Brown Bear | Brown Bears are found in many parts of North America and Eurasia, where the bears inhabit wooded and mountainous areas. The brown bear is
also the national animal for a number of states in North America,
Europe and Asia. Brown bears tend to feed on vegetation, fish and small
land mammals, but the bears will
only occasionally hunt bigger mammals like deer. Brown bears dont seem
to be a great threat towards humans, although the mother brown bears will protect their young bear cubs.
Brown bears generally grow to about 2 - 3m tall, looking enormous when the bear stands on its hind legs. Brown bears have sadly been the target of taxidermists over
the years resulting in the brown bear population declining. Today there
is more in the way of Animal Rights meaning that the brown bear
population can grow once again. The brown bear is one of the largest
species of bear with only the grizzly bear and the polar bear
getting to bigger sizes. Both the grizzly bear and the polar bear
however, are distant sub-species of the brown bear that have today
adapted to living in a different environment.
The brown bear is an extremely dominant predator in
its environment, with only threats from human hunters posing any real
dominance over the brown bears predatory rights. The brown bear has an enormous muscle between the brown bears shoulder blades that makes the brown bear stand out above other bear species. The enormous shoulder muscle
that the brown bear has means that the brown bear has immensely strong
forearms and allows the bear to break animal bones with one simple
swipe. The brown bear has massive paws with claws that can grow longer
than 15cm in length.
There are thought to be around
200,000 brown bear individuals left in the wild over half of which are
found in Russia. Around 95% of the brown bear population found in the
USA is in the northernmost state of Alaska. Most of the brown bears that
inhabit regions of Canada are found in the west of the country in the
Rocky Mountain range.
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