Kermode+Bear



**__INTRODUCTION__**: yes there is another white bear. It's not a polar bear but in fact it is a rare subspeices of a back bear. the beautiful spirit bear also know as the ghost bear was named after Frank Kermode former director of the royal B.C. musem, victoria British Columbia.read on to find video's, facts, and photos of these beautiful white bears.

__** HABITAT: **__ Kermode bears live on the pacific coast of British columbia, Canada. very common places to find the kermode bear is Price Rupert, and Terrace, and Princess Royal Island. Because the habitat for the kermode bear was under threat by logging, in 2006 a series of conservancies streching 250 miles along the coast of the island were established. this protected area is twice the size of Yellow Stone National Park. the area is home not only to the spirt bear but also to Grizzly Bears, Wolves, Cougars, and Salmon.

**__REPRODUCTION:__** Female kermode bears normally mature at 3 to 5 years of age with some waiting even later for their first mating. Mating may take place as early as May, or June. while in more northern places mating may be delayed until July, or early August. Females will normally mate with several males over the two, to three weeks of the breeding season. Females will usally breed every other year.



__** RESPONDS: **__ If a kermode bear thinks its being threatin it will stand up on its hin legs give a big roar and start throughting its paws. if the kermode bear sees food it will stand on its hin legs to get a better look. If a human or some other animal comes to close to a kermode bear the kermode bear will charge, espesily with cubs.

**__ GROWTH AND DEVELOPEMENT: __** W hen the kermode bear is a cub it weights 10 to 15 pounds. when the kermode bear is about 3 to 5 years of age the kermode bear starts to move out and by that time the spirit bear is not fully grown but almost. at that point it is about 125 to 200 pounds.whe the kermode bear is fully grown it is about 300 to 400 pounds and 4 to 7 feet long from noise to tail.



__** ONE OR MORE CELLS **__ ​-Blood cells ​ ​-Hair cells -Brain cells

__** NEEDS: **__ **__WATER:__** The kermode bear meets its needs for water by finding a river or a strem. __**FOOD:**__ The kermode bear meets its needs for food by catching fish, eating plants, moss berries, and eating small animals. __**AIR:**__ the kermode bear meets its needs for air by using its lungs to breath. __**HABITAT:**__ The Kermode bear meets Its needs for habitat by having dens, or caves.

**__ BEHAVIOR: __** ​ The behavior of the kermode bear is pretty good, its not as bad as everyone thinks. the Kermode bear is only agresve if it has to be,like if it felt threatened by a human or a preadator of the kermode bear.

**__CLASSIFCATION:__**
 * Kingdom: || [|****Animalia****] The kermode bear does not make its own food. And it is multicellular . ||
 * Phylum: || [|****Chordata****] The kermode bear does have a spinal cord. ||
 * Class: || __ ** Mammalia ** __ The kermode bear has fur and is warm blooded. ||
 * Order: || [|****Carnivora****]  The Kermode bear eats small animals, and fish. ||
 * Family: || [|****Ursidae****] Bears are mamals of the family Ursidae  ||
 * Genus: || //[|Ursus]// ||
 * Species: || //[|U. americanus]// ||
 * Subspecies: || //**U. a. kermodei**// ||

**__FACTS__** - Spirit Bears can run up to 55 km per hour - Spirit bears are illegal to hunt in BC -Spirit Bears can live up to more than 25 years in the forest. -They can go with out food up to 7 mounth during hibernation in some northern places.

**__FEATURES:__** The Kermode bears thick coat of fur to help the Kermode bear survive in very cold condtions. In summer the kermode bear sheds its fur a bite so the Kermode bear doesn't get to hot. You can tell a Kermode bear from a polar bear because the Kermode bear fur isn't completly white and the Kermode bears noise is black but the snout is brownish.



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