Grizzly Bear

Genus	Ursus Arctos
Species	Horribilis
Status	Endangered
Habitat	Wild Mountains, and forests
Distribution	Alaska, Canada, South to Montana
Standing Height	6 FT.
Weight	200 - 650 lbs, varies on location
Behavior	Adult grizzlies have no natural enemies except other grizzlies. They do not really have territories and do not mind other grizzlies. They hibernate during the winter in dens they dig out in the fall. Even though they come out on sunny days to find food.
Feeding	Grizzly bears are omnivores, meaning they eat anything from grass to carrion. They can smell dead carcass from up to 18 miles away. They are also great hunters known to take down caribou or dig up ground squirrels with their sharp claws. Grizzlies can fish with great ease, throwing the salmon up in the shore or catching them when they jump up the waterfalls. They spend most of their day eating fruit, berries, nuts, and roots. During the fall grizzlies fatten up for winter.
Breeding	In June the male attracts the female by making low snorts and nibbles on her back. After mating the eggs are implanted till the fall. Two babies are born in the winter den. They are born blind, toothless, and almost hairless. They stay and drink her warm milk all winter. They either stay with her the next winter or stay with other young bears.
Did You Know	A grizzly bear can gain six pounds a day in the fall from the salmon it eats?
Conservation	Grizzly bears were almost hunted to extinction and forced into the northern regions of North America by habitat destruction. In 1975 it was listed as an endangered species and is now protected. It is beginning to make a come back.