1. Fun Facts about Grizzly Bears By: Ryan Parret

2. Grizzly bears live mostly in the northern states of the U.S.A, Canada, and other northern countries.

3.  Grizzly Bears will eat about anything, such as plants and berries, they also eat things that have washed up on the beach such as seaweed, crabs, and dead fish.  Grizzlies mostly prefer meat though, they will fish for salmon and trout in streams and will go hunting for mammals like moose, deer, elk, and caribou.  When grizzly bears wonder into civilization they find easy meals raiding cabins, camps, trash cans, and city dumps.

4.  Grizzly bears are very strong, they have 20 claws that are as long as a man’s finger that they use to fight, dig for insects, and kill their prey.  Grizzlies are usually shy around people but will attack if threatened or have young.

5.  The scientific name for the grizzly bear is Ursus arctos horribilis.  Grizzly bears have a better sense of smell than a hound dog, and can smell food from miles away.  The large hump on their back is muscle.  Grizzlies have claws as long as a man’s finger!

6.  A Grizzlies mating season is early May though mid July.  Their young are born in January or February when mothers are hibernating in a den, their litter size is usually 1-3.  Cubs will stay with their mother for 2-4 years.  grizzlies coloration is usually dark brown but can vary from light cream to black.

7.  Kallen, Stuart A. Grizzly Bears. Edina. Abdo & Daughters, 1998. Print.  Basic Facts About Grizzly Bears. Defenders of Wildlife. defenders. org, 2013. Web. 1-3-2013