Ailuropoda Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus (extinct) A bear is a large mammal of the order Carnivora, family Ursidae. The adjective, ursine, is used to describe things of bearlike nature. Bear - Physical attributes. Common characteristics of bears include a short tail, excellent senses of smell and hearing, five un-retractable claws, and long, dense, shaggy fur. Bears have a large body with powerful limbs. They are capable of standing up on ...

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• Bear - Bears in mythology
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Kinds of Black Bears: American Black Bear Asiatic black bear, including its subspecies (Formosan Black Bear, Himalayan Black Bear) Other related archivesAmerican Black Bear, Asiatic black bear, Formosan Black Bear, Himalayan Black Bear

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Common characteristics of bears include a short tail, excellent senses of smell and hearing, five un-retractable claws, and long, dense, shaggy fur. Bears have a large body with powerful limbs. They are capable of standing up on their hind legs. They have broad paws, long snouts, and round ears. Their teeth are used for defense and tools and depend on the diet of the bear. Their claws are used for ripping, digging, and catching. A bear's eyesight is probably similar in acuity (sharpness) to the human eye. Black bears, and likely other bears, have color v ...

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Common characteristics of bears include a short tail, excellent senses of smell and hearing, five un-retractable claws, and long, dense, shaggy fur. Bears have a large body with powerful limbs. They are capable of standing up on their hind legs. They have broad paws, long snouts, and round ears. Their teeth are used for defense and tools and depend on the diet of the bear. Their claws are used for ripping, digging, and catching. Bears eyesight is probably similar in acuity (sharpness) to the human eye. Black bears, and likely other bears, have color v ...

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The term Great Bear can refer to: Ursa Major, the constellation, whose name is the Latin for "Great Bear". The Great Bear, an artwork by Simon Patterson based on the London Tube map. Other related archivesLatin, London, Simon Patterson, The Great Bear, Tube map, Ursa Major, artwork, constellation

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In navigation, a bearing is the angle between the direction to an object and a reference direction. Unless otherwise specified, the reference direction is generally understood to be magnetic North, in which case the term compass bearing is also used. If navigating by gyrocompass, the reference direction is true north. In stellar navigation, the reference direction is that of the North Star, Polaris. Generalising this to two angular dimensions, a bearing is the combination of antenna azimuth and elevation required ...

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The Atlas Bear (Ursus crowtheri), was Africa's only native bear. Once inhabiting the Atlas Mountains from Morocco to Libya, the animal is now thought to be extinct. Thousands of these bears were hunted for sport following the expansion of the Roman Empire into North Africa. The last known specimen was probably killed by hunters in northern Morocco in the 1870s. Other related archives1870s, Africa, Atlas Mountains, Libya, Morocco, North Africa, Roman Empire, bear

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A ball bearing is a common type of rolling-element bearing, a kind of bearing. The term ball bearing sometimes means a bearing assembly which uses spherical bearings as the rolling elements. It also means an individual ball for a bearing assembly. The remainder of this entry uses the term ball for the individual component and ball bearing or just 'bearing' for the assembly. Ball bearings typically support both axial and radial loads and can tolerate some misalignment of the inner and outer races. Also, ball ...

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The Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) is a species of bear that can reach weights of 130–700 kg (300–1500 pounds). The Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), the Kodiak Bear and the Mexican Brown Bear are North American subspecies of the Brown Bear. It is sometimes referred to poetically as the bruin. Brown Bear - Appearance. Brown Bears have furry coats in shades of blonde, brown, black, or a combination of those colors; the long outer guard hairs are often ...

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Brother Bear is the forty-third film in the Disney animated feature canon. It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida and released on November 1, 2003, by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. In it, an Inuit boy pursues a bear in revenge for a battle with it he provoked in which his oldest brother is killed. He tracks down the bear down and kills it, but the Spirits, angered by this needless death, change the boy into a bear himself as punishment. Originally titled Bears, it was the third and ...

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The bear community is a subculture in the gay community. Bears are gay and bisexual men with stocky or heavyset builds, and usually have hairy bodies and facial hair. Bears often exhibit an outwardly masculine appearance. Some bears place great importance on presenting a hyper-masculine image and shun interaction with men who display effeminate style and mannerisms. Bears are typically contrasted with twinks. There is much debate as to the definition of a bear, with some saying that anyone who self-identifies as a bear is a bea ...

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Conservation status: Lower risk (cd) The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus), also known as White Bear or Northern Bear, is a large bear native to the Arctic. It is the largest land carnivore species. It is the apex predator within its range. It is well-adapted to its habitat: its thick blubber and fur insulate it against the cold, its white color camouflages it from its prey, and it hunts well both on land and in the water. Polar Bear - Natural range. Including:

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• Polar Bear - Fur and skin
• Polar Bear - Hunting diet and feeding
• Polar Bear - Breeding
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A bearing is a component used to reduce friction in a machine. Bearings may be classified broadly according to the motions they allow and according to their principle of operation. Bearing mechanical - Major types. Common motions include linear/axial and rotary/radial. A linear or thrust bearing allows motion along a straight line, for example a drawer being pulled out and pushed in. A rotary bearing allows motion about a center, such as a wheel on a shaft or a shaft through a housing. Common kinds of rotar ...

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Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was a American college football coach. Best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team, he achieved much status in the sport, winning the national championship six times, and setting the record as the all-time (up to that time) most successful coach in NCAA Division I college football, with a record of 323-85-17. Bear Bryant - Biography. Paul Bryant was born in Moro Bottom, Arkansas on September 11, 1913. H ...

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Yogi Bear is a cartoon character (an upright bear) created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Yogi debuted in 1958 as a supporting character on The Huckleberry Hound Show. He became very popular, and in 1961 was given his own show, which also included the segments Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle. There was even a musical animated feature film, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!, in 1964. Over the years he would appear in many other spin-off series as well, including Yogi's Gang (1973), Yogi's Space Race (1978), Galaxy Goof-Ups (1978), Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985), The New Yogi ...

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The Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus or Ursus tibetanus), also known as the Tibetan black bear, the Himalayan black bear, or the moon bear, is a medium sized, sharp-clawed, black-coloured bear that usually features a distinctive white or cream "V" marking on its chest. It is a very close relative of the American black bear, with which it is thought to share a European common ancestor. It grows to approximately 130 to 190cm (4 to 6 ft.) in length. Males weigh between 110 and 150 kg (242 to 330 lbs.) and females weigh between 65 to 90 kg ( ...

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The Bear Lake Monster is a sea monster that is reported by some to live in Bear Lake on the Idaho-Utah border. Category: Lake cryptids Other related archivesBear Lake, Idaho, Lake cryptids, Utah, sea monster

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B.J. and the Bear was a comedy/adventure television series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. It starred Greg Evigan as B. J. (Billie Joe) McKay, a trucker who traveled the country's highways with his pet chimpanzee, Bear. He was constantly harassed by sheriff Elroy P. Lobo (Claude Akins, who eventually spun off onto his own show, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo). In 1981, when the show returned from hiatus, B.J. had settled down to run Bear Enterprises, a trucking company based in Los Angeles. His opponent w ...

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The Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) was a species of bear which lived in Europe during the Pleistocene and became extinct at the end of the last ice age about 10,000 years ago. Both the name Cave Bear and the scientific name spelaeus derive from the fact that fossils of this species were mostly found in caves, indicating that this species spent more time in caves than the Brown Bear which only uses caves for hibernation. Many caves in Europe have skeletons of cave bears on display, for example the Heinrichshöhle in Hemer ...

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