Know more about Bears (2)

Hi everyone!  After talking white bear (polar bear), let's talk about black bear this time.

Black bear has the biggest ears among all the bears, they are usually black skin, but some have red-brown fur or cinnamon brown fur.   

The Kermode bears, a.k.a. spirit bears, which have rare white-furred due to a double recessive gene unique in the subspecies.

There are mainly 2 species of black bear: American black bear, and Asian black bear.

America black bear

American black bear is the world's most common bear species.  They are good swimmer and have better eyesight and senses of smell and hearing compared to human.  

The relationship between American black bear and human is very closed.  Theodore Roosevelt saved a black bear cub by refusing to shoot it down from the tree, this incident inspired Morris Michtom to create teddy bear.  Winnie the Pooh, a famous cartoon character, was named after Winnipeg, a female black bear cub that lived at London Zoo.

Asian black bear

Asian black bear is also called moon bear and white-chested bear because of the white V shaped chest mark.  They are highly intelligent, it is interesting that they can make clucking or "tut-tut-tut" sounds when cautious.  When they warn or about to attack, they will huff.  Once you hear screaming loudly, it means they are angry or fighting. Females are often more vocal than males.

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