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-[[Image:Polar bear.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Polar bear]]
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-[[Image:Giant panda.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Giant panda]]
-A '''bear''' is a large furry mammal.  All bears are [[omnivores]], even those which eat a mostly meat diet (polar bears) or a mostly plant diet (pandas).  There are eight generally recognized [[extant]] species of bears:
-* [[Polar Bear]] - lives in the Arctic maritime region and hunts (primarily) seals.
-* [[Brown Bear]] - also known as the grizzly bear.  Subspecies include the Kodiak bear and the European brown bear.  Lives in temperate forested regions of North America, Europe, and Asia.
-* [[American Black Bear]] - smaller than the grizzly, and lives in North America.  Subspecies include the Kermode bear which lives in British Columbia.
-* [[Asiatic Black Bear]] - a brown bear species lives in Asia.
-* [[Giant Panda]] - lives in China and eats a plant diet of bamboo.
-* [[Spectacled Bear]] - a small bear which lives in South America.
-* [[Sloth Bear]] - lives in South Asia and eats termites.
-* [[Sun Bear]] - a small bear which lives in Southeast Asia.
-Bears are frequent mascots for schools and sports teams, including the Chicago Bears (football), the Chicago Cubs (baseball), the UCLA Bruins, and the Brown University Bears.
-Two she-bears make an appearance in II Kings 2:23-24, verses concerning the prophet Elisha frequently cited by atheists and nonbelievers.
-"And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
-And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them."
-Though the two verses seem on the surface incompatible with modern Christian values, it should be noted that "little children" is most a mistranslation, and should probably be interpreted as "youths", possibly a gang of juvenile delinquents.  Also, God cannot and should not allow his prophets to be mocked without reproach.
-==External Links==
-*[http://mfile.akamai.com/27176/wmv/nationalpark.download.akamai.com/27176/prod/yell/photosmultimedia/video/insideyell/wmvs/256/0042b_grizzly_or_blackbear_256.asx Yellowstone's Bears], Videos © 2008 Yellowstone Association
-[[Category:Bears| ]]
-[[Category:Dangerous Animals]]

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