Bear Facts

1. Because a giant panda’s eye is a vertical slit, like many nocturnal animals it can see by day and by night.
2. Once bears breed, they go their separate ways. Male bears do not help the mother bear raise the cubs.
3. When U.S. President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt refused to shoot a black bear cub on a hunting trip, a cartoon featured the event, and soon stuffed toy manufacturers popularized “Teddy’s bear.”
4. Only about 1,000 giant pandas live in the wild today.
5. The lips of bears are not attached to their gums, which make their lips look rubbery.