Bears Can Eat How Many Berries?
  • 10 years ago
I love asking guests How many berries, do you think a bear might eat in one day? The answer just might be a surprise!! Can you guess how many berries a bear can eat in one day? Actually it is much higher than that!

Here’s a hint, bears have a very inefficient digestive systems, which means whatever they eat comes out the other end pretty much the same as it went in. So to get enough nutrients bears need to eat and eat and then eat some more. There are researchers that will actually follow a bear around for days gathering up its scat and counting the number of berry seeds in the poo! And the answer is . . .
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