Bear Facts – Interesting Facts About Bear

Grizzly Bear Facts

Baloo, from the Jungle Book movie is actually a Sloth bear.

Grizzly bears have a better sense of smell than a hound dog and can detect food from miles away.

Grizzly bear use “rub trees.” These are trees where they scratch their backs, leaving scent and hair. Biologists use these trees to collect DNA from many bears habituating in the area

Bears have excellent eye sight and they can detect when fruits are ripe.

Polar bears are exceptional swimmers. They can swim for more than 60 miles without taking a break.

The brown bear is the national animal of Finland.

Many laws have come into effect to protect bears from hunters and the destruction of their habitat.

Polar bears are the largest land predators on Earth, they are over 11’ feet and weight over 1,700 lbs.

A group of bears is called a sloth.

Polar bear is the only bear species that has a diet mainly of marine mammals.