Bears are classified as carnivores, or meat eaters. 2. Also enjoy feeding on plants and honey. 3. Because...

1. Bears are classified as carnivores, or meat eaters.
2. Also enjoy feeding on plants and honey.
3. Because they are myopic, or nearsighted.
4. Bears have difficulty seeing objects that are far away.
5. Their keen sense of hearing.
6. Bears can identify sounds at a great distance.
7. Their most acute sense is that of smell.
8. The tracks left by the bear's prey.
9. The small prey unable to escape.
10. Bears are powerful predators.
11. The muscles in the upper part of a large bear's front legs.
12. Bears are native to four continents.
13. North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
14. In North America, which includes the United States.
15. In North America live the brown bear, the grizzly bear, and the American black bear.
16. Alaska is the home of the largest brown bear, the kodiak bear.
17. The kodiak bear, which may reach a weight of about 1,700 pounds (780 kilograms) and a length of about 10 feet (3 meters).
18. Native to Asia is the Malayan sun bear.
19. The Malayan sun bear, smaller than any other species of bear.
20. Inhabiting the mountain forests of South America is the spectacled bear.