CHAPTER 1 0 0 0 p A Day in the AG It's a day in late fall A black bear sniffs the air It smells acorns The nuts are one of its favorite foods Shuffling to a spot near a tree the bear digs Up in the tree a squirrel chatters The bear finds the squirrel's buried acorns The squirrel is not pleased but the bear
How Big Is a Black Bear SHOULDER HEIGHT 2 To 3 FEET C 6 to 9
A Smell in the Air The bear eats all the acorns in the hole It points its nose up and sniffs again There are more acorns but they're not close by It walks toward the smell The bear walks for an hour It comes to a large group of trees full of acorns For five days it climbs trees and crams itself with food When full it leaves the trees a much fatter bear G R LENGTH 4 To 7 FEET 300375 450 225 15253 150 600 8 75 675 750 WEIGHT 200 To 500 POUNDS 91 to 227 kilograms Q pounds pounds 1 to 2
