Brown Bear / Ursus arctos

The Brown Bear

        

The brown bear, lives for about 25 - 30 years, they are omnivores and are one of the amazing mammals, of Earth. These omnivorous giants tend to be solitary animals, except for females and their cubs.

Brown bears dig dens for winter hibernation, often holing up in a suitable hillside. 

Females, or she-bears, den while pregnant and give birth during this winter rest, usually to a pair of cubs. 

Adult brown bears are powerful, top-of-the-food chain predators, but much of their diet consists of nuts, berries, fruit, leaves, and roots. Bears also eat other animals, from rodents to moose.

The world's largest brown bears are found in coastal British Columbia and Alaska, and on islands such as Kodiak, despite their enormous size, brown bears are extremely fast, having been clocked at speeds of 30 miles per hour, they can be dangerous to humans, particularly if surprised or if a person gets between a mother bear and her cubs.

Size relative to average human:

Their group name is a sloth or a sleuth.

 In fall a brown bear may eat as much as 90 pounds each day, especially before hibernation.