Spectacled Bear Facts and Information

The spectacled bears is otherwise called the Andean bear, its moniker originates from the markings that it has around its eyes. The Spectacled Bear is a generally little dark or dim earthy colored bear and is the main bear found in South America.

Spectacled Bear Quick Facts

Common Name	Spectacled Bear
Scientific Name	Tremarctos Ornatus
Type	Mammal
Skin Type	Fur
Habitat	Coastal forests and deserts
Colour	Black,White, Grey
Size (H)	1.5m - 2m (4.9ft - 6.6ft)
Weight	130kg - 200kg (286lbs - 440lbs)
Top Speed	48km/h (30mph)
Diet	Omnivore
Prey	Berries, Mice, Birds
Predators	Human, Jaguar, Mountain lion
Lifestyle	Solitary
Lifespan	20 - 30 years
Favourite Food	Berries

Spectacled Bear Appearance and Behavior

The hide on the body of a spectacled bear is dark and earthy colored. These bears have white or light-shaded hide making a half-hover design around both their eyes.

Each spectacled bear has a one of a kind example of white markings on the hide that covers its head, neck and chest. No two spectacled bears appear to be identical! Researchers think about these markings as the bear's 'unique mark.'

Male spectacled bears are about twice as extensive as females. Guys can develop to 6 and a half feet long weighing from 220 to 380 pounds. To place it into point of view, a 6-foot bear is equivalent long to the normal developed grown-up man. A 380-pound bear is equivalent in weight to two grown-up kangaroos!

A female spectacled bear weighs between 130 to 170 pounds and is around 3 and a half to 4 feet in length. Think about a 4-foot female spectacled bear as equivalent long to a lineup of 8 pencils. A female bear weighing 170 pounds is about as substantial as only one grown-up kangaroo.

The spectacled bear is perhaps the littlest specie of bears on the planet. The polar bear is the biggest bear on the planet. As an examination, a male polar bear ranges from 8 to more than 9 feet long while a male spectacled bear can be up to 6 and a half feet.

Spectacled bears are lone, bashful creatures. They remain avoided sight more often than not. Obviously, they are seen together during reproducing season. In contrast to different sorts of bears, the spectacled bear remains dynamic all year. They don't go into hibernation since they have a food source accessible to them all through the seasons.

Spectacled Bear Habitat

Spectacled bears live in South America in the tropical Andes Mountains. Their domain incorporates Peru, Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

These bears live in cloud woodlands found 14,000 feet up in the Andes mountains. They're called cloud backwoods because of the tropical atmosphere and the low-level mists or fog that continually covers the treetops. Spectacled bears invest a great deal of energy unwinding on the parts of trees and move down when they need to discover food. They have sharp, long paws and their front legs are longer than their back ones. These two features help these bears to move high into the trees. Also, they utilize their hooks just as their solidarity to curve and break branches to make a stage home in a tree.

A large portion of these bears remain in a similar region consistently. They'll possibly move a short separation on the off chance that they have to do as such to discover food.

Spectacled Bear Diet

What do spectacled bears eat? These bears are omnivores. They eat a ton of vegetation including palm fronds, organic product, orchid bulbs, nuts and berries. These bears likewise eat bugs and little creatures, for example, winged animals and viscachas (a kind of rat). In some cases they'll eat dead creatures, or flesh, they find in the woods.

Spectacled bears are omnivores since they approach the two plants and creatures as a food source in the backwoods of the Andes Mountains. Contrast this with polar bears that live in a freezing cold condition. Polar bears are carnivores since they have simple access to walrus, seals and different creatures they can get and eat.

There are some noxious frogs that live in the Andes mountains. These future hurtful for a spectacled bear to eat.

Spectacled Bear Predators and Threats

Full-developed spectacled bears don't have any predators with the exception of humans. A few people chase these bears for their paws, skin or hide. Others chase them for bear meat. What's more, some spectacled bears discover their direction onto farmland. They might be viewed as a danger by a rancher and slaughtered.

Spectacled bear fledglings do have predators due to their little size. Also, they are visually impaired and powerless when they are conceived. Lamentably, this makes them engaging predators that might be in the region. Their predators incorporate panthers, pumas, grown-up spectacled bears and individuals. A whelp might be assaulted on the off chance that it meanders excessively far from its mom.

These bears face losing their habitat because of backwoods being chopped down and the land cleared. Woodlands might be chopped down to clear a path for streets, expressways or gas lines. Or on the other hand, the land could be transformed into farmland.

To help increment the number of inhabitants in these bears, laws have been established against chasing them. Likewise, zoos including the Rosamond Gifford Zoo have conservation programs set up to ensure these bears and increment the populace.

Spectacled Bear Reproduction, Babies and Lifespan

The mating season for spectacled bears falls among April and June. Females radiate a specific aroma pulling in guys during mating season. Two male bears may battle for the consideration of one female. A female spectacled bear is pregnant for 6 to 7 months and gives live birth to 1 to 2 children. Now and again a female bear will bring forth 3 whelps, yet that is not as normal. As a note, a female just conceives an offspring about each 2 to 3 years.

An infant gauges a normal of only 11 ounces! Envision a jar of soup from your kitchen cupboard. A 11-ounce bear offspring weighs nearly as much as possible. A child bear's eyes are shut during childbirth and don't open until the bear is around one month old. It can move around, however depends on its mom for everything. The hide of an infant is dark with some white markings on it. The markings become progressively characterized as the youthful bear develops.

The whelps remain with their mom for around 2 years riding around on her back as she encourages them to discover food and make cover. They become extremely quick arriving at a load of 22 pounds at a half year old. Subsequent to arriving at the age of 2 years of age, the youthful bears advance out into the world all alone.

The lifespan of spectacled bears in the wild ranges from 20 to 25 years. It makes sense that a bear that lives in a secured situation is well on the way to live longer than one in nature. The record for the most established spectacled bear goes to one that lived for a long time and 8 months in the National Zoo in Washington DC.

Spectacled bears that live in zoos are helpless against a condition called alopecia disorder. This condition causes male pattern baldness on the flanks and somewhere else on the bear's body.

Spectacled Bear Population

The conservation status of the spectacled bear is Endangered. It's hard to get an exact number with respect to the all out populace of this bear since it conceals more often than not. Be that as it may, researchers have assessed the populace to go somewhere in the range of 6,000 and 10,000 bears in the northern piece of the Andes mountains.

With both the loss of habitat and poaching issues the number of inhabitants in this bear is by all accounts diminishing.