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	Exotics - Pictures, Breeders, Babies, Rescue, Photos
		Bear Black Hunting In Virginia West - Bear fl hunting in Virginia west is allowed, yet a bear farm is needed for conservation as the population is not great.
		Black Bear In Nj - The fl bear in NJ may be found on farms and is under conservation laws.
		Black Bear Cub - Black bear cub is a picture among a litter of 2-3 as a photo generally illustrates.
	www.gotexoticsonline.com /sitemap.shtml (11440 words)

	American black bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Though these bears indeed generally have shaggy fl hair, the coat can vary in color depending on the subspecies: from white through chocolate brown, cinnamon brown, and blonde, found mostly west of the Mississippi River, to fl in the east (the same is generally true in Canada with the border being between Manitoba and Ontario).
		It is not uncommon for fl bears to disengage after being injured; pepper spray in the eyes has been known to work but one needs to be fairly close to the bear to hit the eyes with the spray.
		Attack by bears are in most cases defensive measures and a result of the animal having been startled by human presence or in the case of brown bears human having come too close to offspring or having wandered in between the sow and her cubs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Black_Bear (3513 words)

	WildWNC.org : Animals : BLACK BEAR (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Black bears are large mammals, averaging between 100 to 150 pounds for females and up to 300 pounds or more for males.
		Black bear populations began to decline as the human population grew due to unrestricted hunting and trapping and habitat destruction.
		Bear hunting is primarily done by the use of dogs which pick up the scent of a bear and then follow and eventually "tree" the animal.
	wildwnc.org /af/blackbear.html (833 words)

	CT DEP: Black Bear Fact Sheet
		The fl bear's coat is typically glossy fl or brownish fl, except for the muzzle, which is tan.
		Black bear habitat is forestland, usually with deciduous and coniferous trees, as well as streams, swamps, and rock ledges.
		Black bears are not classified as true hibernators but their body temperature is lowered and heart rate slowed during winter denning.
	dep.state.ct.us /burnatr/wildlife/factshts/bear.htm (1897 words)

	Black Bear (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fl bear is the smallest of the three species of bears inhabiting North America (fl, brown/grizzly, and polar), has the widest distribution on the continent, and is the only bear living in the eastern United States.
		Black bears are found in most forested areas from Mexico north to the edge of the tree line in Canada and Alaska.
		Black bears in Maine are normally fl, but they are often various shades of brown to cream colored in western populations, and are even white, and blue-gray in color in coastal British Columbia and Alaska.
	www.state.me.us /ifw/hunttrap/hunt_management/blackbear.htm (1645 words)

	Black Bear: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		Black bears are most often associated with forests, but depending on the season of the year, they may be found from sea level to alpine areas.
		Black bears are most easily distinguished from brown bears by their straight facial profile and their claws which are sharply curved and seldom over 1½ inches in length.
		Black bears are so common and widely distributed that they often cause damage at homesteads, construction camps, or even in towns and are destroyed as nuisance animals.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/biggame/blkbear.php (1187 words)

	Black Bear (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Black bears are characterized as shy, secretive animals possessing considerable curiosity and displaying high levels of intelligence and exploratory behavior.
		Black bears are generally active in the early morning and late evening; they may alter their activity pattern to exploit sources of artificial food, becoming nocturnal at camp grounds and dump sites.
		Black bears are known to move long distances (100 miles) to exploit isolated pockets of food.
	www.gf.state.az.us /h_f/game_bear.shtml (754 words)

	American Black Bear, Wildlife Species Information: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While fl bears are capable of standing and walking on their hind legs, the usual posture is on all fours.
		Black bears breed in the spring, usually in May and June, but the embryos do not begin to develop until the mother dens in the fall to hibernate through the winter months.
		American fl bear also is protected by the Act in the affected states (Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) due to its close resemblance to this subspecies.
	www.fws.gov /species/species_accounts/bio_bear.html (1166 words)

	Black Bear
		The fl bear ranges across forested Canada from Newfoundland to British Columbia as well as much of the United States.
		Black bears swim well and often climb trees to feed on buds and fruit.
		Black bears are omnivorous; their diet consists of about 75 percent vegetable matter, 15 percent carrion, and 10 percent insects and small mammals.
	www.nature.ca /notebooks/english/blkber.htm (174 words)

