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How big

is a bear?

Standing up to 3.25 m (10 ft 8 in) tall and

weighing as much as 680 kg (1,500 lb),

Kodiak bears – a type of brown bear native

to Alaska – are the world’s biggest bears.

Giant pandas from China eat bamboo
shoots, using gripping paws, strong
jaws, and flat teeth to tear, chew, Sun bears are the FAST FACTS
and break down this tough plant. smallest of bears.
They have long,
sharp claws to rip American and Asiatic black bears
into bees’ nests in are separate species, but both are
the rainforests of skilled tree climbers. American ones
Southeast Asia. are the most common bear species,
while Asiatic bears are vulnerable.

American
black bear
cub in tree

Sun bears have sticky tongues
about 25 cm (10 in) long, which
they use to extract termites,
ants, and larvae from crevices,
and honey from bees’
nests – earning
them the
nickname
“honey bears”.

1.9 m 1.75 m 1.4 m

(6 ft 3 in) (5 ft 9 in) (4 ft 7 in)

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