Black Bears Research Paper

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Diet:
The back bears most eat plants and they do not like to eating meat. If the bear is out of the plants to eat it eat meat but that it is mostly the last salutation for their survival.
During the winter bears tend to leave their dens from time to time. If the mother bear is giving birth it will not leave the den during the winter for food. That wat she can take care of her new cubs and not have to worry about getting the cubs hurt.
Plants Samlon
Fruits Kills young deers
Nuts Kills young moose
Honey
Insects

Hibernation:
Black bears hibernate but they do not go into a very deep, deep sleep when they do not into a deep sleep they tent to go out and try to get tired but getting food or by getting to cold so that way they can get sleep right away. For those that do go into hibernation during the winter are Black bears, Grizzly bears, and the Brown bears. This is known as the “Torpor”. Right before the winter the start finding a place to stay. Sometimes the black bears go into caves, but most likely they like to burrow into the ground because they can be a little bit safer and also, snug to keep
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Black bears like to be alone, but only when they have food to eat. When they do not have food they tend to go and stay in groups until they can figure out where they want to stay in the wilderness.
Once they are settled down from the winter break they start looking for the males around June. Once the female finds a male they tend to mate for at least one month, During the one month they do everything together by playing, walking, eating, and almost every day the mate for a very long time, if they stay together for that long. Most of the time the female will go out and mate with different make for about two to three weeks of the breeding season. Normally females will breed every other year. When winter is approaching the male walks away so the mother can enough fat for her and the

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