when they stand on their
feet. They seem pretty quiet
Brown bears
but they can be very loud.
In another part of the world,
Pandas eat bamboo. They
there is a different type of bear.
need to eat for 12 hours a day
Many people like panda bears
to get enough nutrients. This is
because there are not a lot of
cute. There are two types of
Sometimes they eat fish or
pandas; red pandas and giant
small rodents.
Not many people know
or understand how
intelligent bears can be,
says Nicole Gangnon, a
grizzly bear refuge
ranger at Kicking House
Mountain Resort. “There
is a lot of fear created
because of movies in
regaureds to bears being
violent and upredictable
navigate label they have
been given is far from
the truth of what they
really are about bears
offren fear people as we
are only prevent threat.
because they are chubby and
nutrients in bamboo.
pandas. Giant pandas have
white bodies with black legs.
Only 1,000 survive in the
wild. They are shy and don’t go
They live in China. Giant
where people are. Giant pandas pandas are 5 feet tall when
are in great danger of dying out they stand on their feet. They
in the wild because people are
seem pretty quiet but they can
taking away the forest.
be very loud.
A giant pandas cub weighs
Pandas eat bamboo. They
only around 5 oz at birth. Baby
need to eat for 12 hours a day
pandas are born hairless and
WORKING
WITH BEARS
Gangon explains how
to get enough nutrients. This is
with their eyes closed.
to be safe from
bears.”first it is best
while to hike in a group
Two polar bear
cubs
of four or more people .
Make sing out loud
talking are approcing
and gives them the time
to disaid if they will not
counter you running
from any bear will result
in the bear
pursuing .”talk calmly to
the animal and slowly
back away.
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