Facts & Diet

Grizzly Bear Facts and Diet:

Facts:

• Adult Grizzly bears are roughly 3 to 3 1/2 feet tall and between 6 and 7 feet long.
• When fully grown, males can weigh as much as 850 lbs, and females 450 lbs.
• The average life of a Grizzly Bear is between 20 and 25 years
• The top speed of a Grizzly Bear is 35 miles per hour, so not something someone could really outrun.
• Grizzly Bears have a heightened sense of smell, even more so than a hound dog. 
• Historically, Grizzly Bears could have been found anywhere in North American and had a population of approximately 50,000.  
• The Current population of Grizzly Bears is roughly 1,000 in the 48 mainland states of the U.S.
• Hibernation time typically lasts 5 to 8 months out of the year.
• Gestation period lasts between 180 and 270 days & produce litters of 1 to 3 cubs weighing about 1 lb each.  
• Cubs live with their mother until the age of 2 & 4.

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Diet:

Against popular belief, Grizzly Bears are actually Omnivorous, meaning they partake in both meat and vegetation.  They will eat anything from small to large mammals, dead carapaces of other animals, fish (most commonly known), and even insects.  For the vegetation, they consume grasses, roots, and berries as well as some other things that resemble grasses such as sedges.

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