While not ordinarily a threat to humans, bears are animals that can be very dangerous if startled, provoked, or approached when young bears (cubs) are present. 4 Amazing Facts: While considered a carnivorous species, most bears eat vegetation as their primary food source. In fact, just 10...
But, I wonder what will happen to our own creativity. We humans are supposed to be a curious, thoughtful, and an intelligent specious. We do the unexpected in different environments and situations which makes us unique. No two of us are alike or react the same. […] Read More Tags: ...
In order to eat sweet honey, it has evolved an indestructible long tongue covered with rough barbs. With a light stretch, the termites in the hole can be swept away smoothly. Our sense of smell is very sensitive, more than 100 times stronger than that of humans, and we can bark like ...
In 1970 the park service initiated an intensive bear management program designed to restore the grizzly and the black bear populations to subsistence on natural foods and reduce bear-caused injuries to humans. Regulations prohibiting the feeding of bears are strictly enforced as well as regulations re...
Unique genetic adaptations are present in bears of every species across the world. From (nearly) shutting down important organs during hibernation to preventing harm from lifestyles that could easily cause metabolic diseases in humans, bears may hold the
They do not climb up the tree as the size is too big to do such act; therefore, when the predators arrive they do not lose their ground. These species are rather more dangerous when they have cubs to care for and they can attack even humans while protecting their cubs. They do not ...
This technique has broad applications to wildlife management and physiological research, enabling the impact of environmental stressors from humans, changing seasons, climate change, social interactions and predation to be directly monitored over multiple years....
Bears are large but intelligent terrestrial carnivores capable of complex spatial reasoning tasks, such as tool use. This, combined with their size and aggressive behavior, makes them difficult to manage in both wild and captive settings – as they often interact with humans negatively. They are ...
Aboriginal people have long hunted koalas in order to meet their own needs; some kill for food, some for sports, while others kill koalas for trading purposes. Koalas are always the easiest of targets since they neither run away nor do they afraid of humans. European settlers were the first...
The bear, as a plantigrade animal, walks like humans, with the whole plantar face of the pes (the sole with the heel) touching the ground. However, in contrast to humans, the shortest digit (toe) is not the fifth one (the lateral one), but the medial one, that is the first digit...