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What Do Bears Eat

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They are quite calm animals that carry peace as a flag and like to be alone, especially when they are adults and are not under the yoke of their mother who cares for them and protects them and always stays close to them. When they reach a certain age they are more independent, they are characterized by fighting for the territory in which they live, that is, if someone comes with the intention of stealing it or occupying it,  they do not hesitate to start a fight that always ends up causing them injuries, due to the biting and scratching, until one gives up and the other wins.

Although they weigh a lot, they are quite fast and they show it when it comes to chasing their prey, so whoever believes that their physical form is going to be a disadvantage, they are very wrong.

Brown and black bears

Due to their large proportions in terms of body and height, they need to eat a lot in order to satisfy their hunger. They are called opportunists since, depending on the animal that comes their way, and they see it as an opportunity to be their food and do not hesitate to go for it. It should be noted that they eat both meat and plants, but they also like fruits a lot or some fruits are dry, such as walnuts or almonds. Depending on the season they already know what kind of fruits are going to be found on the ground and in the trees, they are indifferent to the size you have, and they all serve as food. They can search many until they find what they are looking for, but if they are not lucky they get used to those animals they can come across.

They eat and take advantage of everything from the trees, from their bark to their leaves, even if inside they find small bugs that walk on it, such as termites, or the different kinds of ants, both black and red, all of them They are used for your diet.

Other animals that they like to eat are mice or small animals, although they are capable of eating others that are similar in height and proportions to their own, such as large deer or elk, by the Rocky Mountains.

They are animals that are attracted to sweets, and they do not avoid treating themselves if they find sugar cane, a panel of bees from which they extract and take advantage of their honey, or large quantities of yams.

In times when prey are scarce and they do not have food within their reach, as are usually those where hot weather is more present, they usually take advantage of the fat of animals that they have been able to eat in previous situations and that serve to keep them alive, in addition as a way to survive while they carry out their periods of hibernation in which they can practically take a bite to the mouth.

For their part, the black ones that usually live in areas close to water such as a river or lake know that their food is inside these and swim in their depths without their size being a problem to be able to reach, salmon or trout, using their long and strong claws that they use almost like daggers.

Polar bears

They are mammals that adapt to the circumstances in which they live and the environment that surrounds them, so they have a good ability to adapt to different types of food. In this case, because they live in a habitat with very low temperatures, surrounded by ice and water, they have no choice but to have other animals that live nearby as food.

One of the animals that becomes their main prey is the seal, when they are smaller they usually eat only some of its parts such as fat and skin, but as they age and become more adult they take advantage of all of it.

If you are not lucky enough to find any seal that day, you can randomly dedicate yourself  from belugas, any type of fish regardless of its size, a bird that flies over the place, mollusks or crustaceans in the depths. They can even eat meat that is in a state of decomposition, especially when it is winter, because when summer arrives they choose to look for vegetables since their instinct drives them to do so.

There are numerous cases in which other bears are eaten, especially the males; they use it as a method of survival if they do not find another bite to enjoy.

As a noteworthy fact, those who live in areas of ice know well that they should not drink this type of water because it contains a lot of acidity and has high levels of salting, so when they hunt they drink the blood and from there they extract the part of water they need to survive.