Black Bear: North America's Bear
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (620 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590787986 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With its large population, and with more people moving into black bear territory, it's important that we understand this magnificent animal. There may be as many as 750,000 black bears roaming the forests and mountains of the continent. Stephen R. (Did you know that in the autumn, black bears consume as much as twenty thousand calories a day? That's equivalent to forty-two hamburgers!) With stunning full-color and archival photographs, this lively book shows how North America's bear behaves and survives.. Swinburne takes us to where black bears live. Three species of bear inhabit North America: the grizzly, the polar bear, and the black bear. Black bears range f
Midwest Book Review said For any school or community library wildlife collection. Three species of black bear inhabit North America, but the American black bear is the only one found in only in North America. Author Stephen R. Swinburne journeys with wildlife biologists to study the black bear, visiting those who work with them and discussing their history and habitats. Color photos and an engaging text make Swinburne's Black Bear a true winner for any school or community library . "Review from firrkids.com" according to firrkids.com. Put very simply - bears are cool. Bears in a zoo, however, are very boring. I've never seen a bear in captivity do anything but roll up and sleep, so we're basically left staring at a big ball of fur. Steven Swinburne takes a much more interesting approach, venturing out to locate active bears to photograph and study. We'll have to content with living vicariously through his travels because I like to. A Must Read Awsome photos. Very informative text. I learned a whole bunch about these bears I didn't know before. Kids researching black bears could not find a better book to begin with.
From School Library Journal Grade 3-5-Stunning, full-color photos and a lively text make for an intriguing introduction to these fascinating animals. Fact boxes present additional information, such as the controversy about hibernation versus semi-hibernation and a look at tracking individual animals. Using helpful photos, the final chapter illustrates the signs these animals leave behind in the woods. The combination of full-color photos, some taken of Swinburne's observations, and the historical photograph