What animals have a symbiotic relationship with bears?

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What animals have a symbiotic relationship with bears?

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answered Jun 15, 2023 by Darlenevaks (1,310 points)
The animals that have a symbolic relationship with bears are deer.

Even black bears have a symbolic relationship with other bears.

Black bears compete with Pumas which are solitary, large carnivores.

Other animals that black bears and bears in general compete with are deer, elk, wolves and other grizzly bears.

Bears do not give birth while sleeping although bears do give birth while hibernating but when the mother bear gives birth she will wake up to give birth to the baby bear or cub.

Bears will stay with their mom until they reach the age of at least 2 and half years old.

A bear has 6 nipples and the newborn cub or bear cubs crawl to the nipples that are closet to the bears pelvis to nurse.

Then as the bear cubs get older they nurse from the top four nipples and the mother bear then often switches off production in the bottom two of the nipples.

A bear can be tamed somewhat but not completely and bears cannot be fully domesticated.

Bears can be trained to be comfortable around humans although they are also solitary creatures and require a great deal of food and will hunt for the food when hungry.

Some bears are also raised by humans from birth, although they still have their wild instincts.

Adult male bears do eat their own cubs and quite commonly.

Other animals that will eat bear cubs are dog packs, mountain lions, eagles, bobcats and wolves when the bear cub becomes separated from their mother.

Father bears and adult male bears are called boars and weight around 400 lbs.

Bears are not monogamous and sometimes bears have more than one mate during their life.

Not only are male bears promiscuous, but females often have more than one mating partner.

Breeding season begins in May and lasts until early July, with mating mainly occurring during June.

Bears don't mate for life.

Throughout their lifespan, females often have more than one mating partner and male bears tend to be quite promiscuous.

Brown bears are not endangered as of now as the population of brown bears is stable.

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.

Bears will attack humans but they only attack humans when they feel threatened, feel their cubs are being threatened or when the bear is provoked.

For the most part bears don't attack and want to leave people alone.

As long as you don't seem as a threat to the bear or her cubs or you don't provoke the bear and keep your distance from the bear you are very unlikely to get attacked by the bear.

Bears do not eat humans unless the bear was actually starving and then they might eat a human.

Most often when a bear attacks you they just attack you and harm you or kill you and then get away.

Bear Spray is actually 90 percent effective at stopping bear attacks although sometimes it takes a gun to kill the bear if the bear is actively attacking someone.

So it's best to have both a gun and bear spray but if you can deter the bear with bear spray it's best to use it but if you have no other choice then you can kill the bear with a gun.

Studies show bear spray is 90% successful when used to deter bear attacks, versus 76% for long guns and 84% for handguns.

The best way to scare a bear away is to make loud noises such as by hollering or banging pots and pans together or banging on the hood of your car or vehicle, camper etc.

It's also good to have some bear spray available in case you need to spray the bear with the bear spray for safety.

Bears are scared of loud noises, ammonia smells, bleach smells, other large animals and even people.

Black bears are not territorial toward people like some dogs are.

Black bears are mostly afraid they will be attacked.

If a person doesn't want a black bear to come closer, act aggressively.

Black bears that come into campgrounds are looking for food, not people, and can easily be chased away in most cases.

You can scare bears away by making loud noises by yelling, banging pots and pans or using an airhorn.

Make yourself look as big as possible by waving your arms.

If you are with someone else, stand close together with your arms raised above your head.

Polar bears are aggressive to humans but only when they feel threatened or when the polar bear is provoked.

Polar bear attacks on humans are very rare and most often the polar bear will leave humans alone but you still must be careful around them.

Pandas are also aggressive when they feel threatened although if they don't feel threatened then they are pretty non aggressive bears.

Pandas can be dangerous to humans if they feel threatened.

Attacks are infrequent and most likely in captivity.

Pandas, despite their fluffy and cuddly appearance, can be quite dangerous to humans.

Pandas are substantially stronger than most men, and their teeth and claws are dangerous.

Bears are not dangerous to humans unless you get too close to the bear or the bear sees you as a threat.

Most bears will just get away from the human when possible and unless you get too close or provoke the bear it will usually leave humans alone.

There have also been some bears who have come up close to humans and never harmed them.

But you still must be very careful around bears as if they attack you they can kill you easily.

Bears range in height from 2.3 ft to as tall as 7.9 ft in height.

For example an average adult male grizzly bear when standing on its hind legs can be around 8 ft tall (2.5 m), and this stat rises in case of typically large grizzlies.

Some grizzly bears size may stand at 9.8 ft tall (3 m).

Bears are not in the dog family directly but bears are closely related to dogs.

Bears are in the Ursidae family.

Both dogs and bears are fascinating species of the animal kingdom.

While not closely related, the two do share a common ancestor – the miacids and have a handful of similarities, like being carnivores.

However, because bears and dogs belong to distinct families (the Ursidae and Canidae), they're not directly linked.

Brown bears can climb trees but as the brown bear gets older and bigger the climbing of trees becomes more difficult.

When brown bears are cubs they can more easily climb trees.

Most grizzlies can climb a tree if it has ladder-like branches, although their weight and claw structure prevents them from climbing as efficiently as black bears.

Grizzly bears are found in places which include Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and possibly southern Colorado, as well as in western Canada.

Grizzly bears now inhabit about half of their historical range.

The grizzly bear was once seen to populate the entire western coast of North America, from Alaska to Mexico.

However, today the grizzly bear is found predominately in Alaska and western Canada.

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.

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