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- The 7 species of bear are an offshoot of
dog like ancestors.
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- Bear's teeth lack the shearing blades of
those of cats and dogs.
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- Male and female bears look alike.
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- Bears are large, sturdily built animals,
with big heads, short limbs and exceptionally short tails. They
have flat, 5 toed feet with long curving claws.
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- In cold, winter weather, many bears undergo
a period of torpor; this winter sleep is not true hibernation,
since temperature and respiration rate do not fall drastically,as
they do in true hibernators.
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- A grizzly bear's diet changes at different
times of the year, depending on what is available, Small mammmals,
fish and insects are popular, and plants are a healthy extra.
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- The smallest bear is the Sun Bear.
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