BEAR WEEK!
It is March’s theme week and we’re spotlighting one of our favorite animals- Bears! We’ll be meeting several of the 8 species of bears, making a bear craft and we’ll have guess the bear! Whew! Are you ready to start this unbearleavablely exciting week? Well then, let’s head out to the Appalachian Mountains of North America to meet..
MEET THE BLACK BEAR!
Range/Habitat: North America-Mexico/ forests, mountains
Diet: Omnivore: berries, grubs, nuts, insects
Length/Weight: 4 ¼-6 ¼ ft/ 120-600 lbs
Conservation Status: common
Fun Facts:
- Black bears are excellent climbers.
- They have long claws to help them dig for food and for climbing.
- They have prehensile lips. Those lips help them grab small food items.
- Black bears sleep through the winter in the northern ranges. They do not hibernate.
- Black bear mothers are extremely protective of their cubs.
- The cubs stay with their mothers for about two years.
Black bears are agile and cute. They are also smart and are known to get in human food and trash. It’s important for people to keep their trash in containers that are bear proof!
The Adventures of Ellie and Edmond 
I like to eat trash, too! Hmmmmm… Maybe I am part Jack Russell and part bear!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
That would be one crazy animal :)! Maybe you are part bear.
But I want to feed the bears! I don’t want them to go hungry! Maybe they’ll give me a hug as thanks 😀