Are Multicellular
Are Heterotroph
Have no cell wall
Have special tissues to do special functions
They have a digestive system
They move
They reproduce sexually
By; J. D.
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Kingdom: Animalia ( Return to Top )
Are Multicellular
Are Heterotroph
Have no cell wall
Have special tissues to do special functions
They have a digestive system
They move
They reproduce sexually
Phylum: Chordata ( return to top )
Have a bilateral symmetry
Segmented bodies including segmented muscles
Three germ layers and a well-developed colon
They poses a notochord ( rod that extends most of the length of the body)
Complete digestive system
A single, dorsal, hollow nerve chord, usually with an enlarged anterior end( brain)
Class: Mammalia( Return to Top)
Three ear bones
Have hair
Warm blooded
Feed new born milk
Have teeth
Have mammary glands
Order: Carnivora( Return to top )
Eat meat
Have premolar and molar which can cut meat and tendons
Have acute ( good) senses
Relatively most have large brains
Family: Ursidae( Return to top )
Nine species in 6 genera make up the bears
Are heavily and powerfully built
Feet of a bear are plantigrade, and most have hairy soles
They are omnivores
They have a great sense of smell but, their eye sight and hearing are not as good
Genius and Species: Ursus/ Ursus artos( Return to top )
They have a yellowish-brown to a dark brown coat of hair
An adult grizzly can weigh from 325-1500 pounds
They can range from 6-7 feet in length and stands 3.5 feet tall from shoulders
Ursus artos are the largest along the southern coast of Alaska
It is truly amazing that grizzly bears when they run into a running river and capture a fish in seconds. The grizzly bears are part of the chordata phylum and it is a vertebrate. The grizzly bear needs all of its physical characteristics to survive in their habitat.
There are many interesting physical characteristics that describes a grizzly bear. For example, one characteristic of a grizzly bear is that they can weigh from a range of 80 kgs to more than 600kgs. This shows that it would be pretty hard to take down on of these bears. Another example is that they have an excellent sense of smell. This shows that they can just smell something and can follow the scent of the smell to find it. In addition, they are extremely strong and have great endurance. This shows that they are the perfect type of hunters. In conclusion, grizzly bears are the perfect type of animal that you do not want to encounter.
Grizzly bears have many different types of habitats that they live in. For example, one habitat that the bears live in dense forests. This shows that bears need to live in cool weather and maybe it has all their necessary food they need to live. Another example another habitat of the grizzly bear is the river area. This shows that the bears need rivers for water and food. In addition, they also have to live near caves. This shows that the bears use these caves as a home. In conclusion, The these types of habitats are essential to their survival.
Grizzly bears need their environments to survive and do not die out. We need to preserve the grizzly bears habitat because they are an endangered species .
Fun Facts: ( Return to top )
Bears are extremely strong and have good endurance; they can kill a cow with one blow, outrun a horse, outswim an Olympian, and drag a dead elk uphill.
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Haiku
Bears are very large, they are cunning and deadly, the like eating fish.
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Works Cited: ( Return to Top )
Facts about Grizzly Bear:
Ballenger, Liz. Animal Diversity Web. May 2000. Univesity of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 9 Apr. 2003 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/ursus/u._arctos$narrative.html
Additional Facts:
Muzzy, Cathrine. Personal interview. Apr. 2003.
Picture about bears:
Ballenger, Liz. Animal Diversity Web. May 2000. Univesity of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 9 Apr. 2003 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/ursus/u._arctos$narrative.html
