ANIMALS - BEARS

Postcards from Finland

Brown Bear

The brown bear is primarily nocturnal. In the summer, it gains up to 180 kilograms of fat, on which it relies to make it through winter. Brown bears are mostly solitary, although they may gather in large numbers at major food sources and form social hierarchies based on age and size. They are omnivores and feed on a variety of plant products, including berries, roots, and sprouts, and fungi, as well as meat products such as fish, insects, and small mammals.  

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A Moomin stamp.

 

 

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A beautiful snowy stamp.

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A rabbit stamp.

 

Postcards from China

Giant Panda

The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China. As a result of farming, deforestation and other development, the panda has been driven out of the lowland areas where it once lived. In the wild, the giant panda primarily spends its life roaming and feeding in the bamboo forests. Giant pandas are generally solitary. The giant panda is an endangered species.

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Beautiful stamps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Beautiful stamps.

 

 

Postcards from Belarus

Cubs

Cubs remain with their mother from two to four years, during which time they learn survival techniques, such as which foods have the highest nutritional values and where to obtain them; how to hunt, fish, and defend themselves; and where to den. The cubs learn by following and imitating their mother's actions during the period they are with her. An adult male bear may kill the cubs of another bear either to make the female sexually receptive or simply for consumption. Cubs flee up a tree when they see a strange male bear, and the mother defends them, even though the male may be twice her size.

Received from: Evolett

Nice stamps.

 

Postcards from Germany

Polar bear

The polar bear is often regarded as a marine mammal because it spends many months of the year at sea. Its preferred habitat is the annual sea ice covering the waters over the continental shelf and the Arctic inter-island archipelagos. These areas, known as the "Arctic ring of life", have high biological productivity in comparison to the deep waters of the high Arctic. The polar bear is the most carnivorous member of the bear family, and most of its diet consists of ringed and bearded seals. In general, adult polar bears live solitary lives. Yet, they have often been seen playing together for hours at a time and even sleeping in an embrace. Cubs are especially playful.

 

 

 

 

 

A nice stamp.

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Postcards from Russia

Polar bear

Between November and February, cubs are born blind, covered with a light down fur, and weighing less than 0.9 kg (2.0 lb). The family remains in the den until mid-February to mid-April, with the mother maintaining her fast while nursing her cubs on a fat-rich milk. By the time the mother breaks open the entrance to the den, her cubs weigh about 10 to 15 kilograms (22 to 33 lb). For about 12 to 15 days, the family spends time outside the den while remaining in its vicinity, the mother grazing on vegetation while the cubs become used to walking and playing. Then they begin the long walk from the denning area to the sea ice, where the mother can once again catch seals. Depending on the timing of ice-floe breakup in the fall, she may have fasted for up to eight months.

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