/r/bears
This is the home to all eight species of bears - American Black Bears, Brown Bears, Polar Bears, Asiatic Black (Moon) Bears, Sun Bears, Sloth Bears, Giant Pandas, and Spectacled (Andean) Bears.
"Bears are made of the same dust as we, and breathe the same winds and drink of the same waters. A bear's days are warmed by the same sun, his dwellings are overdomed by the same blue sky, and his life turns and ebbs with heart-pulsings like ours, and was poured from the same First Fountain. And whether he at last goes to our stingy heaven or no, he has terrestrial immortality. His life not long, not short, knows no beginning, no ending."
This is the home to all eight species of bears - American Black Bears, Brown Bears, Polar Bears, Asiatic Black (Moon) Bears, Sun Bears, Sloth Bears, Giant Pandas, and Spectacled (Andean) Bears.
Be excellent to one another, be respectful, be kind, be one with the bears.
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Six species of bears are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List, even the least concern species, Brown Bears, are at risk of extirpation in some countries.
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Next month a friend and I will be going to Alaska and making our way out to a back country cabin along the coast. There will be both black and brown bears in the area, they should be just starting to come out of hibernation. When we’re cooking/eating is it safe to do so inside the cabin or should we still follow the whole cook and store your foods 100 yards away rule that you would with tent camping?
Kodiak bears are so big because there are hella salmon on their island, plus they only “evolved” 12,000 years ago.
Are Kodiak bears just insanely well fed grizzlies and we gave them a different name bc of their seemingly unnatural size?
Teenager-that-just-woke-up looking ass.
I need help!
I need to come up with some possible research titles for my Masters.
Context:
I was thinking something geared toward human/wildlife conflict, or toward the ecology of the bears in that context .e.g. distribution patterns in relation to the towns and farms.
ANY IDEAS would be super helpful. the masters is only 8 months long, so I can’t be too ambitious. a simple, solid question with simple methodology and a strong answer is best.
THANK YOU !!!
If I was a bear, I would grab the biggest fish I could out of the river and eat them. Just like a fat man eats twinkies. I would try to set the world record for most fish eaten in a day.
So Im in south east Va, and right now its in the 60s in the day and 30s or 20s, and its mid February. At night around 7 or 8 I go outside for a little bit and I hear what sounds like big branches breaking like a bear is walking around or something, this is my first time hearing something like that, and its coming from the woods about 100 yards away I think. I assume its a bear, Ive seen bear poop around and Ive heard people say that theyve seen one or two arund before but I never have. Could it be bears?
(I wasent able to post this in r/nature or r/wildlife so Im sorry if this is the wrong sub).
I'm planning a trip to the park, but am wondering if the animals have it good there - so if I should support the park or not.
When I search for "animal wellfare Bearizona" a bunch of headline from 10 years ago come up. One source, e.g., states:
"Bearizona’s problems include:
· In 2017, the USDA cited for Bearizona for improper storage of food and bedding and repeated failure to maintain enclosure in good repair to protect animals from injury and/or escape.[iv]
· In 2016, the USDA issued an Official Warning against Bearizona for causing an animal trauma and harm, for failing to provide adequate veterinary care, and for an enclosure in disrepair.[v]
· In 2016, the USDA issued a critical citation against Bearizona for insufficient perimeter fencing after an animal, presumably a cougar, entered the facility and killed a Dall lamb. In an earlier inspection, the USDA cited Bearizona for a handling violation after a Dall sheep was killed by a male goat after an employee left a gate open.[vi]
· In 2015, the USDA cited Bearizona for failure to dispose of expired medications, enclosures in disrepair that could cause injury to animals, and filthy drinking water.[vii]
· In 2014, Bearizona was cited repeatedly by the USDA for failure to provide adequate veterinary care to sick animals.[viii],[ix]
· In 2014, Bearizona in Arizona was cited by the USDA for allowing an unqualified employee to administer anesthesia to an otter"
https://911animalabuse.com/bearizona-sean-and-dennis-casey/ (a reliable source?)
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My sister has a few young kids (4 yo to 8 yo) who absolutely love everything about bears. For most kids this would be the dinosaurs faze, but for them it is bears. If they loved dinosaurs I wold get them a book like this
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Dinosaurs-illustrations-photographs/dp/B00B1L92D8
Full of pictures and (a few) words about each dinosaur. Is there a similar book but for bears?
Sergei Savostyanov (Getty Images)