81. BioMEDIA's Bear Biology Web Links bear information centre for grizzly and brown bears, polar bears, panda bears, black bears, asiatic bears, spectacled bears, sun bears and sloth bears. http://ebiomedia.com/teach/BearLinks.html

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82. Why Borneo's Sun Bears Now Attack The reasons why get back to the suddenly aggressive sun bears. Habitat destruction concentrates their numbers, creating more competition for fewer resources http://www.earthisland.org/borneo/news/articles/010815article.html

Why Borneo's sun bears now attack Their habitat may be dying as the rainforest's reproductive cycle is disrupted by loggers. By Dan Murphy August 27th, 2001 From The Christian Science Monitor GUNUNG PALUNG, INDONESIA - Andrea Johnson had little warning before the attack. Related stories: Part 1 of this series Part 2 of this series A logger's lot: $22.50 per week for a job that won't last Part 3 of this series ... Can Dayak tradition help save forest? A recent Harvard graduate, she had spent several months in Borneo tracking orangutans. It was hot, sticky, and she was fighting boredom as she watched one of the rare orange-furred apes stuff herself with fruit in the rainforest canopy above. Then she heard heavy breathing from a dead tree trunk, and looked down in surprise. "At first, I thought the noise was bees," she says. That's when a furry black missile landed on her backpack and "knocked me to the ground as I turned to run," Ms. Johnson says. "It gashed my leg with its claws, and after I shouted and kicked, it took off. "I'm really lucky," she says, rolling back her pant leg to show a still-red scar more than 16-months after the January 2000 attack. Johnson, an assistant on a long-term orangutan study, ruefully laughs at her encounter with a sun bear, the muppetlike smallest member of the ursine family. Yet the attack, in Gunung Palung National Park, was the start of a disturbing trend: There have been four more since then, after 16 years without a single incident.

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84. Rare Bears' Mating Efforts Fail To Produce Cubs, So Science Steps In If we keep going this way, there won t be any sun bears left in captivity, As a result, breeding of sun bears from the mainland of Southeast Asia has http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/07/20/news/special/3cf9419cf31871

Casper, Wyoming - Wednesday, July 20, 2005 Home News Special Rare bears' mating efforts fail to produce cubs, so science steps in What's New! News AP News AP Realtime Search Archive Business ... Photo Gallery Special Sections Special Sections Splash Page Coupon Source CNFR Parade Magazine ... Car ads Forms Anniversaries Engagements Weddings Donation/Sponsorship Guidelines ... Donation Form-PDF Services Restaurant Guide Subscribe Advertising Online Advertisers ... Talk to Us Regional Lee Newspapers Billings Gazette Casper Journal Jackson Hole Star-Tribune ... Prairie Star / Great Falls Markets Symbol Lookup News Source Links to the source information used by our reporters in the writing of news stories. Supplemental State Budget Send Us A TIP! Rare bears' mating efforts fail to produce cubs, so science steps in By PATRICIA YOLLIN San Francisco Chronicle Spike comes from Omaha, and Kaika from Honolulu. Maybe that fact alone is enough to doom their prospects. For whatever reason, they've had sex hundreds of times at the Oakland Zoo but have never produced offspring. They're not the only ones going through the motions. For the past 10 or 15 years throughout zoos in Europe and North America, captive mainland sun bears like Spike and Kaika have had trouble breeding.

85. San Bernardino County Sun - News The San Bernardino sun serves San Bernardino County and California s Inland To calm residents fears about the bears, police and the Department of Fish http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208%7E12588%7E2998095,00.html

