bear, n.Trivia

Nests are not just for the birds --- Some bears build nests in trees to sunbathe and rest

Bears require difference defense stragies based on kind. Rember this rhyme: "If it’s brown, lie down. If it’s black, fight back. If it’s white, say goodnight."

Beavers were once the size of bears.

Grizzly bears can hibernate up to 7 ½ months. This means no eating, drinking, urinating, or defecating.

Siberian bears have been known to dig up dead bodies for food, using cemeteries as refrigerators.

a man, Chase Dellwo, survived a Grizzly bear attack by shoving his arm down the bears throat. While being attacked in Great Falls Montana, Dellwo remembered an article his grandmother gave him about bears having bad gag reflexes.

Lord Byron, kept a pet bear in his dormitory while studying at Cambridge.

Grizzly bears run as fast as the average horse.

Bears, after hibernation, are typically 25% lighter.

Bears have 42 teeth

Grizzly bears cons me up to 20,000 calories a day.

The teddy bear is named after Theodore Roosevelt who refused to shoot at a bear tied to a tree during a bear-hunting trip

Theodore Roosevelt’s kids had a pet bear, badger, and hyena in the White House

A grizzly bear's bite can crush a bowling ball

Bears don't pee while hibernating. Instead, their bodies turn urine into protein and use it for sustenance.

Americans are more likely to be killed by deer than by sharks, bears, and gators combined.