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Grizzly Cub
This youngster was 16 months old when I took this photo. He was born in January or February, while his mother was sleeping in her winter den.
When grizzly cubs are born, they are blind, hairless and toothless. Of all mammals, bears at birth are the smallest percentage of their adult size. The cubs weigh 500 grams (1 pound) or less at birth. Their mother's milk is one of the richest in nutrients and fat in all of nature though, enabling the babies to grow to a size where they can survive in the outside world when their mother leaves the den in April.
Cubs stay close to their mother and they learn all of their survival lessons from her over their first 2-1/2 years (some areas report cubs staying with their mothers for an additional year). Bear cubs are most frequently twins or triplets, with quadruplets and single cubs being less common.
At 16 months old, the cubs are eating more and more solid food and rely less on their mother's milk. They spend most of their time exploring the world within a hundred metres of their mother and wrestling with each other. At this age, they are excellent tree climbers, which they do to avoid danger.
This youngster is about the size of a large dog and looks friendly and huggable. However, he already has powerful claws and teeth and his omnipresent mother, nature's ultimate protector!
Grizzly Cub
This youngster was 16 months old when I took this photo. He was born in January or February, while his mother was sleeping in her winter den.
When grizzly cubs are born, they are blind, hairless and toothless. Of all mammals, bears at birth are the smallest percentage of their adult size. The cubs weigh 500 grams (1 pound) or less at birth. Their mother's milk is one of the richest in nutrients and fat in all of nature though, enabling the babies to grow to a size where they can survive in the outside world when their mother leaves the den in April.
Cubs stay close to their mother and they learn all of their survival lessons from her over their first 2-1/2 years (some areas report cubs staying with their mothers for an additional year). Bear cubs are most frequently twins or triplets, with quadruplets and single cubs being less common.
At 16 months old, the cubs are eating more and more solid food and rely less on their mother's milk. They spend most of their time exploring the world within a hundred metres of their mother and wrestling with each other. At this age, they are excellent tree climbers, which they do to avoid danger.
This youngster is about the size of a large dog and looks friendly and huggable. However, he already has powerful claws and teeth and his omnipresent mother, nature's ultimate protector!