GetAd(5, 't', 468, 60, '/nws', ''); Article Search Advanced Search GetAd(20, 'l6', 120, 20, '/entry', ''); Archive Search ImpactoUSA.com Marketplace Place an Ad ... Info GetAd(2, 'l1', 120, 90, '/nws', ''); EMAIL ARTICLE LINK TO ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE Article Published: Saturday, August 06, 2005 - 8:34:08 PM PST Residents concerned about bears By Jannise Johnson, Staff Writer Snacking on pet food and garbage and taking the occasional dip in a backyard pool, bears have been making some unwelcome visits to areas of northern Claremont in recent months. Throughout July, the Claremont Police Department logged 28 complaints about bears either using swimming pools or foraging through garbage cans and leaving the debris all over the street on collection day, said police Sgt. John Costa. The sightings have been reported on the north side of the city near the foothills, Costa said, in areas including Pomello Drive, Padua Avenue, Via Padova, Deep Springs Drive, Mount Baldy Road, Peninsula Avenue and North Mills Avenue. He said there have been no reports of injuries; the bears are "just a nuisance.'

86. Department Of Natural Resource Sciences Populations of sun bears, Asiatic black bears, and sloth bears in Asia are declining rapidly and are threatened or endangered over most of their range. http://www.natural-resources.wsu.edu/research/bear-center/

Washington State University Home Wild Ungulate Facility Wildlife Habitat Lab Steffen Center ... Large Carnivore Lab Bear Center Research, Education and Conservation Program Mission: Bear populations around the world have declined precipitously due to loss of habitat and excessive killing by man. Eight species of bears, six of which are threatened or endangered, exist worldwide. In the U.S., grizzlies outside of Alaska have been eliminated from 99% of their range and their numbers reduced from 100,000 to fewer than 1,000 since Europeans arrived on the continent. Significant grizzly populations now live only in the Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide ecosystems. Very small populations inhabit the North Cascades of Washington, the Selkirks of Washington and Idaho, and the Cabinet-Yaaks of Idaho and Montana. The American black bear continues to do well, although isolated populations in the southeast are threatened. In China, giant pandas occupy less than 1% of their former range and number fewer than 1,200. Populations of sun bears, Asiatic black bears, and sloth bears in Asia are declining rapidly and are threatened or endangered over most of their range. The polar bear population had declined to fewer than 10,000 worldwide in the mid-1960's. Since the enactment of international treaties at that time, the population has rebounded to more than 25,000.

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90. Sun Bear Short illustrated description of this bear of southeast Asia. http://www.bearbiology.com/sudesc.html

Sun bear SUBFAMILY URSINAE Ursus malayanus Raffles, 1821 From Ian Stirling, ed. Bears, Majestic Creatures of the Wild Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 1993. 240 pages. APPEARANCE The sun bear has a short, sleek, black coat. The muzzle is short, and gray to faint orange in color. The crescent-shaped chest patch is yellowish or white. The muzzle is shorter and lighter colored than that of a black bear and in most cases the white area extends above the eyes. The ears are small and round. The paws are large and the soles are naked, which is thought to be an adaptation for climbing trees. The claws are large, curved, and pointed. SIZE This is the smallest of the bears. Adults are about 120 to 150 centimeters (48 to 60 inches) long and weigh 27 to 65 kilograms (60 to 145 pounds). Males are 10 to 20 percent larger than females. HABITAT Sun bears live in lowland tropical rainforests. They are excellent climbers and are thought to sleep in trees. DISTRIBUTION The range of this species is not well documented but it is known throughout Southeast Asia from northern Burma and Bangladesh, south and east across Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand, and south to peninsular Malaysia and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Because of large-scale habitat destruction and poaching, it is likely that its range has recently been reduced in northern and western regions. REPRODUCTION There is little information about reproductive behavior in the wild but cubs are apparently born throughout the year. The gestation period for six births at the East Berlin Zoo was reported to be 95 to 96 days, suggesting t here was no delayed implantation. Conversely, three pregnancies at the zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, lasted 174 to 240 days, suggesting delayed implantation. Litters consisted of either one or two cubs, weighing about 325 grams (10 ounces) each. Cubs are reported to remain with their mothers until they are fully grown.

