males reaching up to long while females are a little smaller. These bears are omnivorous and hibernate in a den during the winter. Although present in a number of protected areas, they are becoming increasingly rare because of loss of suitable habitat and hunting by humans, and have become ""critically"
"Bear (novel) Bear is a novel by Canadian author Marian Engel, published in 1976. It won the Governor General's Literary Award the same year. It is Engel's fifth novel, and her most famous. The story tells of a lonely librarian in northern Ontario who enters into a sexual relationship with a bear. The book has been called ""the most controversial novel ever written in Canada"". The book was Engel's fifth novel, and her sixth piece of published writing. Engel studied under author Hugh MacLennan, finishing her Master's of Arts at McGill University in Montreal in 1957. Her first novel, ""No"
"of temperate and arctic climates, as they build up fat reserves in the summer and autumn and lose weight during the winter. Bears are generally bulky and robust animals with short tails. They are sexually dimorphic with regard to size, with males typically being larger. Larger species tend to show increased levels of sexual dimorphism in comparison to smaller species. Relying as they do on strength rather than speed, bears have relatively short limbs with thick bones to support their bulk. The shoulder blades and the pelvis are correspondingly massive. The limbs are much straighter than those of the big"
"bear in North America, although the exact parameters of its body size are not known today. Bears from the Syrian (""U. a. syriacus"") subspecies will reportedly weigh around in adulthood. The Himalayan brown bear (""U. a. isabellinus"") is another rival for smallest subspecies, in Pakistan this subtype averages about in females and in males. Himalayan brown bear females were cited with an average head-and-body length of merely . Brown bears of the compact Gobi Desert population, which is not usually listed as a distinct subspecies in recent decades, weigh around between the sexes, so are similar in weight to bears"
"located in Ely, Minnesota, is home to the world's largest captive male and female American black bears. Ted, the male, weighed in the fall of 2006. Honey, the female, weighed in the fall of 2007. The fur is soft, with dense underfur and long, coarse, thick guard hairs. The fur is not as shaggy or coarse as that of brown bears. American black bear skins can be distinguished from those of Asian black bears by the lack of a white blaze on the chest and hairier footpads. Despite their name, American black bears show a great deal of color variation."
"an oafish, bumbling carpenter; wise Mama Bear, a housewife and perfectionist; and their children, Brother Bear (originally Small Bear), and later additions Sister Bear and Honey Bear. Sister Bear was introduced in the 1974 book ""The Berenstain Bears' New Baby"" in response to requests from female readers. Honey Bear's imminent arrival was announced in early 2000 in ""The Birds, the Bees, and the Berenstain Bears"", along with a reader contest to name the new bear; her birth was featured later that year in ""The Berenstain Bears and Baby Makes Five"". Stories about the bears generally follow a basic formula, so"
"averaged and adult females averaged per one study. In Yellowstone National Park, a population study found that adult males averaged and adult females averaged . In New York, the two sexes reportedly average and , respectively. Adults typically range from in head-and-body length, and in shoulder height. The typically small tail is long. Although they are the smallest bear species in North America, large males exceed the size of other bear species, except the brown bear and the polar bear. The biggest wild American black bear ever recorded was a male from New Brunswick, shot in November 1972, that weighed"
"Bärenmädchen von Krupina The Bärenmädchen von Krupina ('Bear Girl of Krupina') (flourit 1767), was a feral child discovered in the mountains of Hungarian Krupina in 1767. She was referred to as ""Puella Karpfensis"". In 1767, people from Hont County stalked a bear to a cave in the mountains, where they discovered a naked girl. She was described as having been about eighteen years old, with brown skin, appeared frightened and a had a wild manner. She reportedly lived only on raw meet, as a feral child. She was forcibly taken from the cave and brought to Krupina, where she was"
"most a thin layer of hair, relying on their mother for warmth. The milk of the female bear is rich in fat and antibodies and cubs may suckle for up to a year after they are born. By 2–3 months, cubs can follow their mother outside the den. They usually follow her on foot, but sloth bear cubs may ride on their mother's back. Male bears play no role in raising young. Infanticide, where an adult male kills the cubs of another, has been recorded in polar bears, brown bears and American black bears but not in other species. Males"
