The bear hibernates in winter, but it wakes up several times. It loses a lot of weight during hibernation, so no wonder he feels extremely hungry when waking up in the spring.

A female bear produces 1-3 cubs. When protecting their cubs, female bears can be really aggressive!

Newborn bear cubs are rather helpless: they are born naked, blind, deaf, and have no sense of smell. 

Bears hibernate for the winter in their dens. Cubs are born here, protected in the hollows of giant trees or between the roots, in the shelter of trees uprooted by the wind, in rock crevices or caves.

Black bears make a soft bed for themselves from dry grass and leaves. They are better swimmers and climbers than their brown counterparts.

• is called a washing-bear in many languages, but it is not a bear,
• washes its food before eating it,
• is agile, fast, and excellent at climbing trees,
• is instantly recognisable by its bandit mask.