91. Malayan Sun Bear | Animal Facts | Chaffee Zoological Gardens Of Fresno Spend the day with over 700 mammals, birds and reptiles at the Chaffee Zoological Gardens of Fresno! The Zoo s winding pathways and dense vegetation provide http://www.chaffeezoo.org/animals/sunBear.html

Malayan Sun Bear Close Window CLASS: Mammalia ORDER: Carnivora FAMILY: Ursidae Helarctos malayanus CLASSIFICATION: See Carnivora RANGE: Tropical to subtropical regions of Southeast Asia - Borneo, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Vietnam, Laos, Burma and possibly southern China. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Height: 70cm = 42 inches Weight: 27-65 kg (approx. 100 lbs.)(Females about 20% less) Coloration: Deep brown to black - whitish or orange chest mark, light grayish or orange fur on muzzle. DIET: Zoo: Apples, oranges, Spectrum Feline Diet, spectrum omnivore. 2 lbs. per 100 lbs. body wt. per day. Omnivore biscuits soaked in water. Wild: Sun Bears have a broad natural diet, eating any small rodent, lizard, small bird or insect it can find. Bees, termites and worms make up a large part of the diet. They are extremely fond of honey. they also enjoy buds, fruit and, occasionally, "fresh" carrion. BEHAVIOR: Sun Bears live in dense forest areas. Primarily nocturnal, they frequently rest or sunbathe during the day on a platform of broken branches above the ground. The Sun Bear forages through the forest at considerable speed, using an energetic skimming behavior, its excellent sense of smell the primary locator.

92. San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Sun Bear Get fun and interesting sun bear facts in an easyto-read style from the San Diego Zoo s Animal Bytes. Buy tickets online and plan a visit to the Zoo or http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-sun_bear.html

animal bytes home reptiles birds insects ... amphibians Quick facts Video Byte: Sun Bear Photo Bytes Class: Mammalia (Mammals) Order: Carnivore Family: Ursidae Genus: Helarctos Species: malayanus Subspecies: (Bornean) (Malayan) Length: 3.5 to 4.5 feet (1.1 to 1.4 meters) Weight: 60 to 145 pounds (23 to 65 kilograms); males are 10 to 20 percent larger than females Life span: Unknown in the wild; up to 30 years in zoos Number of young: usually 1 to 3 cubs Gestation: 95 to 100 days Size at birth: 7 to 12 ounces (198 to 340 grams) Age of maturity: 3 to 5 years Conservation status: critical risk Fun facts hibernate Sun Bear Forest opened at the San Diego Zoo in 1989, five young Malayan sun bears quickly, and with great glee, tore up their new home, ripping out grass, trees, and anything else they could find. Zoo architects and horticulturists had to redesign the exhibit to make it more "bear proof." populations have been found in eastern India, making this area the only place where three species of bears coexist. See them San Diego Zoo: Sun Bear Forest Mammals: Sun Bear Range: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.

93. San Diego Zoo Exhibit: Sun Bear Forest The San Diego Zoo has 4000 animals representing more than 800 species and subspecies, and a botanical collection of 700000 exotic plants. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/zoo/ex_sunbear_forest.html

zoo home directions guest services activities ... interactive map Quick facts Location (indicated in orange on the map): San Diego Zoo , at the base of Bear Canyon Habitat/region featured: Southeast Asian rain forest Size: 1.5 acres (0.6 hectares) Opening date: June 30, 1989 Nearest dining facility Sun bears Lion-tailed macaques Binturongs Crested gibbons Fruit doves Fairy bluebirds Horticultural highlights Ginger Garden Palm trees Ficus trees Banana plants ... Bamboo Camphor trees Sun Bear Forest Garden More Special/VIP Tours Red Carpet Tour for Members Guided Bus/Express Tours Sun Bear Forest How to view Owl Vision: It's easy! Simply hold your mouse button down while scrolling over the image, moving it left, right, up or down. You're now able to get a panoramic view of the exhibit area! Click on the "+" or "-" buttons at the bottom of the frame to zoom in or out. QuickTime plug-in is required. Click here to download for free The energetic Bornean sun bears are great tree climbers.

