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Post by brobear on Nov 14, 2019 6:44:44 GMT -5
Posted by me in 2013.
I have been interested in wild animals since early childhood. As a young child, my favorite toys were my collection of very colorful plastic animals; everything from farm animals to dinosaurs. I was also notorious for catching animals and bringing them home. It started with bugs and progressed into snakes, lizards, and turtles and from there to racoons, rabbits, and opossums, etc.
I read every book in my elementary school library about animals and most of them in the schools afterwards. I watched every wildlife documentary I could. I entered into animal face-off sites thinking myself very knowledgeable about animals. I was wrong.
I had no idea just how generic the "facts" had been in all of those books and documentaries. There is an old saying, "war is the mother of invention". Those words are oh so true. As I entered into the world of wild animal face-off sites, I began to learn "real facts". I started off thinking that the grizzly bear is the greatest living predator on earth. I learned that as a "hunter of large prey animals", the big cats are far superior to the brown bears. However, I was never disappointed with the brown bear as being the "dominant" member of the Carnivora. The more I learn about the brown bear, the more impressed I become. It is not only his brute strength I am impressed with, but also his incredible stamina, durability, intelligence, and perhaps the best nose in the animal kingdom. These attributes and many others combined create what I consider the greatest carnivore on earth, regardless of the fact that the brown bear is an omnivore.
The brown bear, above all other bears, has the look of a cuddly Teddy Bear. To watch them, these big bruins are not only awesomely powerful looking predators, but they can make you laugh with their antics. Bears are extremely individualistic; more so than most other animals. This can clearly be observed where bears are found fishing. Brown bears have no "set instinctive" methods for catching fish. Each bear invents his own technique and style for the sport. Where one huge brown bear might allow a smaller predator, such as a cougar or a wolverine to keep him from its kill, another brown bear will simply brush the smaller predator to the side and take the carcass. Where one big brownie might run from a man or a tiger, another will charge fearlessly. No two brown bears are just alike.
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Post by King Kodiak on May 3, 2020 12:23:44 GMT -5
WHY I LOVE BEARS:
-BECAUSE ITS THE LARGEST PREDATOR IN THE WORLD.
-BECAUSE THE FEMALES ARE THE BEST MOTHERS IN THE WORLD.
-BECAUSE OTHER PREDATORS FEAR HIM BECAUSE OF HIS SIZE.
-BECAUSE BEARS ACTUALLY HELP THE FORESTS BY FERTILIZING THEM.
-BECAUSE THE ADULT MALE BROWN BEAR IS THE DOMINATOR OF THE FORESTS.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on May 8, 2020 19:25:20 GMT -5
I love bears because overall, they are the largest and most powerful extant predators, have dense bones, are cuddly yet powerful, and have thick fur and a bulky burly built, and are among the best fighters pound to pound.
The polar bear is my favourite bear because it is the only marine bear and is white (one of my top ten favourite colours - it becomes yellowish white as it gets older due to sun oxidation and green due to algae). It’s is also capable of taking down belugas, narwhale, and even walrus (rare occasions) and is the heaviest extant bear.
The glacier bear is a toss up.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jun 21, 2020 18:21:33 GMT -5
Why Bears are Important to the Environment
What comes to mind when you think of bears? Probably mean, wild creatures that roam the forested mountains and like to sleep a lot. Did you know that these creatures are of the paramount essence to the environment? Sit tight while I shed some insights on the importance of bears.
Why are Bears Important to the Environment?
For years, many people have tried to understand the peculiarity of bears. For starters, they can stand on two legs, pick things with their digits, communicate via scratching marks on trees, and eat what we eat making their behavioral traits resemble those of humans.
There is a wide diversification of this species ranging from Brown, polar, cave, and black bear just to mention a few. The specie is currently fading due to human interference, yet we understand that they have contributed positively to the ecosystem.
If you are not convinced, here’s why bears are important to the environment.
• Make the Forest Fertile
It is understood bears love to eat fish. By dragging salmon carcasses through the forest, they help to enrich the soil. This is good for trees and other forest cover vegetation. Additionally, they deposit scat on the forest floors. Animal waste deposits are great for enriching the soil. They act as a natural growth booster.
• Seed Dispersion
Bears help in seed dispersion. When they eat fruits, seeds do not undergo digestion and pass out as facial matters. Bears deposit these seeds on different parts of the ecosystem resulting in new plant growth. Black bears, in particular, eat a lot of fruit and vegetation so they are amongst the main seed dispersion agents.
• Clean the Forest and Maintain Ecosystem Balance
The forest would be littered with carcasses if not for bears. Even though bears are not scavengers, they help by eating these carcasses. Additionally, bears are predators by nature so they help to maintain the balance of the ecosystem by reducing the population of animals like the deer, moose, and bucks just to mention a few.