"kill young to bring the female into oestrus. Cubs may flee and the mother defends them even at the cost of her life. In some species, offspring may become independent around the next spring, through some may stay until the female successfully mates again. Bears reach sexual maturity shortly after they disperse; at around 3–6 years depending on the species. Male Alaskan brown bears and polar bears may continue to grow until they are 11 years old. Lifespan may also vary between species. The brown bear can live an average of 25 years. Bears of northern regions, including the American"
"paternal blood line as the Chensin(天神, The God of sky) and the mother line as the JIsin(地神, The God of ground). As a result, Ungnyeo is regarded as a type of totem deified by Dangun()'s mother lineage. On the other hand, The bear itself has religious implications. The bear is the god of the land and symbolizes the uterus that produces products in farming culture. Thus, bears are interpreted female predominantly. Ungnyeo is also interpreted as a kind of female god. Ungnyeo Ungnyeo (웅녀 / 熊女), Sino-Korean for ""bear woman,"" was a bear that became a woman. She was featured"
"or spirit bear, as British Columbia's official animal. It was adopted as such in April of that year. A male Kermode bear can reach or more, females are much smaller with a maximum weight of . Straight up, it stands tall. Fewer than 400 Kermode bears are estimated to exist in the coast area that stretches from Southeast Alaska southwards to the northern tip of Vancouver Island; about 120 inhabit the large Princess and Prince Royal Island. The largest concentration of the white bears inhabits Gribbell Island, in the territory of the Gitga'ata people. The bear's habitat was potentially under"
"the bear's name was almost forbidden to say, so many euphemisms were developed. The most usual Finnish word for bear in modern language, ""karhu"", is just one of the many euphemisms, and it means ""rough fur."" Among the many names of bear ""otso"" is probably the original ""real"" name, as suggested by the wide spread of the word otso and related words among many of the Uralic languages. Many euphemisms for bear are local. Many water birds were holy for Finns and other Uralic peoples. They were often depicted on petroglyphs. It was believed that if you killed a water"
"than males. Their claws are typically black or grayish-brown. The claws are short and rounded, being thick at the base and tapering to a point. Claws from both hind and front legs are almost identical in length, though the foreclaws tend to be more sharply curved. The paws of the species are relatively large, with a rear foot length of , which is proportionately larger than other medium-sized bear species, but much smaller than the paws of large adult brown, and especially polar, bears. The soles of the feet are black or brownish and are naked, leathery and deeply wrinkled."
"imprisoned in a lunatic asylum. Bärenmädchen von Krupina The Bärenmädchen von Krupina ('Bear Girl of Krupina') (flourit 1767), was a feral child discovered in the mountains of Hungarian Krupina in 1767. She was referred to as ""Puella Karpfensis"". In 1767, people from Hont County stalked a bear to a cave in the mountains, where they discovered a naked girl. She was described as having been about eighteen years old, with brown skin, appeared frightened and a had a wild manner. She reportedly lived only on raw meet, as a feral child. She was forcibly taken from the cave and brought"
"and with apparent far more pronounced size sexual dimorphism. They are high at the shoulder, and have a body length of . Besides being smaller than males, females reportedly typically have more fur between their shoulders. Sloth bear muzzles are thick and long, with small jaws and bulbous snouts with wide nostrils. They have long lower lips which can be stretched over the outer edge of their noses, and lack upper incisors, thus allowing them to suck up large numbers of insects. The premolars and molars are smaller than in other bears, as they do not chew as much vegetation."
"The species typically has distinctive beige or ginger-coloured markings across its face and upper chest, though not all spectacled bears have ""spectacle"" markings. The pattern and extent of pale markings are slightly different on each individual bear, and bears can be readily distinguished by this. Males are a third larger than females in dimensions and sometimes twice their weight. Males can weigh from , and females can weigh from . Head-and-body length can range from , though mature males do not measure less than . On average males weigh about and females average about , thus it rivals the polar"