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	Sloth bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sloth Bear in captivity at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, DC
		The Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) is a nocturnal bear with shaggy fur.
		The sloth bear is also used for entertainment, known in circuses as a "dancing bear".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sloth_Bear (434 words)

	Bear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bears live in a variety of habitats from the tropics to the Arctic and from forests to snowfields.
		Bears in captivity have been to be trained to dance, box, or ride bicycles; however, this use of the animals became controversial in the late 20th century.
		A bear also features prominently in the legend of Saint Romedius, who is also said to have tamed one of these animals and had the same bear carry him from his hermitage in the mountains to the city of Trento.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bear (2879 words)

	Sloth bear - Melursus ursinus: More Information - ARKive
		Sloth bears are found in a wide variety of habitats on the subcontinent, from grasslands and thorn scrub to evergreen forest (6).
		Sloth bears are unique amongst bears in that the majority of their diet is composed of insects, particularly termites and ants (6).
		Sloth bears were the original 'dancing bears' and are were also used in bear baiting; the capture of live bears continues to this day (6).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Melursus_ursinus/more_info.html (801 words)

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		The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) is endemic to the Indian subcontinent.
		Sloth bear are often nocturnal and occur at low densities, so determining how many bears are found in a particular area or monitoring their status is difficult.
		Sloth bear are known for their propensity for eating ants and termites, and also eat various fruits from forest trees and shrubs.
	home.comcast.net /~cefprice/slothbear/Sloth_bear_page.htm (1218 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Sloth bear
		Sloth bears are nocturnal and occupy home ranges that they seem happy to share with other sloth bears.
		Sloth bears are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN and are listed on CITES: Appendix I. They are hunted by farmers due to the damage they cause to crops, and also by hunters seeking the prized gall bladder of the sloth bear, which is used in medicine in Asia.
		Sloth bears were originally classified as belonging to the sloth family in the 1700s, and were named bear sloths.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/13.shtml (485 words)

	"Tropical" Bear's : Sun Sloth, and Spectacled
		The hair is longer and shaggier than other bears, particularly on the back of the neck and between the shoulders, which gives the sloth bear a maned appearance.
		Sloth bears grow to be about 6 feet (1.8 m) long, and stand 3 feet (91 cm) high at the shoulder.
		Within its range, the sloth bear inhabits a wide variety of forest types, ranging from the torn forests of northern India to the wet tropical forests of the south.
	members.tripod.com /~JFroilan/tropicalbears.htm (1600 words)

	Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure
		The other seven species of bears are: the spectacled bear, the Asiatic fl bear, the brown bear (including grizzlies), the polar bear, the sun bear, the sloth bear, and the giant panda.
		Sloth bear populations are declining in the wild.
		Sloth bear populations are declining due to habitat loss and poaching for the medicinal market. Bear gall bladder has been used by traditional Chinese doctors since the sixth century A.D. and is believed to help cure fever, intestinal, liver, and cardiac-related illnesses.
	www.rollinghillswildlife.com /animals/b/bearsloth (740 words)

	Sloth Bear
		Sloth bears live in warm, humid forests or in grasslands near the equator.
		Sloth bears have long, shaggy fl fur with a large white or yellow Y-shaped patch of hair on their chests.
		Sloth bears live in a part of the world where people are struggling to make a living, so wildlife conservation is not considered to be a top priority.
	www.greatbear.org /SlothBear.htm (547 words)

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		The sloth bear is relatively small, with long hair and shaggy coat.
		The claws of the sloth bear are sickle-shaped, and deeply curved.
		Sloth bears are found in the forested areas and grasslands of India and Sri Lanka.
	www.bears.org /animals/sloth (336 words)

	Sloth Bear - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Sloth bears are most closely related to the Asiatic fl bear, and are...
		The polar bear is classified as Ursus maritimus, the brown bear as...
		Among the animals of Venezuela are the jaguar, monkey, sloth, anteater, ocelot, bear, deer, and armadillo.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Sloth_Bear.html (109 words)

	Lowry Park Zoo Reciprocal Partner
		The sloth bear has a feeding adaptation that is unique to the bear family.
		The sloth bear is the only bear with the ability to hang upside down in trees (sloth-like), though it does this rarely.
		The sloth bear is highly feared in its native India and Sri Lanka and has a reputation for unpredictability and ferocity.
	www.lowryparkzoo.com /html/l3/fact_sheets/l3_att_hab_fsasi_slothbear.html (357 words)

