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|name=American black bear

|name=American black bear

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|domain=Eukaryota

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American black bears are mainly foragers, feeding on grass, fruit, and nuts, though they will also feed on insects like bees and ants. Meat is also a part of their diet, which includes fish and young deer.

American black bears are mainly foragers, feeding on grass, fruit, and nuts, though they will also feed on insects like bees and ants. Meat is also a part of their diet, which includes fish and young deer.

When the chance arrives, though, black bears will wander into towns, national parks, and campsites, looking for food leftover from humans. This increases the chance of human and bear encounters and eventually even to a bear attack.

When the chance arrives, though, black bears will wander into towns, national parks, and campsites, looking for food leftover from humans. This increases the chance of human and bear encounters and eventually even leader to a bear attack.

   

   

== Offspring ==

== Offspring ==

Sows have their first litter at around three or five years of age. They can have up to two or three cubs in a litter during hibernation (late January or early February), the cubs leaving the den with their mother shortly after spring arrives. Like the adults, the cubs are capable of climbing trees and will climb to either escape predators, feed on fruits, or play with their siblings. The cubs stay with their mother until three years of age.

Sows have their first litter at around three or five years of age. They can have up to two or three cubs in a litter during hibernation (late January or early February), the cubs leaving the den with their mother shortly after spring arrives. Like the adults, the cubs are capable of climbing trees and will climb to either escape predators, feed on fruits, or play with their siblings. The cubs stay with their mother until three years of age. The males don't partake in taking care of the cubs.

 

The teddy bear was created by Morris Michtom, who in turn was inspired by a cartoon involving President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who had refused to shoot a black bear cub when it was tied to a tree during a hunt. A young American black bear named Winnipeg (who lived in the London Zoo) inspired the fictional character Winnie The Pooh. Ever since the Capitan Gap Fire in 1950, an American black bear had been the mascot of the United States Forest Service, represented by [[Smokey Bear]].

== References ==

== References ==