• Beautiful to Watch
Bears are amazing creatures. Scientists have not yet completely understood the ability of bears to hibernate for more than six months and emerge with all their physiological activities and bones still in good condition. The denning bear can completely shut down all its digestive and excretory activities and still support cubs. This has made them an exemplary tourist attraction. Watching these animals in their natural habitat can be a worthwhile experience.
Overall, we can see that bears are crucial to our environment. However, the bears’ population is at risk through illegal hunting and application of bearskins into woven fabrics. We should protect our bear population at all costs to maintain a balanced ecosystem.
Come visit Yellowstone Bear World and help support the bear population!
yellowstonebearworld.com/why-bears-are-important-to-the-environment
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 8, 2021 15:22:26 GMT -5
I love bears since childhood. I donot know thats what was the reason for the love with bear. You can say that i love bears by nature. Some facts my impress me are,
Adult male brown bears are the apex predators in their every habitat, small to large.
They are the champions of roman and american arenas.
They can kill every land mammal carnivore in face to face.
They are noble, fearsome, powerful, brave, majestic abd beautiful.
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Post by brobear on Oct 7, 2021 14:08:07 GMT -5
www.giveitlove.com/crowds-stand-in-awe-as-a-bear-encounters-a-house-cat-in-its-enclosure/?utm_campaign=ytr-d-us-c-0-r02-210928-gl-ob-0&utm_source=ob&utm_medium=009ccb526eebc226057e07f7887cb3d86d-ob&utm_content=000c0e5f8eeaa7d013d01a0c0e555d6326&utm_cpc=0.166&dicbo=v1-a0886b59d6c1eec22fd0951537b7dde2-0075496a87e8c6a722145cf0ab07bd0b16-gqydknbqgbrdsljzmjqtgljugbqwmljzgfrwgllgg5rtoobwgiywgzjugq&chrome=1&A1c=1&D30c=1 Crowd Stands In Awe As A Bear Encounters A House Cat In Its Enclosure. It’s a fact of nature that smaller and more vulnerable animals tend to fall prey to their larger and more fierce counterparts. Rarely will an apex predator come across something that could be a meal and turn off its predatory instincts to not harm that animal. However, that’s exactly what happened at the Berlin Zoo. It was there that a cat found itself inside an 800-pound bear’s enclosure as employees and bystanders watched in amazement at what would happen only seconds later. In 2000, at the Berlin Zoo, zookeepers and guests were observing the enclosure of an Asiatic bear named Mäuschen when they were completely taken aback by a stray black house cat that managed to wander into the bear’s dangerous enclosure at the zoo. Onlookers rightfully feared that they were about to watch the docile cat, which they would later name Muschi, get killed right in front of their very eyes. Although there are countless different species residing within the walls of the Berlin Zoo, Mäuschen the bear was a favorite among both visitors and workers. Not only did everyone think that she was a gorgeous animal, but they also admired both her size and strength. When they saw Muschi in the same enclosure they knew exactly what Mäuschen was capable of doing to the cat so they watched with wonder at the two animals met… Muschi was first spotted by a zoo employee early in the morning while they were in Mäuschen’s enclosure, making sure that she had enough food for her breakfast. The cat was seen sitting on a branch up in a tree. This was out of the ordinary because they definitely didn’t have an exhibit for house cats in the zoo, so they weren’t entirely sure where Muschi came from. Despite the odd sighting, zookeepers didn’t think the cat would enter the enclosure. It wasn’t long until Mäuschen eventually noticed the cat in the tree and immediately became interested. People weren’t sure if Mäuschen was just curious or if they saw the cat as a quick snack. Mäuschen then began to slowly make their way to where the cat was perched in the tree. To the bystander’s amazement, the cat then jumped from the branch and onto the ground inside of the enclosure. Everyone watching soon became astonished, when in fact, the opposite of what they had feared happened. Mäuschen wasn’t aggressive towards the cat whatsoever but was in fact enamored by it. The two became friends almost instantly, something that went against what some people might call the laws of nature. Not only were the two friendly towards each other, but the pair soon became inseparable within the bears enclosure at the zoo. 
