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Resharing for For #WorldBeeDay 🐝 + #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻
animal-aspects.bsky.social Animal Aspects (Art History Animalia) @animal-aspects.bsky.social · May 21
For #WorldBeeDay 🐝 + #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻 (AND #MedievalMonday + #ManuscriptMonday!): a medieval Winnie the Pooh?
from Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue & of Custom)
N. Italy, 2nd quarter 15th c.
British Library Harley 3448 f. 10v
www.bl.uk/catalogues/i...
miniature painting from a medieval illuminated manuscript, illustration of a brown bear by a table with two beehives being swarmed by the bees
May 21, 2026 at 4:24 AM
animal-aspects.bsky.social
Resharing for #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 during #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
May 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
animal-aspects.bsky.social
Resharing for #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 during #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
animal-aspects.bsky.social Animal Aspects (Art History Animalia) @animal-aspects.bsky.social · May 24
Another wonderful piece to celebrate #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 during #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
Randy Chitto (Choctaw, b.1962)
#Turtle Storyteller with #Bear Hide
Ceramic sculpture, H 10 1/8 inches (25.7 cm)
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Turt...
official auction photo of the object, front view on gradient grey-black background: blackware ceramic sculpture depicting a turtle storyteller (sitting upright with mouth open as if speaking) dressed in a bear hide, surrounded by small turtle children listening to it talk "Randy's artistic journey primarily centers around the turtle, symbolizing the Choctaw's storytellers, and the bear, representing the strength and courage of the male facet of the tribe." https://randychitto.com/bio
May 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
denverzoo.bsky.social
🐻 It’s #BearAwarenessWeek, and nobody celebrates quite like Tundra.

Our resident grizzly bear is living her best life at Harmony Hill, splashing in her pool, snacking on her favorites, and reminding us all why bears like her deserve safe spaces to thrive. 🎉
May 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
It's #BearAwarenessWeek, so I'm linking to my old Twitter threads - one for each of the 8 species of #bears. Right now - #BrownBears! Check out the thread below for some awesome brown bear biology facts.

#BearAwarenessWeek this year wraps up on May 24 with #BearAwarenessDay.

x.com/grizzlygirl8...
Danielle Rivet, PhD 🐻🐻‍❄️ on X: "Today, for #BearAwarenessWeek, I will be talking about #BrownBears, the bears that I have the most experience working with. As usual, ask ?s https://t.co/a9SJ8wWLPq" / X
Today, for #BearAwarenessWeek, I will be talking about #BrownBears, the bears that I have the most experience working with. As usual, ask ?s https://t.co/a9SJ8wWLPq
x.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
animal-aspects.bsky.social
For #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 during #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
Roy Thomas (Anishinaabe, 1949-2004)
#Bear and #Turtle
acrylic on paper, 14 5/8 x 10 5/8 in
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Bear...
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt
First Nations painting in the modern Woodlands School style depicting a bear riding on top of a turtle, with artist signature visible bottom right
May 23, 2024 at 11:01 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
Also like the black bear, this habitat variety provides an ability to exploit varying food sources.

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May 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
animal-aspects.bsky.social
Another wonderful piece to celebrate #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 during #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
Randy Chitto (Choctaw, b.1962)
#Turtle Storyteller with #Bear Hide
Ceramic sculpture, H 10 1/8 inches (25.7 cm)
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Turt...
official auction photo of the object, front view on gradient grey-black background: blackware ceramic sculpture depicting a turtle storyteller (sitting upright with mouth open as if speaking) dressed in a bear hide, surrounded by small turtle children listening to it talk "Randy's artistic journey primarily centers around the turtle, symbolizing the Choctaw's storytellers, and the bear, representing the strength and courage of the male facet of the tribe." https://randychitto.com/bio
May 24, 2024 at 1:09 AM
deannainrb.bsky.social
I just found out it’s #bearawarenessweek

This is Bear! ❤️
May 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
And brown bears are highly resistant to heart disease, atherosclerosis, diabetes, etc. Bears are just meant to be fat!

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May 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
Despite this range, there are many small, isolated populations of #BrownBear in jeopardy of extirpation.

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May 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
#BrownBears hibernate in the same way American black bears do - lower metabolism, heart rate, and body temperature, but they experience little/no muscle or bone atrophy.

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May 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
Despite this, #BrownBears still consume large amounts of herbivorous forage. Berries, grasses, roots, nuts, etc.

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May 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
#BrownBear numbers are estimated around 200,000+ with approximately half of those bears living in Russia.

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May 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
#BrownBears are the most widely distributed bear species, ranging across North America, Europe, and Asia.

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May 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
Though typically solitary animals, #BrownBears can gather en masse at food sources, like shown here at Katmai in Alaska

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screenshot from explore.org website of brown bears on salmon stream at Brooks River in Katmai National Park
May 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
Bears that have access to food and pleasant weather conditions all year round are unlikely to hibernate.

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May 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
Southern ranges tend to have more fragmented habitat and smaller populations of bears compared to northern ranges.

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May 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
#BrownBears are one of the 3 species of bears that hibernate, though hibernation is not obligatory.

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May 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
Resident populations of #BrownBears exist in 45 countries, with the largest groups in Russia, Canada, and the US (Alaska).

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May 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
Because #BrownBears live in such a variety of places spanning across several continents, they do have some competition.

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May 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
As most #BrownBear cubs are born during hibernation, the mother will continue to nurse throughout the winter while denned.

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May 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
#BrownBears are long-lived, commonly reaching their 20s or 30s (record 37), and reproducing well into their 20s (record 28).

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May 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
Though male #BrownBears will frequently try to kill cubs not their own in order to bring females into estrus again.

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May 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
grizzlygirl87.bsky.social
#BrownBears also have delayed implantation, so cubs are born in January/Feb after only 2 months of active gestation.

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May 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM