Scramble Squares - Bears

Fascinating Facts about Bears Scramble Squares® Bears are cute and cuddly as stuffed cloth playmates, but in the wild, bears are extremely powerful and can be very dangerous animals, especially if they are startled by intruders. Bears have no remaining natural enemies, other than humans and one another. One swat from the powerful foreleg of a brown bear or black bear can break the neck of a deer! In spite of their large size and lumbering walk, bears can run very fast, up to 25 miles per hour, which is faster than the world record for humans in the 100 meter sprint!! Climbing a tree can protect a human from an adult brown bear, but not from black bears, which are excellent tree climbers themselves. Since “black” bears can often be brown in color, tree climbing may not be the best choice for a human escape route. For those persons who might be foolish enough to linger around a bear in an attempt to distinguish between a dangerous black bear that can climb trees and the more danger