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Post by brobear on Oct 16, 2021 6:39:03 GMT -5
True story? ( I don't know ) - positive-info.com/2021/10/13/the-bear-brought-its-cub-to-the-girl-so-that-she-pulled-the-splinter-out-of-its-paw/?fbclid=IwAR1ObSp8sCr5fdqeXj4n85aTCR72uGPfR14GYJ0fyXWt872Qvm5bcuYeTOA The bear brought its cub to the girl so that she pulled the splinter out of its paw. This story happened in the summer. It was warm and fresh outside. The birds woke up early and woke people up with their wonderful singing. I put on a dress and went to the lake. It’s incredibly beautiful there in the morning. There was calm and quiet water in the reservoir, and a small fog towered over it. Small drops of pure dew could be seen on the grass. There was only one path leading to the pond. To reach the lake, it was necessary to pass through the edge of the forest thicket. When I was walking to the lake this time, I saw a female bear with a bear cub. In order not to scare them, I quietly sat down near a tree and decided to wait until the animals left. In our village, people were not afraid of bears, they often showed themselves to people. However, I decided that I needed to be careful. I didn’t manage to hide well and the bear noticed me. She started walking towards me while pushing her cub forward. I saw that the baby had a wounded paw. I looked closer, and I noticed a big splinter. They probably couldn’t get it out by themselves, so the bear decided to come to me for help. I took the animal in my arms, and I pulled the splinter out with one sharp move. The bear howled, and its mother came close to us again. It ended well, I helped the bear, and its mother didn’t hurt me. I guess a lot of people will say “you can’t do that”, but in our village, no one’s afraid of bears. There are no hunters, bears are often fed, so they never touch people either. |
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Post by brobear on Nov 15, 2021 7:17:36 GMT -5
blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/bears-taste-testers/?utm_source=ars-sot&utm_medium=social-fb&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=bears-taste-testers&utm_term=1567948&fbclid=IwAR2k2EcmcagJoLLf-txiB9qLMTqXYVRgXSr9nca37OXFuViUkUTzmjsG2jY Family Of Bears Kept Stealing Man’s Honey So He Turns Them Into Taste Testers By Timothy Roberts. Bears love honey and that fact isn’t about to change anytime soon. They just seem to get a taste for it and they will go to great lengths to make sure they get some for themselves. It is cute to watch but it can be frustrating for the person who is trying to save the honey. When a group of bears came to visit a bee farm regularly, the farmer decided to make lemonade out of lemons. Ibrahim Sedef is the beekeeper and he does his best to keep the bears away but it doesn’t always work as well as he would like. Ibrahim Sedef lives in Trabzon, Turkey and works as an agricultural engineer in beekeeping. He has been having a difficult time keeping the bears from getting into his hives. He secured the hives with metal cages and even left other food out to try and distract the bears. Nothing seemed to work. That is when he decided to learn as much as he could about the bears by setting up cameras on the farm. That is when he came up with the perfect plan. Rather than keeping them from tasting the honey, he would put it out to learn what the bears wanted most. A table with 4 different types of honey was put out to see which the bears enjoyed most. Apparently, the enjoyed the smell of Anzer honey because they would taste it first. Sometimes they wouldn’t even bother with the cherry blossom honey. Anzer is a quality Turkish honey that sells for $300 for 2 pounds.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2021 13:40:17 GMT -5
I always knew that bears are strong.
I like bears because they are big, strong and smart. It seems like not many people really like them like tigers, lions, wolves and domestic dogs and cats - their fanbase is small.
I have heard that bears fought in the Roman colosseum with tigers and lions and were hunted by the Church, which viewed them as evil and made the lion a king. I want to know more about their strength, social life, habits etc.
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Post by brobear on Nov 15, 2021 14:11:41 GMT -5
I always knew that bears are strong. I like bears because they are big, strong and smart. It seems like not many people really like them like tigers, lions, wolves and domestic dogs and cats - their fanbase is small. I have heard that bears fought in the Roman colosseum with tigers and lions and were hunted by the Church, which viewed them as evil and made the lion a king. I want to know more about their strength, social life, habits etc. Roughly 21 years ago, I happened upon a wild animal face-off blog site. Two things I noticed right away. The most popular wild animal face-off was 'lion vs tiger'. The second thing I noticed was that nearly everyone was defending the big cats against bears. Well, I have been an animal lover my entire life. It surprised me that so many grown people actually believed that a lion or a tiger could kick a grizzly's butt. Well, as it turned out in the long-run, I was right from the beginning. But, in those early years I lacked the knowledge to offer much more than my opinions. Those old books in the school libraries offered nothing more than substandard inaccurate information. So I began reading and reading a lot. |
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Post by brobear on Dec 14, 2021 1:07:08 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on May 25, 2022 17:47:38 GMT -5
I always knew that bears are strong. I like bears because they are big, strong and smart. It seems like not many people really like them like tigers, lions, wolves and domestic dogs and cats - their fanbase is small. I have heard that bears fought in the Roman colosseum with tigers and lions and were hunted by the Church, which viewed them as evil and made the lion a king. I want to know more about their strength, social life, habits etc. Shortface, you visited us just 2 weeks ago, but no posts since 6 months ago. We value your input.  |
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