	Bear Country USA
		Black bears in the East are nearly fl, while those in the West are fl to cinnamon with a white blaze on their chest.
		Black bears are similar to hogs and are even named the same--males are boars and females are sows, but babies are called cubs.
		Black bears breed in June and early July, but the cubs are not born until January.
	www.bearcountryusa.com /information.asp?ID=7 (1012 words)

	Critters \| A Guide to Arkansas Wildlife \| Black Bear
		The fl bear is the smallest of the three North American bear species, the other two being the grizzly and polar bears.
		Black is the predominant color of fl bears in the eastern U.S., but brown or "cinnamon" is more common in the West.
		Black bears have large canine teeth typical of meat eaters, but their diet is mostly fruit, berries and nuts, with the majority of their "meat" being insects.
	www.agfc.state.ar.us /critters/wildlife_bear_p2.html (989 words)

	Black Bear - Defenders of Wildlife
		Black bear fur is usually a uniform color except for a brown muzzle and light markings that sometimes appear on their chests.
		Black bears are extremely adaptable and show a great variation in habitat types, though they are primarily found in forested areas with thick ground vegetation and an abundance of fruits, nuts, and vegetation.
		Black bears tend to be solitary animals, with the exception of mothers and cubs.
	www.defenders.org /wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/black_bear.php (930 words)

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		Black bears are alert creatures, with a sense of smell more highly developed than other large animals, with exceptional hearing but apparently only average eyesight.
		The fl bear has not been eliminated to the extent of the grizzly bear and is still found in a majority of the states, as well as all of the Canadian provinces and territories.
		Black bears are normally highly adaptable and for the month or so, when the salmon swim up certain rivers in Alaska and Canada to spawn, the bears of the Pacific coastal region will gather along the rivers to fish in the shallows, often in close proximity to fishing grizzlys.
	home.globalcrossing.net /~brendel/black.html (1264 words)

	Animal Tracks - Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
		Black bears are the smallest American bears, and the most common.
		Bears are intelligent animals and their trails will yield endless hours of entertainment, if you are willing to spend the time.
		The bears were seen frequently that summer and one tent was ripped open by a bear trying to get food while the people were away from the campsite.
	www.bear-tracker.com /bear.html (2043 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Black Bear
		Black bears are members of the family Ursidae, which has representatives throughout most of the northern hemisphere and in northern South America.
		Black bears are extremely fond of garbage and frequently congregate at dumps.
		Black bears are solitary animals, except for the close bond between females and cubs, and the pairing that takes place during the mating season.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=83 (2439 words)

	SDNHM - Ursus americanus (American Black Bear)
		Though fl bears east of the Mississippi are predominantly fl, in the west various shades of fl, brown, cinnamon, as well as blond pelage are common.
		The current southernmost populations of fl bears in California are in San Diego County.
		The fl bear is not known to be native to San Diego County.
	www.sdnhm.org /fieldguide/mammals/ursu-ame.html (829 words)

	Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The American fl bear is one of the most common bear species; it is also one of the world's largest terrestrial carnivores.
		Most fl bears in the eastern United States are fl or brownish-fl with a lighter-colored muzzle; their counterparts in the West are fl to cinnamon with a white blaze on their chest.
		Black bears do not truly hibernate, but rather enter winter dormancy, which lasts from October to mid-May. During this time, they sleep in burrows or fallen or hollow trees.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/bearcave/black.html (597 words)

	Black Bear Facts
		Bear folklore is confusing because it is based on caricatures, with Teddy Bears and the kindly Smoky on one hand and ferocious magazine cover drawings on the other.
		General Description: The fl bear is approximately 4 to 7 feet from nose to tail, and two to three feet high at the withers.
		Defense of cubs is a grizzly bear trait.
	www.bear.org /Black/Black_Bear_Facts.html (1720 words)

	Black Bear Hunting Guide >> Black Bear Hunting Tips
		The fl bear is a species of bear which can only be found in North America, from the regions of Mexico bordering the United States all the way to Alaska.
		During the late summer and early fall, the fl bears develop an activity pattern in which they usually feed between 18 and 20 hours a day with brief and rare resting breaks, giving sportsmen supplementary time available to be able to hunt on a 24 hour period.
		In conclusion, fl bear hunting is still a popular practice in North America in spite of the changes brought to the sport in the last years under the heavy pressure of militants and independent organizations.
	www.blackbearhuntinginfo.com (726 words)

