ANIMALS – Whether you want to cuddle a panda or run away from a grizzly, there’s a whole lot to know about bears…
The polar bear is the largest land carnivore.
The polar bear may spend a large part of its time in the water, but it is the largest land carnivore, far ahead of the Kodiak bear, a subspecies of the brown bear. At 680 kg and 3 m tall when on its hind legs, the polar bear wins by a wide margin…
The Malayan sun bear has teeth the size of a tiger’s.
Although it is the smallest of the bears, the Malayan sun bear has the largest canines. They are up to 12 cm long and are also much flatter.
Females can give birth while sleeping
If a female grizzly bear is pregnant when she enters hibernation, she will give birth while she is asleep. This will not wake her up, however, and the pups will nurse on their mother until she wakes up.
Females must gain weight to successfully conceive
When a female carries young for the first time, the development of the embryo stops for several months so that the birth falls at a favorable time. During this time, the female must gain enough weight for the pregnancy to take hold and the embryo to develop. If she does not succeed, her co(…) - 20minutes