	Sri Lankan Sloth Bear
		It is therefore the disappearance of suitable habitat that poses the greatest threat to the sloth bear's survival in Sri Lanka.
		The mother bear and cub were passing under a stand of palu trees and feeding on the fallen fruit.
		The sloth bear has a very sensitive and flexible nose and is able to fashion its lips into a tube like form, so the lips function rather like a vacuum-cleaner nozzle.
	www.lankalibrary.com /wlife/slothbear.htm (995 words)

	Sloth Bear
		The sloth bear is also occasionally referred to as the honey bear.
		Sloth bear mothers carry their one or two cubs on their backs so that they can protect their young while making a quick escape from predators.
		Food: Sloth bears eat fruits, honeycombs, and insects, but with their hairless lips, flexible snout, and gapped front upper teeth these bears are particularly adapted for feeding on ants and termites.
	www.yesnet.yk.ca /schools/wes/webquests_themes/bear_webquest/sloth_bear.html (137 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Bears are omnivores and opportunistic feeders, meaning they eat a wide variety of foods that consists of insects, grubs, tubers, grass, berries, nuts, flowers, fruits, honey, fish and meat either as carrion or fresh from the occasional kill.
		Bears are wide ranging animals and this habit along with ripping termite nests helps to maintain the proper length of their long claws as well as their general physiology.
		Considering the sloth bear is listed in CITES Appendix I (1989), the ethical thing to do would be to give these two captive bears a chance to contribute to their own species' survival in a well managed captive breeding program.
	www.dailynews.lk /2002/11/14/fea07.html (823 words)

	The Sloth Bear
		It is possible that a group of bears managed to colonize the Indian subcontinent either during a warm, interglacial period in the late Miocene era, or during one of the cold periods.
		Early sloth bears could not compete with more efficient carnivores in capturing prey, and were probably not large enough to drive the large predators from kills.
		Sloth bears are attracted to human developments in search of food such as honey or fruit, but their reliance on insects helps to keep them in more remote areas.
	www.grizzlybear.org /bearbook/sloth_bear.htm (611 words)

	Sloth Bears
		Sloth Bears (Indian bears, Jungle jokers, lip bears or Ursus ursinus Meyer) inhabit forested areas and grasslands at lower elevations.
		The ancestors of all modern bears, including the Sloth bear, evolved from a bear-like dog that developed from the miacids (a small tree-climbing carnivorous mammal living 30-40 million years ago.) The first bears lived in subtropical Europe about 20 million years ago.
		Sloth Bears dig into the hard tall pillars where the termites live and insert their muzzle to suck up the insects and their larvae.
	www.sloth-bears.com (292 words)

	Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sloth bears are highly insectivorous, but their diet includes leaves, honey, flowers, and fruits.
		These bears are generally not aggressive, but their poor eyesight and hearing allows humans to draw near, and when feeling threatened these bears will defend themselves.
		This gave rise to the name "bear sloth." Sloth bears were trained by Qualanders, a nomadic group that roamed India and entertained crowds with performing animals and circus acts, and were the original dancing bears.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/bearcave/slothbear.html (985 words)

	Marshall Cultural Atlas
		Sloth bears are good climbers and scale trees to shake down fruit or to raid a bee's nest.
		Sloth bear courtship is a very noisy affair and includes much hugging and mock fighting.
		Sloth bear mothers regularly carry their young to and from the feeding grounds on their backs.
	www.ankn.uaf.edu /NPE/CulturalAtlases/Yupiaq/Marshall/bbb/bears/SlothBears.html (685 words)

	Sloth Bear - Terai Arc - WWF - Expeditions in Conservation
		Sloth bears live mostly in the forests and grasslands of India and Sri Lanka; but some are also found in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan.
		The hair around the neck of the sloth bear is longer than the rest and resembles a disheveled, scruffy mane.
		Growing human populations and encroachment through housing, farming, and logging are major threats to the population and habitat of sloth bear.
	www.worldwildlife.org /expeditions/teraiarc/wl_bears.html (347 words)