94. Sun Bear Enrichment sun Bear Enrichment Tree Climbing Bear (Click to Enlarge any Photo) That may be so in the wild, but this is the first time for Ken our female sun bear! http://www.honoluluzoo.org/enrichment_sun_bear.htm

Sun Bear Enrichment Tree Climbing Bear (Click to Enlarge any Photo) You may look at these photos and think, so what, bears often climb trees. That may be so in the wild, but this is the first time for Ken our female sun bear! Ken and her mate Jun have been residents at the Honolulu Zoo since 1977. They have been living in this particular habitat for several years and have never tried climbing the trees. Seeking to enrich Ken's life her keeper thought she would try and entice Ken to use her magnificent claws. Jun wasn't able to participate in this activity because of his impaired eyesight. Using a peanut butter paste, her keeper put smears of it higher and higher up into the tree until finally Ken found herself in a whole new place. She had absolutely no problem getting down when she finished her treat and readily climbed the tree again the next morning. Back to Sun Bears

95. Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival Of Creatures The sun bear is covered by very short, dense, black fur which is very efficient The sun bear is found in Southeast Asia, particularly in Vietnam, Laos, http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/bearcave/malayansun.htm

September 19, 2005 Lost? View the Carnival Map They're the biggest bears in the world. Follow a Kodiak brown bear in the pursuit of food. Click here to watch Special Exhibit! Growing Up Grizzly Back to The Bear Cave Malayan Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae I.DESCRIPTION: The smallest bear in the world, being about half the size of the American black bear. Adults stand 2 1/4 feet tall and are 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 feet long. Adult males weigh between 63 and 143 pounds. Females are slightly smaller. Sun bears have a solid sleek body, short tail, small rounded ears and plantigrade feet (both heel and toe make contact with the ground when walking in a manner similar to humans). They have short bow-legs and sharp sickle-like claws. Sun bears have no hair on the soles of their feet, which assists them in getting a better grip when they climb trees. The sun bear is covered by very short, dense, black fur which is very efficient at repelling moisture. Most of these bears have a large yellowish-white or orange U-shaped blaze on their chest. The feet are sometimes grayish in color. II. GEOGRAPHIC RANGE AND HABITAT:

96. Chipmunk And Bear The sun will not rise today, said Bear. He stared hard at the glowing light. sun is stronger than Bear, said the chipmunk, twittering with laughter. http://www.indians.org/welker/chipmunk.htm

Indigenous Peoples' Literature Chipmunk and Bear Long ago when animals could talk, a bear was walking along. Now it has always been said that bears think very highly of themselves. Since they are big and strong, they are certain that they are the most important of the animals. As this bear went along turning over big logs with his paws to look for food to eat, he felt very sure of himself. "There is nothing I cannot do," said this bear. "Is that so?" said a small voice. Bear looked down. There was a little chipmunk looking up at Bear from its hole in the ground. "Yes," Bear said, "that is true indeed." He reached out one huge paw and rolled over a big log. "Look at how easily I can do this. I am the strongest of all the animals. I can do anything. All the other animals fear me." "Can you stop the sun from rising in the morning?" said the Chipmunk. Bear thought for a moment. "I have never tried that," he said. "Yes, I am sure I could stop the sun from rising." "You are sure?" said Chipmunk.

97. MSN Encarta - Bear Several species, such as the sun bear and spectacled bear, have lightercolored chest and facial markings. Males are larger than females in all bear species http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572258/Bear.html

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98. Wildlife Works 100% organic cotton fitted woman s tee featuring the Malayan sun Bear. The smallest bear in the world, an adult male Malayan sun bear is about 4 feet http://www.wildlifeworks.com/prod/product231.html

