Black Bear Interesting Facts

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Black Bear Interesting Facts
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• Each black bear needs a territory of about 50
  square miles.
• Black bear population in the Ozarks of Arkansas
  and Missouri was eliminated by the early 1900s
  because of hunting and deforestation. In the
  1950s ecosystem engineers brought black bears
  from Minnesota to repopulate the area.
• Cubs are born in January or February and are
  blind, hairless, and small (10-14 cm long).
• When the cubs are 1.5 years old, they become
  independent.
• Over the last month, Animal Control has trapped
  15 black bears in Northwest Arkansas.

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• An adult bear can kill an adult elk with one
  swipe of their paw to break the elks neck.
• Black bears wont attack humans unless they are
  scared, wounded, or cornered.
• Predators include other black bears, man, grizzly
  bears, and the American alligator. Coyote and
  cougars may prey on cubs. Traffic is also a major
  cause of mortality in Florida alone, more than
  100 bears are killed on roads each year.
• An adult black bear can throw a baseball over 80
  miles! Just kidding.

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• Smokey Bear, the U.S. Forest Service mascot, is
  based on a real black bear cub found in New
  Mexico after a forest fire.

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Are you a Healthy Bear?
Orange Nuts 20 lbs. (25)
Blue Berries and Fruit 20 lbs. (25)
Yellow Insects 12 lbs. (15)
Red Meat 8 lbs. (10)
Green Plants 20 lbs. (25)
80 lbs. total (100) Healthy!!