Omnivores
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These
animals are omnivores. This means they eat plants and animals. Normally
the Polar Bear eats seals. They catch them when they swim up to shore.
The grizzly bear eats many animals like rabbits, grasses, and other
plants. Most of the time they try to catch fish. |
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http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/grizzly.htm |
Name:
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Grizzly Bear |
Description |
The Grizzly Bear is white. |
Habitat: |
The grizzly bear
lives along rivers and coastal areas, mountain meadows, and in
the tundra. In parts of Europe and Asia, the grizzly can be
found in forests and mountain woodlands. |
Diet: |
The grizzly bear is
omnivorous. It eats berries, roots, fungi, grasses, fish,
carrion, small mammals, and insects. It is very good at catching
fish and it often uses its long claws to dig insects out of
rotting logs and small mammals out of their burrows. Some
grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies hunt larger animals like
moose, elk and goats. |
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Name:
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Polar Bear |
Description: |
The polar bear is white and shaggy. |
Habitat: |
Though
they sometimes can be found on the tundra, polar bears usually
live near the water and often will go on ice flows in the ocean.
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Diet: |
The
primary food source for polar bears is seals. They also eat
fish, seabirds and sometimes reindeer. In the summer, they may
also eat berries and other plants. |
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http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/polar.htm
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http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/grayfox.htm |
Name:
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fox |
Description: |
The gray
fox can be found from southern Canada to northern Columbia and
Venezuela. It is not found in some mountainous parts of
the Northwest United States and in the Great Plains. |
Habitat: |
The gray fox lives in a wide
variety of habitats, but prefers areas with lots of brush or
woods. |
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Diet: |
The gray
fox is a solitary hunter and eats a wide variety of foods. A
large part of its diet is made up of small mammals like mice,
voles, and. It also eats birds, insects, and plants like corn,
apples, nuts, berries, and grass. In the summer and autumn
grasshoppers and crickets are an important part of its diet.
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