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adult black bear comparison table
Subject have breeding season have average number of babies give birth to is a kind of weigh eat give birth in have length hibernate has part have colour run at suckle have height
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adult black bearJune or early July  black bear70-135 kgberries, nuts, insects, fish, small mammals, newborn moose calves, deer fawns, caribou calves, or elk calves, birds, carrion, honey 150 cmbut shows some characteristics of true hibernatorsvery dexterous lipsblack or brown with a brownish muzzle and frequently a white patch below the throat or across the chest55 km/h for short distances 100 to 120 cm at the shoulder
adult female black bearJune or early July2live babiesfemale mammal70 kgberries, nuts, insects, fish, small mammals, newborn moose calves, deer fawns, caribou calves, or elk calves, birds, carrion, honeyJanuary or February while the mother is still in her winter den150 cmbut shows some characteristics of true hibernators black or brown with a brownish muzzle and frequently a white patch below the throat or across the chest55 km/h for short distancesbabies100 to 120 cm at the shoulder
adult male black bearJune or early July  male mammal135 kgberries, nuts, insects, fish, small mammals, newborn moose calves, deer fawns, caribou calves, or elk calves, birds, carrion, honey 150 cmbut shows some characteristics of true hibernators black or brown with a brownish muzzle and frequently a white patch below the throat or across the chest55 km/h for short distances 100 to 120 cm at the shoulder

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