	EEK! - Critter Corner - The Black Bear
		Bear populations have been increasing from an estimated 5,700 in 1985 to 12,700 in 2000.
		Bears can be seen looking for food in places where scrap or leftover food is thrown out, such as at a dump.
		Black bears are actually quite healthy and long-lived animals which thrive in Wisconsin.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/eek/critter/mammal/bears.htm (929 words)

	The American Black Bear (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the time the fl bears arrived there were three main groups of cats, the sabre-toothed cats, the scimitar-toothed cats, and the true cats which included mountain lions, cheetahs, and jaguars.
		From the beginning, fl bears could not compete with these specialists for large prey species and they were not large and strong enough to drive them away from their kills.
		The fl bear’s monopoly of the bear niche was short-lived however, for as the ice sheets receded at the end of the Pleistocene about 10,000 years ago, two new and formidable predators arrived on the scene: grizzly bears, and humans.
	www.grizzlybear.org /bearbook/american_black_bear.htm (838 words)

	Black Bear
		Black bears live in a den that can also be a hole under a tree.
		When the fl bear is born it is very tiny.
		Black bears will eat tree buds if they must.
	www.yesnet.yk.ca /schools/selkirk/projects/bears/reports/sheena.html (209 words)

	Black Bears - The Wildlife Animals of British Columbia, Canada. Black Bear
		Black Bears - The Wildlife Animals of British Columbia, Canada.
		Description - Typical coloration of Black Bears in the west is fl to cinnamon with a white blaze on the chest and in the east, fl.
		Hunting Black Bears is a popular sport, the meat is eaten and often the hides are made into rugs.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/animals/blackbear.htm (309 words)

	NYS DEC Black Bear Information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		New York’s fl bears are large fl creatures of the forest.
		Although the color of fl bears actually varies widely in other parts of North America, over 99.9% of the fl bears in New York are jet fl in color.
		New York’s 5000-6000 fl bears are great travelers and occasionally pass through virtually every upstate county of our state.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/wildgame/bear.htm (211 words)

	Black Bear Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fl bear is a large bodied (male: 150 to 300 lbs.; female: 100 to 180 lbs.), dark brown to fl mammal.
		All fl bears are characterized by a light brown muzzle; some individuals may have a white patch on the chest.
		The fl bear's uncanny sense of smell is used for finding the fruits, nuts, plants, and insect larve that they like to eat.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /wildlife/fs/blackbear.html (209 words)

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		The fl bear has managed to be quite prolific and successful as bears go.
		The largest fl bear recorded was a male shot in Wisconsin in 1885.
		Typical of bears, they are fond of honey, and are responsible for thousands of dollars worth of damage to aphiaries each year.
	www.bears.org /animals/black (243 words)

	ESPN Outdoors - Profile: Black Bear
		The Eastern fl bear is fl with a brown muzzle and can have a white blaze on its chest.
		The fl bear is omniverous, hibernates, is solitary (except a sow with cubs) and is most active at night, dusk and dawn.
		The fl bear in eastern North America primarily inhabits forests and swamps.
	sports.espn.go.com /outdoors/hunting/news/story?page=g_enc_black_bear (206 words)

	Black Bear Hunting and Canadian Moose Hunting in Alberta Canada, Guided Rifle & Archery Black Bear & Moose Hunts
		Baited spring fl bear hunting or spot and stalk trophy fl bear hunting
		Our moose hunting and fl bear hunting are done from a comfortable camp where we pride ourselves in serving great meals and delivering our clients to their stands or hunting area on time using ATVs.
		With the abundance of trophy fl bear and trophy Canadian moose in our northern Alberta hunting area, each hunter has an excellent opportunity at harvesting a quality trophy.
	www.canadianhuntingco.com (315 words)

	The American Bear Association Home Page (Web Pages2/index)
		Black bears have lost over 60% of their historical range.
		Led by a keen sense of smell, bears will naturally gravitate to potential food sources found in unsecured garbage, bird feeders, orchards, farm crops, beehives, outside pet food, and organic compost piles.
		Don’t surprise a bear; fl bears tend to be nervous and
	www.americanbear.org /blackbearfacts.htm (514 words)

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