Ursus Arctos HorribilisEverything you ever wanted to know about grizzly bearsUrsus Arctos HorribilisIn the United States, grizzly bears are found inAlaska,Wyoming,Idaho and Montana. Although California displays a grizzly bear on their flag, they are no longer found there.  The word grizzly means grayish, and suggests awfulness.  Both connotations are appropriate to the grizzly bear. The coat of the grizzly changes in color from off-white to black depending on the time of the year and the location.  It is estimated that fewer than 150,000 remain in North America.Glacier National Park boasts one of the highest densities of grizzlies.  They can be found in open meadows, river valleys and mountain forests.  They are active day or night, but mostly in the mornings and evenings.  A female will give birth to a litter of 1 to 4 cubs which are typically born between January and March.  The cubs are hairless and helpless, and stay with mom for 2.5 - 4.5 years.  Siblings will group together for 1 - 2 years after leaving their mother.Grizzlies are powerfully built with a large head and typically they have a perceptible hump above the shoulders.  This hump is one of the most prominent features that make it possible to distinguish grizzlies from black bears.  A male grizzly weighs between 300 and 850 pounds while the female averages 200 - 450 pounds, and their approximate life span is 20 years.  Their color varies from white to blond to brown to black.  A male will range 285 square miles while a female can forage a 450 square mile area and their diet shifts with the 
seasons.  Their dens are used often, and the same den is used each year. 
Grizzlies can be mistaken for black bears, but there 
are a number of distinguishing characteristics.  Grizzly bears have 
lengthy claws and less fur between their toes so that the pads seem 
joined together.  If you look closely, a grizzly bear's 
profile is distinctive from that of his relative the black bear. The head of a 
grizzly bear is more flat than that of a black bear with a shorter 
muzzle.  The grizzlies' ears are shorter 
and rounder, and black bears 
will often climb trees, but adult grizzlies seldom climb.  

Grizzlies 
or black gear, can you tell what flavor of bear this is in the 
video?
Many people think of grizzlies as fierce
carnivores, but they are actually
omnivores.  
As far as their diet is concerned, they're more like humans than 
other carnivores.  An omnivore eats other animals and plants 
(but all plants as we can't digest some grains or plants that don't 
produce fruit).  A grizzly will hunt for (or scavenge for dead 
meat [carrion]), and eat
herbivores 
and other omnivores.  Grizzles 
have a hump between their shoulders that is composed of muscle, 
which permits them to be such strong diggers, which is how they 
spend the majority of their foraging time.
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