Are bears nocturnal?

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asked May 16, 2022 in Other- Pets by phillDR (790 points)
Are bears nocturnal?

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answered May 16, 2022 by GrahamPolk (4,520 points)
edited May 16, 2022 by GrahamPolk
Bears are normally diurnal meaning they are most active in the daytime from dawn to dusk although some bears have become nocturnal and become active at night to avoid people.

A Bruin Bear is a bear that is a brown bear that is found in children's books as a fictional bear.

Although Bruin Bear can also refer to brown bears in real life as well.

From Dutch bruin (“brown”) via William Caxton's 1485 translation of a Dutch version of the legend of Reynard the Fox.

Bruin is the bear, named for his brown color.

The brown bear is a large bear species found across Eurasia and North America.

In North America, the populations of brown bears are called grizzly bears, while the subspecies that inhabits the Kodiak Islands of Alaska is known as the Kodiak bear

In the Roman de Renart, Bruin is a bear who is wedged into a honey-filled log by the hero, Reynard the Fox.

The name of the character, ultimately from Middle Dutch bruun (“brown”), has come to be an appellation for any bear.

Bruin is also a baby bear.

Steve Perrault, director of defining, Merriam-Webster Inc.: Bruin is the name of the bear in the medieval epic poem Reynard the Fox.

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