Meet the Bear - how to watch a bear in the woods Video FULL HD

Meet the Bear - how to watch a bear in the woods

Although most black bears are not much larger than humans, their weight can vary greatly with the season of the year. Bears store body fat during the fall months to supply energy during the long winter period, and are heavier in late fall. The average adult male is 250-600 lbs, and measures 5-6 feet from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail. Females are smaller, weigh 100-400 lbs, and are 4-5 feet long. Shoulder length is about 40 inches at shoulder; female height rarely exceeds 30 inches. Bears pressed, with plump legs, small eyes, short ears, rounded, short curved claws, and a short fuzzy tail. The black bear has a straight profile and a huge skull. Black bears in Maine are usually black, but they are often shades of brown to cream colored in western residents, but are white, and have a grayish-blue color on the coast of British Columbia and Alaska. They have a brown muzzle, sometimes a white throat, patch in the chest, or "fire." Bears walk straight feet, and their wide feet leave five-toe paths that sometimes resemble human footprints. The width of the female bears rarely exceeds 4.5 inches. Males leave paths up to 6 inches wide.


Visitors who come to Finland late in the bear watching season - at the end of September - may be fortunate enough to see the bears under the Aurora Borealis light. This will be the time to visit Taiga Spirit, a wildlife company that offers Safaris for up to 14 days to see bears, caribou, beavers and more under the northern sky.