Bear

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Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. Bears are found on the continents of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Common characteristics of modern bears include large bodies with stocky legs, long snouts, small rounded ears, shaggy hair, plantigrade paws with five nonretractile claws, and short tails,more info:wiki

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#10 Going Hiking? This Is What You’ll Need to Protect Yourself Against Bears,more info:time

#9 When Bears Prepare For Winter,more info:nps.gov

As the summer season ends, the air becomes crisp, leaves change and fall from trees, and bears become more active. They’re on the hunt for food. During the fall months, bears eat and drink nearly nonstop. They need to put on weight to prepare for winter and hibernation. This process is called hyperphagia.

During hyperphagia, bears are very active and many visitors have a chance to see them in action. But do not feed the bears! Bears that eat human food can lose their preference for natural food sources and their fear of humans. Make sure to always practice bear safety when storing food.

#8 Living on Your Investments? What Happens When a Bear Market Hits?,more info:kiplinger

#7 Grisly bear or grizzly bear?,more info:blog.oxforddictionaries

#6 Judge blocks grizzly bear hunting season, for now,more info:usatoday

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the opening of the first grizzly bear hunts in the Rocky Mountains in more than 40 years, as he considers whether the government was wrong to lift federal protections on the animals.

U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen’s order came just two days before Idaho and Wyoming prepared to open the first grizzly bear hunting seasons in the Lower 48 states since 1974.

The order will remain in effect 14 days.

“The threat of death to individual bears posed by the scheduled hunts is sufficient” to justify a delay in the state’s hunting seasons, Christensen wrote in the order.

The move marked a victory for wildlife advocates and Native American tribes that sued over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision in 2017 to lift protections for 700 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park.

#5 As emerging markets sink into bear territory, one factor could be the tipping point ,more info:cnbc

#4 Brown Bear ,more info:animals.sandiegozoo

Shades of brown. Brown bears are brown, right? Well, maybe. They come in all sizes and shades, from a light cream color to almost black. It was once thought that there were 86 different kinds of grizzlies and brown bears in North America alone. Today, scientists agree that there is only one species of brown bear with a lot of variations (or subspecies).

Bears found in parts of coastal Alaska are called Kodiak or Alaskan brown bears and tend to be the largest. This is from eating salmon rich in fat every summer. The Alaskan peninsular brown bear has a much smaller range: just the western tip of the Alaskan peninsula. Brown bears in interior North America are known as grizzly bears because their brown fur is tipped with white or tan; the word “grizzly” means “sprinkled or streaked with gray.”

There are several brown bear subspecies found in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, but they are smaller than their North American relatives and their numbers are currently so low that their populations are at critical risk.