Brown Bear
· Brown Bear Habitat
· Brown Bear Food
· Brown Bear Behaviour
· Conservation Status
· Brown Bear Hunting
· Brown Bear Facts

Brown Bear Behaviour

Brown Bear Behaviour – Feeding

Although most myths and legends tend to spread the word that the brown bear is a wild and vicious predator which will eat your children that just is not true. Up to 90% of the brown bears food sources comes from the vegetation and even when the bear does go predatory it generally hunts moths. This does not mean that the brown bear is not a competent hunter though, it very much is. Capable of ambushing and killing large mammals as a moose or a deer the brown bear can kill with one single blow and will pursue its prey at a steady 35 mph for hours on end if needed. The brown bear is also an excellent fisher, trying to either catch the fish or simply throw it up onto land.

Brown Bear Behaviour – Mating

The brown bears are generally a solitary animal but will find a mate during the fall when they all meet up on riverbanks searching for fish to feed upon. The female brown bear will produce one to four young cubs every other year and is all alone when it comes to caring for them, the father is nowhere to be seen. The cubs generally stay with their mother for 1,5 years until she have taught them everything they need to know to survive on their own. As most other bears the cubs will learn to climb a tree when they believe they are in danger and this brown bear behaviour can be seen in some animals in their adult life too.

Brown Bear Behaviour – Hibernating

The brown bears tend to eat a lot more food than they need energy to live and that is because the generally go into hibernating during the cold winters when there is no food around. A normal brown bear can put on up to 400 pounds in fat during the summer so that it will be able to survive the entire winter without eating anything. The brown bear will find a cave, crevice, or hollow log to make a den out of and once comfortable the brown bear will fall asleep. Although lowering its metabolism considerably the brown bears never go into any real hibernation and are easily awakened, therefore one should avoid hibernating brown bears as much as possible, otherwise it would be like waking up with a burglar in the bedroom.