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标题: American black bears [打印本页]

作者: 幽幽草    时间: 2007-4-18 17:17     标题: American black bears

American black bears appear in a variety of colors despite their name. In the eastern part of their range most of these brown red or even yellow coats. To the north the black bear is actually gray or white in color. Even in the same litter both brown and black furred bears may be born.

  Black bears are the smallest of all American bears ranging in length from five to six feet weighing from three hundred to five hundred pounds Their eyes and ears are small and their eyesight and hearing are not as good as their sense of smell.

  Like all bears the black bear is timid clumsy and rarely dangerous but if attacked most can climb trees and cover ground at great speeds. When angry or frightened it is a formidable enemy.

  Black bears feed on leaves herbs. Fruit berries insects fish and even larger animals. One of the most interesting characteristics of bears including the black bear is their winter sleep. Unlike squirrels woodchucks and many other woodland animals bears do not actually hibernate. Although the bear does not during the winter moths sustaining itself from body fat its temperature remains almost normal and it breathes regularly four or five times per minute.

  Most black bears live alone except during mating season. They prefer to live in caves hollow logs or dense thickets. A little of one to four cubs is born in January or February after a gestation period of six to nine months and they remain with their mother until they are fully grown or about one and a half years old. Black bears can live as long as thirty years in the wild and even longer in game preserves set aside for them.




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