Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
8 Grizzly Bear Facts
The Grizzly Bear is a symbol of the Canadian wilderness.
It is also known as the North American Brown Bear or simply Grizzly.
The Grizzly Bear is a subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America.
The most identifiable trait of the Grizzly Bear is the large hump on their shoulders, a powerful muscle they use to power their forelimbs through their daily routine.
Grizzly bears are opportunistic and adaptable omnivores and more than half their diet is vegetarian. They will eat fish, large and small mammals, insects, berries, fruit, nuts, grasses, bark, roots, mushrooms, and even garbage.
Before the Grizzly Bear hibernates, it eats as much as it can. It consumes up to 20,000 calories per day and can pack on as many as 30 pounds per week before entering its small dens for its winter hibernation.
The Grizzly front claws can be up to 4-inches in length; claws as long as human fingers.
The Grizzly Bear cubs will nurse for up to three years. Depending on when a grizzly mother bear wants to wean her cubs, a decision often made when she decides it’s time to mate again, she will keep producing milk for up to three years.
