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StoryBook Bears

•Goldilocks and the Three Bears

•Winnie the Pooh

•Paddington Bear

•Corduroy

•Brown Bear, Brown Bear

•Sleepy Bears

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Storybook Bears

Storybook bears live in houses. Sometimes it is a people house, and sometimes it is in a tree.

They live all over the world.

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Storybook Bears

Storybook bears will eat all types of food, porridge, honey, and also people food.

They like their food to be just right, not too hot and not too cold.

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Storybook BearsStorybook bears can

come in very different sizes. Some are small and some are big. They can be brown, black, white, yellow, and even blue!

Sometimes they wear clothes and sometimes they don’t. Some look like real bears and some look like teddy bears.

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Real Bears (click on the picture to find out about your

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Click here to find out what real bears are likeWhere real bears live

Brown Bear

Spectacled Bear American Black Bear Sun Bear

Asiatic Black Bear Giant Panda Bear

•Sloth Bear

Polar Bear

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•Wide shoulders•Short backs •Short and thick legs •Broad paws•Short tails•Long heads •Rounded ears that stand straight up•Small eyes•Long snouts •Excellent hearing •Excellent sense of smell•Color vision-helps them to find ripe fruits and nuts

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Where are real bears found?

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Spectacled Bear

The Spectacled Bear is the only bear to live in South America. It lives in the Andes Mountains from Venezuela and Colombia through Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

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Spectacled Bear

The Spectacled Bear eats•Wild Fruits•Leaves•Grasses•Small animals, insects

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Spectacled BearThe Spectacled Bear can

weigh up to 350 pounds. When they stand they can be almost 6 feet tall.

It is black to brownish black with a white circle around each eye.

This bear has long, curved claws for digging and tearing into the soil or into insect mounds for food.

It also has a large nose and excellent sense of smell help to locate food.


Spectacled Bear

Does this bear look like he is wearing glasses?


Spectacled Bears

Click on the bear’s face to get a surprise.

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Sun Bear

The sun bear is found in Southeast Asian rain forests.

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Sun Bear

The sun bear eats•Termites•Fruit •Palm tree tips•Insects •Small birds and mammals

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Sun BearThe sun bear has

the shortest fur of all the bears. It has a white or orange chest mark.

The sun bear uses its long claws to help it climb and rest in trees.


Sun BearThe sun bear is the

smallest of the bears. It is not quite 4 feet tall and weighs less than 100 pounds.

The sun bear rests during the day and hunts at night. Its good sense of smell helps it to find food.


Sun Bear

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Giant Panda Bear

Giant pandas are mostly found in western China.

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Giant Panda BearThe giant panda spends about 12 to 14 hours each day eating the leaves and stems of the bamboo plant.

It uses its front paws to bring food to its mouth.


Giant Panda Bear

The giant panda can be 5 feet tall and weigh 220 pounds.


Giant Panda BearThe giant panda has a

round body, small ears, and a short, stumpy tail.

Its shaggy coat is white with black around the shoulders, front legs, and chest.

The panda bear also has a black patch around each eye.


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What do you see?

Giant Panda Bear

Baby Panda Mei Xiang and TianTianAt the Washington DC National Zoo

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Brown Bear

Brown bears can be found in North America, Europe and Asia.


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Brown bears like to eat•Fish•Berries•Plants


Brown BearThey are usually

dark brown in color but can vary from a light cream color to almost black. Two common brown bears are Grizzly and Kodiak.


Brown BearOne of the largest

bears, brown bears can weigh between 300 and 860 pounds.

They can be 6 to 7 feet tall when they stand up.


Brown BearThey are usually dark

brown in color but can vary from a light cream color to almost black. Two common brown bears are Grizzly and Kodiak.

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The American black bear lives in forests throughout North America, from Alaska and Canada to the mountains in northern Mexico.

American Black Bear


The American black bear likes to eat•Plants•Berries•Insect larvae

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Yum! These plants are

good.

The color of the American black bear can be black, brown, cinnamon, beige and even pure white! But most of them are black.

American Black Bear


Black Bears have color vision and a keen sense of smell. They are good tree climbers and swimmers.

Black bears are very smart and very curious. They can run up to 35 miles per hour.

Black bears can weigh up to 600 pounds! When they stand up they are about 3 or 4 feet tall.

They can live over 25 years in the wild.

American Black Bear


American Black Bear

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Polar Bear

The polar bear, the largest of the meat eaters, is found along the northernmost coasts of the northern hemisphere as well as on sea ice floes and islands.


Polar Bear

The Polar Bear eats•Seals•Young walruses•Narwhal and Beluga whales

•Berries•Plants


Polar Bear

Polar bears are the largest bears. They can be 8 feet tall and weigh 400-600 pounds! They have white fur, a long neck, and small ears.

A polar bear's nose, lips and all skin under their fur is black.


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Polar Bear

Polar bears are strong swimmers. They paddle with their front legs and steer with their back legs. They can swim a long way.


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Sloth Bear

The sloth bear is found in India and Sri Lanka. It is related to the Asiatic black bear.

Sloth bears are found in forested areas and in grasslands. They like dry forests and rocky outcrops.


Sloth BearThe sloth bear likes to eat

•Termites and more termites!•Ants Berries•Corn Eggs•Figs Flowers•Frog Fruits•Lilies Mangos•Mushrooms Pawpaws•Sugarcane Yams•Honey and the bees too!


Sloth Bear

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The sloth bear can weigh up to 310 pounds and can be about 6 feet tall.

The sloth bear is almost extinct.


Sloth BearSloth bears have long,

shaggy, black hair and a white U- or Y-shaped marking on the chest.

They have large lips, a long tongue, a pale muzzle.

They have well-developed hook-like claws that help them climb trees and help them dig for termites.


Termites are good!

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Asiatic Black Bear

The Asiatic black bear lives in forests in Pakistan and in Korea and the islands of Japan.


Asiatic Black BearAsiatic black bears like to eat:•Small mammals •Birds •Fish •Mollusks •Insects•Grasses•Fruits•Berries•Seeds•Insects•Honey•Nuts.


Asiatic Black Bear

This bear has a black, shaggy coat and a light-colored mark on its chest.

The fur around the shoulders and throat is long, and their ears are large.

They can be 6 feet tall and weigh up to 400 pounds!


Asiatic Black Bear

They like to live in the forests, hills and mountain regions.


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“Can I climb this tree?”

• International Association for Bear Research and Managementhttp://www.bearbiology.com/specdesc.htmlImages by David Kirshner & Frank Knight From Ian Stirling, ed. Bears, Majestic Creatures of the Wild. Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1993.

• BBC Nature Wild Animal Wild Factshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildfacts/bears/fact_files/13.shtml

• Sedgewick County Zoo, Wichita, Kansas

http://www.scz.org/animals/b/sbear.html

• Lesson Tutor

www.lessontutor.com/belm15.html

• Bears WebSite

www.bears-bears.org

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