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Young bears stay with their mother for

about one and a half

years. Then, they

leave the family unit in search of their

own area to live, called a home range.

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Black bears do not truly hibernate. Although they do spend the winter dormant and do not eat or drink, they can wake up if someone or something would disturb it.

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Black bears need a lot of food  to survive they roughly need 500,000 to 1 million acres to survive it said due to habitat loss there is alot of car crashes

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Female black bears can have two to three blind helpless cubs a year.

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Black bears are mostly afraid THEY will be attacked

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Black bears are mostly afraid THEY will be attacked

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range between Mexico to Canada, they are in about 40 states in the U.S

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An adult male sometimes will wander off from its home. It might wander from 15-80 square miles away from its home.

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Adult males weigh about 200 to 250 pounds. the Asiatic black bear is an excellent tree climber. Asiatic black bears have cream-colored chest blazes in a crescent shape. Adult male sloth bears weigh 175 pounds to 300 pounds.

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Black bears and brown bears are the only two species of the eight modern bears to not be considered threatened by the IUCN.

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One of the most dangerous encounters is getting between a mother black bear and her cubs. Fact: Because black bears can tree their cubs, it is rare for them to attack a person in defence of cubs. However, if you are anywhere near a mother grizzly's cubs, she might very well perceive you as a threat.

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it is the continents smallest and widely  distributed species of 

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it is the continents smallest and widely  distributed species of 

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American Black Bears are omnivorous

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In the moss draped rain forest in British Columbia, in towering red ceders live a thousand years, and black bears are born with white fur.

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No they are just using there predatory behavior because chances are they have cubs nere by. https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Mammals/Black-Bear.aspx

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Black bears are the most common of all 8 types of bears along with brown bears.

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A bears short claws can help them climb trees.

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black bears are Omnivores so they eat a verity of food.

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The American black bear is the smallest of three bears species found in North America, and are found only in North America. Black bears have short, non-retractable claws that give them an excellent tree climbing ability.  

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The American black bear is the smallest of three bears species found in North America, and are found only in North America. Black bears have short, non-retractable claws that give them an excellent tree climbing ability.  

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The American black bear is the smallest of the three bears species found in North America
It is estimated that there are at least 600,000 black bears in North America.
Litter Size: 1-6 cubs; 2 cubs are most common.
Black bears are very opportunistic eaters. Most of their diet consists of grasses, roots, berries, and insects.
Average life span in the wild:

20 years

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Black bears eat many things such as  plants, fruits, nuts, insects, honey, salmon, small mammals and carrion and in northern regions, they eat spawning salmon.
Black bears have 1-6 cubs; 2 cubs are most common.
Cubs remain with the mother for a year and a half or more, even though they are weaned at 6-8 months of age. Females only reproduce every second year (or more). Should the young die for some reason, the female may reproduce again after only one year.

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Average life span in the wild 20 years!

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http://www.defenders.org/black-bear/basic-facts
-American black bears are omnivorous: plants, fruits, nuts, insects, honey, salmon, small mammals and carrion. In northern regions, they eat spawning salmon.
-Height: 2-3 feet (.6-.9m) at shoulders
-Length: 4-7 feet (1.2-2m) from nose to tip of tail
Weight: Males weigh an average of 150-300 lbs (68-158 kg), females are smaller. Exceptionally large males have been known to weigh 500-600 lbs (227-272 kg).
-The bears usually forage alone, but will tolerate each other and forage in groups if there is an abundance of food in one area.

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Black Bears can be all sorts of colors. They can be brown, cinnamon, blue-gray, blue black, or even

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They are the smallest species of the three bears in North America

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black bears are 5 to 6 ft.[1.5 to 1.8 m] long

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Black Bears                                           

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Black Bears                                           

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You have a higher chance of being killed by a domesticated dog rather than a black bear

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Adult female bears, called

sows, weigh about 175 pounds. Adult male

bears, called boars, weigh around 400

pounds.

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Black bears are omnivores that often eat fish, mammals, grass, berries, roots and insects. Bears often develop a taste for human food, which means that sometimes you'll find them in a rural area near a house. People often get scared, and, in desperation shoot the bear so that it can't hurt them.