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.
Received from: Catnip
A Moomin stamp.
Received from: veverka
A beautiful snowy stamp.
Received from: westin
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.
Received from: misazh
Beautiful stamps.
Received from: maroussia
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.
Received from: Kruemelchen_21
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.
Received from: Babochka
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