Bears.
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American black bears live in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico.
Scientists think there maybe as many as 700,000 black bears in the United States.
American black bears eat grasses, berries,acorns, and walnuts.
BROWN BEAR
Brown bears have fur that is light or dark brown.
They also have a big hump on their shoulders.
Theirsnout is turned upward.
Brown bears live in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Grizzly bears are a kind ofbrown bear.
Brown bears are among the largest bears.
Large males weigh up to 1,760 pounds (800 kilograms).
TheAlaskan brown bear and other brown bears that live along seacoasts eat salmon.
Brown bears that liveinland eat plants and insects.
There are more than 120,000 brown bears in Russia and about 32,000 inAlaska.
POLAR BEAR
Polar bears have white fur.
They live in the Arctic near the North Pole.
Their fur blends in with the iceand snow all around them.
Polar bears are huge.
Big males can be 7 feet (2 meters) long and weigh asmuch as a big brown bear.
Polar bears eat mostly meat.
Their favorite foods are seal and walrus.
Polar bears can hunt for food onland or in the icy water.
Polar bears are very good swimmers.
Their thick fur keeps them warm and dry.
BEARS AND PEOPLE
People have hunted bears since prehistoric times.
They ate bear meat and used bear fur as robes orblankets to keep warm.
Once there were many bears all over the world.
Today, there are few.
Peopledestroyed the places where bears lived when they cleared land for farms and towns.
Governments andconservation groups are working to save the bears that are left.
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