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What kind of bear is best?
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."
What kind of bear is best?
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.
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Information
- Bears of the World
- Bear Smart at Home
- Travelling in Bear Country
- Staying Safe Around Bears
- Video: Staying Safe in Bear Country
- How to Use Bear Spray
Did You Know?
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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Bear Subreddits
- BearAttacks
- BearCubGifs
- BearWithAView
- BearsDoingHumanThings
- BearJokes
- BearsWaving
- GrizzlyBears
- Panda
- PolarBears
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Bear Cubs In A Tree [@bodkinsbestphotography][4K][Vancouver][OC]
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Momma black bear and her babies
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Black or griz and why?
22:59 UTC
Does this look like a grizzly or brown black bear to you?
EDIT: Case closed! It's almost certainly a cinnamon black bear standing with one shoulder elevated.
This is the picture in question (and the 4 following it).
I was scrolling through pictures on Flickr, when I noticed that picture was taken at Crane Flats in Yosemite National Park in 2010.
To my understanding, black bears are the only officially recognized bear in the area, and have been for nearly a century... so I'd normally just chalk it up to a brown black bear, but the pronounced shoulder hump makes me second guess that thought.
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Kodiak Brown Bear looking all around for more berries [OC]
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Is this a bear paw footprint?
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New photo of the tiny cub at Black Bear Rescue Manitoba. Now 5ish weeks old
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Adorable young Kodiak Brown Bear enjoying a snack [OC]
19:59 UTC
Is this the work of a black bear? Taken in Angeles National Forest in South California.
20:08 UTC
Found this in the woods in Tuscaloosa, AL. Could it belong to a bear?
02:49 UTC
3 legged bear came for a visit.
02:06 UTC
Carpathian brown bear last summer in the mountains of Romania
00:24 UTC
Spectacled Bear climbed a tree to look at service dog
19:09 UTC
Black or Grizzly Bear
Can anyone identify the type of bears in this video? We saw these in Glacier National Park last summer. Others viewing called them grizzly bears, however their body / face shape appears more indicative of black bears. Possibly the third (last) bear in the video could be a grizzly? That one appears to have a shoulder hump. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
18:26 UTC
Boop! Happy Friday everyone!
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Carpathian brown bear last summer in the mountains of Romania
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Bear Reel
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Fascinating - grizzly outsmarts an electric deterrent setup.
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This picture I took of a bear in a zoo last year.
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Beautiful kodiak brown bear❤️
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