Bear

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bear : any of a family of large heavy mammals of America and Eurasia that have long shaggy hair, rudimentary tails, and plantigrade feet and feed largely on fruit, plant matter, and insects as well as on flesh — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Thesaurus

Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords

Encyclopedia

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. Bears are found on the continents of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Common characteristics of modern bears include large bodies with stocky legs, long snouts, small rounded ears, shaggy hair, plantigrade paws with five nonretractile claws, and short tails.– Wikipedia

Bear (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Bears of the World (International Association for Bear Research and Management)

Bears (One Zoom)
Bear (WolframAlpha)

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Inspiration

Bears of Kamchatka. Kambalnaya River (Air Pano, YouTube 360° Video)
Swimming With Bears (National Geographic, YouTube 360° Video)
Grizzly Bears: Up Close and Personal (Animal Planet, YouTube 360° Video)
Black Bear with Cubs in Wilderness (Wildlife Protection Solutions, YouTube 360° Video)

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Innovation

Science

Mammalogy is the study of mammals – a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and complex nervous systems. Mammalogy has also been known as “mastology,” “theriology,” and “therology.” The major branches of mammalogy include natural history, taxonomy and systematics, anatomy and physiology, ethology, ecology, and management. — Wikipedia

Mammalogy (Encyclopædia Britannica)

The Science of Mammalogy (The American Society of Mammalogists)

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Preservation

Conservation

Black Bear (Defenders of Wildlife)
Grizzly Bear (Defenders of Wildlife)

Library

DDC: 599.78 Bears (Library Thing)
Subject: Bears (Library Thing)

Subject: Bears (Open Library)

LCC: QL 737.C2M63 Bears (UPenn Online Books)
Subject: Bears (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: QL 737.C2M63 Bears (Library of Congress)
Subject: Bears (Library of Congress)

Subject: Bears (WorldCat)

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Participation

Education

Bears (Science Trek)

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Community

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