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Black Bear Identification

Maximum speed: 50 km/h

Vision: bears see colour

Hibernation: Up to 7 months in the north

Heart rate: 140 bpm during exertion, 66 bpm during sleep, 8-22 bpm in hibernation.

Body temperature: 1-7C during hibernation

Maximum age: At least 30 years in the wild, most die much younger

References

Bauer, E. and P. Bauer. 1996. Bear: behaviour, ecology, and conservation. Voyageur press, Stillwater MN.

Cowan, I. McTaggart and C. J. Guiguet. 1965. The mammals of British Columbia. BC. Provincial Museum Handbook No. 11, Victoria, BC.

Wilson, D. E. and S. Ruff. 1999. The Smithsonian book of North American mammals. Smithsonian

Institution, Washington, D.C.

(written October 2005)