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      • When a baby bear is born, it’s called a cub. Cubs are born to sows, their adult mothers, and boars, their adult fathers. A group of baby bear cubs it’s called a litter, but a group of adult bears is called a sleuth or sloth. Cubs are called cubs until they’re about a year old. Then, they’re called yearlings.
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  2. Dec 26, 2021 · When a baby bear is born, it’s called a cub. Cubs are born to sows, their adult mothers, and boars, their adult fathers. A group of baby bear cubs it’s called a litter, but a group of adult bears is called a sleuth or sloth.

  3. This video shows a wild black bear mother caring for her three 5-week-old cubs. They are snug in their dug den as snow gently falls outside. The mother is 6-year-old June and this is her 2nd litter. The light-faced cub is a female (Lily) and the other 2 are males (Cal and Bud).

    • Most bears are born as multiples. Bears have anywhere from 1-5 cubs at a time, with 2 being the most common number. Most bears are capable of raising 2 cubs, with the exception of the Giant Panda.
    • Bears have delayed implantation. The actual gestation length for bears is difficult to calculate. Bears can experience something called “embryonic diapause” or delayed implantation.
    • Bears have very small babies. Bears have extremely small babies relative to their adult size. With polar bears having babies that measure only 12 inches long and reaching adult heights of around 9 feet, and Panda cubs as the smallest in comparison to their adult size at 100g and the size of a stick of butter.
    • Bear milk has a high-fat content. Polar bears are classified as marine mammals. Since they need a great deal of body fat to survive in arctic conditions, their milk must have a high-fat content to give the cubs a good insulating layer.
    • Baby Bears Are Called Cubs. Similarly to some canids like baby wolves, or large felines like baby cheetahs and lions, a baby bear is called a ‘cub‘. They are born as a ‘litter‘, usually in a ‘den‘, though some are born in a ‘nest‘ – we’ll get to that later!
    • Bears Are Usually Born With Siblings. It is not uncommon for a bear to give birth to multiple cubs in a litter. The average across the various species, is between 2 to 3 cubs in a litter, which they can have every 2 years.
    • Baby Bears Are Dependant On Their Mother. Baby bears are so small at first, with a very fine, light covering of fur. They are also hardly able to crawl, and are blind for around the first month after birth.
    • Mother Bears Can Pause Their Pregnancies. Some animals are able to pause their pregnancies through a process called “embryonic diapause” until conditions are right to have their offspring.
  4. The Black Bear Mother & Her Cubs. Cubs are born in January after a gestation period of approximately 7 months. Although mating occurs in June, fetal development takes place mainly in the last 2 months of pregnancy after the fertilized egg implants in the uterus in November (delayed implantation).

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  5. In theory, a male and female black bear born this year – if they breed as soon as they reach sexual maturity and as often as possible, and if all their offspring survive to do the same – could in the space of ten years have grown to a population of 15 bears (assuming none died).

  6. Nov 22, 2019 · The grizzly bear is a subspecies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos). The grizzly bear life cycle begins with a baby bear that is a helpless furless ball but it can grow to become a feared and powerful predator, able to dispatch animals as large as moose and elk with a single blow.

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