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- AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
- Large heavyset mammal with thick fur,
- long-snouted head and stumpy tail.
- Although it looks massive, clumsy and
- has short legs, it can run very fast,
- swim well and climb trees.
- Its color varies from Black to Brown.
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- It feeds on fruit, fish and mammals.
- It uses its long claw to strike while
- standing up. It lives in wooded lands
- that provide food and cover.
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- The Bear hibernates in its den for
- five to seven months every year.