	Sloth Bear pictures
		Sloth Bears have 1-2 cubs that are born in the earth dens.
		Sloth Bears are active mostly at dusk and dawn.
		This bear species doesn't hibernate, but may get slow and sleepy for a short time each year (that's why they got their name.) When Sloth Bears meet humans, they can be rather aggressive and in some areas more people are injured by Sloth Bears than by tigers.
	www.sloth-bears.com /sloth-bears-pictures.htm (365 words)

	ANIMAL Teachers: Warm-Blooded Ones: Sloth Bear
		Because of her slow gait and ability to live in trees, Sloth Bear was classified with Sloths.
		In her migration north, Sloth Bear was stopped at the foothills of the Himalayas.
		Sloth Bear adapted to life in the Tropics by eating fruits and Insects. By dragging her long front claws, She digs into Termite mounds.
	www.funkman.org /animal/mammal/slothbear.html (240 words)

	Animal Fact Sheets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sloth bears belong to the family Ursidae, which includes eight species of bear.1 Sloth bears are found in the lower elevations of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
		Sloth bear cubs have a good chance of survival, as male sloth bears rarely display the predatory instincts toward cubs observed in other bear species.
		Sloth bears prefer to forage at night, in a solitary fashion, when temperatures are cooler.
	www.zoo.org /educate/fact_sheets/sloth_bear/sloth_bear.htm (1031 words)

	Wolf Run Studio - Bear Notecards and Prints
		Originally thought to be a member of the sloth family in the late 18th century, the species’; true affiliation with bears was not recognized until the early 19th century.
		Sloth bears have a shaggy fl coat that may have brown and grey hairs mixed in.
		Behind their heads, sloth bears have a thick mane-like ruff of fur that covers their neck and part of their shoulders.
	www.wolfrunstudio.com /PAGES/pg_wld01.html (1826 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) facts and pictures
		Sloth bears live in the forested and grassland regions of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.
		Sloth bears have unusual dentition for a carnivore.
		Female bears are induced ovulators, meaning they have to be stimulated several times in order to ovulate, so this is why they must mate so often.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=91 (562 words)

	Sloth Bear: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		All these animals receive their name from the noun sloth, which is simply the middle english noun-form of the adjective slow (formed in the same way as true&...
		A teddy bear is a stuffed toy bear for children....
		The cave bear (ursus spelaeus) was a species of bear which lived in europe during the pleistocene and became extinct at the end of the last ice...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sl/sloth_bear.htm (933 words)

	Comparative Placentation
		Many sloth bears are found in zoos and a “SSP” exists for this species to monitor its status in zoos.
		Young (1969) described for the polar bear placenta that the yolk sac measured 6 x 1 cm, and that amnion and allantoic sacs were applied to the chorionic sac.
		Black bears often have significantly enlarged baculae, which are at time ossified and simulate a penis, without detriment to their fertility, as placental scars were found in the uteri; the cause of this masculinization is unknown and is apparently not due to ovarian factors (Cattet, 1988).
	medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/slbear.htm (2313 words)

	Carnivores of Sri Lanka: On the Trail of the Sloth Bear
		Sloth bear cubs may remain with mothers for 1.5 – 2 years, and females may take as long as three years or more between births.
		Dave Garshelis, a noted international bear biologist, observed that sloth bears were either absent or occurred at very low densities in areas that had high levels of human disturbance.
		It appears that sloth bears do not adapt well to human encroachment, avoid areas with human activity, or interact aggressively with humans in areas where confrontation is highly probable.
	www.fieldtripearth.org /article.xml?id=842&ordinal=3 (368 words)

	BREITBART.COM - Bears Eat Monkey in Front of Zoo Visitors
		Bears killed and ate a monkey in a Dutch zoo in front of horrified visitors, witnesses and the zoo said Monday.
		He said one Sloth bear tried unsuccessfully to shake the monkey loose after it took refuge on the structure, built of crossing horizontal and vertical poles.
		Ignoring attempts by keepers to distract it, the bear climbed onto a horizontal pole, and, standing stretched on two legs, "used its sharp canines to pull the macaque, which was shrieking and resisting, from its perch."
	www.breitbart.com /news/2006/05/15/D8HKETVO0.html (340 words)

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