BEARS
What bearseat
Although bears are carnivores (meat-eating animals), theirteeth are adapted for a vegetable diet, and most of them feedmainly on berries, roots, and young leaves. They are ready,however, to eat almost anything, and devour large quantities ofinsects, mice, and fish (when they can catch them). They willsometimes even attack large animals like sheep and cattle.One of the greatest luxuries a wild bear ever gets is honey. If itfinds a bees' nest it tears it to pieces, not caring about gettingstung.
True or False?
1. Bears eat both mice and sheep.
2. They like honey but are afraid of bees.
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1. Bears are clumsy.
2. Only the Malayan bear can climb trees.
3. Brown bears are the best swimmers.
BEARS
An all-roundathlete
A bear looks slow and clumsy when it is at rest or walking leisurely. But donot be misled! For the bear is not clumsy; in fact, it is extremely active. Anyof the larger bears can overtake a running man, and, in spite of their greatweight, they can also climb trees. The Malayan bear, which lives in theforests of South-East Asia, is the best climber of them all. Bears are goodswimmers too. In this respect the Polar bear is the champion; apart fromtruly aquatic beasts like seals and otters, it is perhaps more at home in thewater than any other mammal. Remember, too, that the water in which itswims is always icy cold. For this reason it has very thick fur which traps theair, as insulation against the cold; it also has a thick layer of fat under itsskin, for the same purpose.
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Bears andman
BEARS
Bears have always been relentlessly hunted. This is because theyare formidable and dangerous, and also because a bear skin makesa wonderfully warm rug, and the flesh is good eating. Formerly acruel sport called bear-baiting was practised. A bear was chained toa post and dogs were encouraged to attack it. The bear generallymanaged to kill a few dogs before it was worried to death. Bearshave been exterminated over most of Western Europe, and unlessefforts are made to preserve them, they may become extinct.
True or False?
1.Bears are hunted not only because
they are dangerous.
2. There are still a lot of bears
in Western Europe.
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BEARS
Baby bears
Bear cubs are born during the period of winter sleep, inJanuary or February. Usually two or three are born at one time.The most remarkable thing about them is their very small sizeat birth. Brown bears weigh about 2 pounds. (By comparison, ahuman baby weighs about 7 pounds at birth!) They are blindfor four or five weeks. After two months the bear cubs begin tomove around, and in the spring they learn to find their wayabout the world under their mother‘s care.
1. Bears’ babies are called cubs.
2. They are blind for two months.
3. The babies begin to go out in the spring.
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