Grizzlies’ World

Introduction

“Hey you!” “Do ya wanna learn about Grizzly bears?” if ya wanna then come with me on the K9 bus.

Physical Description

Before you’re gonna see a Grizzly, you need to know how he looks so you know you’re looking at the right bear. Grizzly’s are brown like many other bears and they are 7ft long. They weigh 1,500 pounds, but their babies are 1 pound. They have four legs and long claws. Grizzly’s have big snouts, black eyes and short ears. It’s tail is very short so don’t look for a tail when you’re looking to find a grizzly!

Grizzlies are mammals so they are:

Warm-blooded

Have fur or hair

Give birth to live young

Produce milk for young

Have lungs to breathe

Live on land or water

Habitat

Well, you gotta know where a grizzly lives or how you gonna find ‘em? Grizzlies live in mountains or forests. They live in the Arctic, Russia, Canada, Alaska, and other cold places. Bears hibernate in caves so a Grizzly bear’s habitat has to have a cave so the grizzly can hibernate but don’t make too much noise a grizzly can be easily awaken!

Adaptations

Well, now you’re gonna learn how that grizzly lives in cold icy places and how it captures it’s prey. Grizzlies have thick fur with a grizzled appearance (that’s how it got it’s name!) which let’s them survive in icy cold places like the Artic. Grizzlies have sharp, fast teeth and can run 35 miles per hour to easily catch their prey.

Enemies

You gotta know the enemies of a grizzly or ya don’t know when ta leave! The truth is, people are grizzly’s only enemies! This is how we take grizzlies:

Environment: we cut down for paper, fire logs, and other things like that.

Body: We use bear-teeth for necklaces, and we use bear skin for coats. Let’s stop hunting bears!

Fast facts

Here’s some loose things about a bear.

Grizzlies eat plants, roots, berries, fungi, fish, small mammals, and large insects ( ) salmon is one kind of fish they eat

Newborns weigh only 1 pound

They are ¾ nocturnal

They are plantigrade

Female bears eat lots of food before hibernation which is stored in a big hump under her skin so when she doesn’t have any food.

Grizzlies have good senses

Grizzlies have good memories

Glossary

Habitat – where they live

Hibernation – sleep forever during winter

Nocturnal – awake at night

Plantigrade – flat-footed

Survive – how to stay alive