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4 days ago · The koala ( Phascolarctos cinereus ), sometimes called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats. The koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting ...
5 days ago · Reasons for the extremely small size of the offspring and the frequent production of twins are not understood, but both are traits shared with bears. The newborn panda is blind and covered with only a thin all-white coat.
3 days ago · Above all, do not run from a bear. Despite their lumbering gait and hefty girth, bears can run up to 35 miles per hour. As with cougars, running from a bear can trigger a chase response in the animal.
3 days ago · Females do not reach breeding maturity until they are 4 to 9 years old and generally give birth to two cubs every 3 years. On occasion, one or three cubs may be born to a female, but two is the more common number.
3 days ago · Size of all newborn bears is quite small compared to the mother's weight A black bear cub, for example, is only 0.36% of the mother's weight; Pandas are the extreme example of this trend A cub, for example, may be only 0.12 % of mother's weight
4 days ago · (Trevor Bloom) And to build on Tom’s comment too, there’s another grizzly bear in the area, grizzly bear 610, which is one of 399 offspring that often has cubs. And it’s pretty common to see ...
2 days ago · Even bears as resilient as 399 get old and can no longer survive in the wild. Sadly, a bear’s final act is often marred by dangerous interactions as they scavenge food on the boundaries of human ...