Support the United Nations Environment Programme: UNEP Merchandise Program Protect the Seals: Do Something Campaign Help Flora pay to stay at the Elephant Sanctuary: Free Flora Campaign Sun Bear Baby Tee Named for the golden crescent, or "U" shaped golden patch on their chest, they are increasingly rare residents of tropical rain forest in southern China, Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Borneo. 100% organic cotton fitted woman's tee featuring the Malayan Sun Bear. Price: $28.00 Style #: 1000-230 SIZE: Small Medium Large Extra Large COLOR: Banana (BAN) QUANTITY: Did you know? The smallest bear in the world, an adult male Malayan sun bear is about 4 feet tall when standing on its hind legs. Malayan sun bears are skillful climbers, using extremely long claws, up to six inches, which allow the bears to dig for honey and grubs which they lick up using their long tongues. The bears are omnivores and they eat fruits, insects, small mammals, and birds. They usually are nocturnal creatures. Smell is the sun bear's most important sense and their eyesight is not very good. The majority of the Malayan sun bear's forest habitat has been destroyed by logging and conversion to agriculture. As natural food sources disappear, sun bears are driven by hunger to forage for food on farms and plantations, where they are trapped or shot by upset farmers.

99. Pueblo Zoo Sun Bear and the sun Bear stork will visit the Zoo. Solar Sue and Barney can be seen If a larger predator grabs the sun bear, it can virtually turn around in its http://www.pueblozoo.org/archives/jul00/feature.htm

Pueblo Zoo Animals The Pueblo Zoo Has A New Sun Bear!! Endangered Species With any luck at all, Solar Sue, one of the community's favorite Pueblo Zoo residents, will find Barney, the Zoo's new Sun Bear, irresistible (the staff certainly does!) and the Sun Bear stork will visit the Zoo. Solar Sue and Barney can be seen in the Asian Adventure exhibit at the Pueblo Zoo. Barney came to the Pueblo Zoo from the Miami Zoo. He is twelve years old. He seems to like his new home here at the Pueblo Zoo. The Malayan Sun Bear, also known as the "honey bear", is found in Asia, from Burma through Southeast Asia, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. The bear's range may reach northern China and northeastern India. They are found in the dense tropical and subtropical forests at all elevations in these regions. With a weight somewhere between 60 and 190 pounds, a height of about 2 feet and an overall length of about 3.5 feet the Malayan Sun Bear is the smallest bear in the world. This bear is named for the yellowish crescent on its chest. This mark varies in size from bear to bear and sometimes may not be present at all. The bear's muzzle may vary from grayish white to orange in color. It has small, beady eyes, small ears and an extremely long, slender tongue which it uses to feed on insects found in tree trunks. The feet are tipped with long, sickle-shaped claws, which the bear uses to tear apart logs and dig through debris in search of food.

100. Planet Ark Environmental News Pictures: A Borean Sun Bear Explores The Sun Bear Planet Ark gives you up to 40 World Environment News stories every day from the Reuters news agency. Nearly 10000 environmental news stories are fully http://www.planetark.com/envpicstory.cfm/newsid/25754

Subscribe to daily environment news Cartridges 4 Planet Ark Planet Ark Home Our UK Home Page Select a topic from this pull-down menu Read the latest Reuters World Environment News Look at the latest Reuters Environment News Pictures Receive free daily news headlines via email Search the Planet Ark News Archive Find out about National Tree Day Visit the Planet Ark Media Centre Who are Planet Ark? Find out about Planet Ark's campaigns Find out about the local recycling services available in your area A Borean Sun Bear Explores the Sun Bear Exhibit at San Diego Mail this picture to a friend USA: June 30, 2004 Bornean sun bear cub, Duma, calls to his mother while exploring the Sun Bear Forest exhibit at the San Diego Zoo June 28, 2004. This is the first time the four-month old cub, born on February 17, has left his den to explore the outdoor exhibit. Bornean sun bears are rarely seen in Zoos, and Duma is the first ever to be born at the San Diego Zoo. Bornean sun bears are some of the smallest bears in the world, and are threatened with extinction in the wild. Story by Ken Bohn Photo by HO REUTERS NEWS PICTURE SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS SEARCH Enter your keywords to search our news archive by subject.

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