Remember all that stuff you meant to take care of before spring?
Bear alarm clocks will be going off before you know it. Now is the time to put your plans into action. Read our article for a list of things that could attract bears and what you can do to be BearWise.
A mix of multiple winter precipitation types are expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations up to 3 inches and ice accumulations up to one third of an inch are possible. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, northwest, and west central Georgia. * WHEN…From 7 AM Friday to 7 AM EST Saturday. *
The Board of Directors and residents of Tranquility at Carters Lake would like to thank all the “Tranquility Elves” for the setup, removal, and storage of our Christmas decorations. Our neighborhood looked wonderfully festive for the holiday season!
Born in January, these three bear cubs with sharp little claws are approximately 7 to 8 weeks old; courtesy of Emily Carrollo, Pennsylvania Game Commission
If bears had birthday parties, they’d all be in January and February. That’s when winter dens across the country turn into nurseries as most pregnant bears give birth to cubs weighing in at less than a pound that would easily fit into your hands.
Human moms would probably envy a mother bear’s ability to give birth to one, two or three or more tiny cubs while half-asleep.
Even though cubs are born with their eyes closed, unable to hear or smell and weak and uncoordinated they instinctively find their mom’s nipples and start nursing. Soon the den will be filled with mom’s snores and the happy sounds of cubs humming and purring while they snuggle up to mom and their siblings and fill their tummies with a steady diet of rich, warm milk. Bear’s milk has a fat content around 33%, so nursing cubs have no problem gaining weight.
Over the next several weeks, cubs will keep eating, sleeping and growing and eventually start cautiously exploring their winter quarters. As winter slowly gives way to spring, their eyes will open, their teeth will come in and the fine hair they’re born with will be replaced by fur coats.
To find out how many cubs are usually born, what a very large litter could mean and more fascinating facts, keep reading!
Bear biologist Adam Hammond examines a newborn bear cub near the den; photo courtesy of Georgia Department of Natural Resources https://bearwise.org
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