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European brown bear

Ursus arctos

Photo by Tiz
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Field Notes

Description:

The Eurasian brown bear has brown fur, which can range from yellow-brownish to dark brown, red brown, and almost black in some cases. The fur is dense to varying degree and the hair can grow up to 10 cm in length.
mouth equipped with 42 teeth, including predatory teeth. It has a powerful bone structure, large paws, equipped with big claws, which can grow up to 10 cm in length. The weight varies depending on habitat and time of the year. A full grown male weighs on average 265–355 kg

Notes:

In February this year the zookeepers in Skansen understood that a female bear had cubs. After three "cub-less" years, this was great news. When the photos was taken the cubs were a bit over four months old. They were very active and playful, with normal fighting instincts to prepare for the adult world.

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Comments (3)

hahaha, you're a sweetheart Sckel! I agree that every image could have its own speech bubble :D
Let me try a caption fun: - Look, Mom, we can make a fire with that. - No, Joshua, here is not the island of Lost.
Beautiful images, Tiz.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2013

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