Brown
Bear
(Ursus
a. arctos) |
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Family:
Bear
Habitation: o
large parts of Eurasia and North America. o
European Brown Bear had been in Middle Europe earlier, at present
we can encounter this animal only in North Scandinavia, East
Europe, Pyrenees, Abruzzo and Carpathians. The last bear in
Germany was killed on the northern edge of the Alps in 1835.
Lifestyle: o
at night and |
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at dusk active predators, whose nourishment consists
of roots, hone, fruit, carrion, fish and of the ground vertebrates. o
In autumn they gain a thick layer of fat and spend winter sleeping
in a hole ( usually the same), o
Had been the biggest Central Europe's predator, o
are declared loners,
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In the mating season they live
together with |
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their partners. Enjoy
climbing the trees ( especially young bears), o
good swimmer, o
live in a bordered terri- tory, without natural enemies apart from
the wolf, o
They evade contact with people; in a
close-encounter
they are
very
dan-gerous opponents Repro-
duction:
In winter
habitat female gives birth to 1-3 blind, rat-size bears. They open
their eyes after 4-
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weeks
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