Black bears may be the least carnivorous of the "carnivores" of North America. They consume a wide variety of seasonally abundant herbs, forbs, fruits, berries, nuts, and other plant parts and products. The specific plants may dif...
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Black bears are omnivores whose diet includes both plants and meat. They are apex predators in North America, with the exception of areas where they coexist with the brown bear . The black bear eats a wide variety of foods, mainly herbs, nu...
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In Washington State, black bears eat a large amount of skunk cabbage, horsetail and tree bark during the spring. They also commonly feed on spring acorns in Massachusetts. Black Bear by a tree stumpThey also feed on carrion and insects (mainly for the larvae) such as carpenter ants, yellow jackets, bees, wasps and termites.
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In the southern states and other areas, American Black Bears eat many different types of foods that people also eat, including fruits such as blueberries, blackberries, apples, and peaches. Black bears also eat small animals, but they account for only about 10% of a bear's diet.
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Living with Grizzlies U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mountain-Prairie Region, P.O. Box 25486 Lakewood, Colorado 80228 phone 303/236-7905, fax 303/236-3815 website: http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/ 6/2003 What Do Grizzly Bears Eat? The grizzly bear, like its cousin the black bear, is omnivorous, meaning it will eat plants,
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Black bears are called carnivores (meat-eaters). In fact, for much of the year they are herbivores (plant-eaters). Just like humans, they are omnivores (they eat both meat and plants). Black bears eat a wide variety of foods. In the spring,...
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What do black bears eat? ... Black bears are not very effective predators, but they will occasionally catch and eat fawns, moose calves, and beaver. Bears are also attracted to human foods at campgrounds and garbage dumps when natural foods are scarce.
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