Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus), also known as the honey bear, is a bear found primarily in the tropical rainforests (compact low land forest) in Southeast Asia, North-East India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, South China , Peninsular Malaysia, and the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan.
Sun bear is 120-150 cm (47-60 in) long, up to the smallest member of the bear family (Ursidae). Men tend 10-45% larger than females, the first usually has a weight between 30 and 70 kg (66-154 lb), and the last between 20 and 40 kg (44-88 lb). Shoulder height is about 60-78 cm (24-28 in). Honey Bear has a sickle-shaped claws relatively mild. This has huge paws with naked soles, probably to assist in climbing. Its inward-turned feet make the bear pigeon walked over, but a good climber. Have small, rounded ears and a strong muzzle. The tail is 1.2 to 2.8 inches (3-7 cm) long. Despite its small size, sun bears have a very long tongue and slender, ranging from 8 to 10 inches (20-25 cm) long. The bear was used to extract honey from beehives.
Unlike other bears, the Sun Bear fur is short and slender. This adaptation may be due to the low plains inhabited climate. Fur black or dark brown-black cover his body, except on the chest, where there is a pale orange-yellow marking in a horseshoe shape. Similar colored fur can be found around the nose and eyes. Special signs give the sun bear its name.
Diet of sun bears largely made up of invertebrates and fruits but as omnivores they will eat a variety of foods including small vertebrates, such as lizards, birds, turtles, eggs, young end of the palm trees, nests of bees, berries, sprouts , root, and coconut. In fact, honey bears have been observed to eat more than 100 species of insects and more than 50 species of plants.
While one could eat a lot of leaves, sun bears have certain favorite food source. This was shown in a study in which termites, ants, beetles and beetle larvae made up most of the invertebrates consumed, while the figs are the most important sources of fruit taken. [9] They eat termites by thrusting their feet into a pile creep and they lick their paws off.
Likes sun bears to honey raise its alternative name of 'honey bear'. In Malaysia and Indonesia, this is known as 'Honey Bear' which translates into honey bear.
Powerful jaws can break open nuts. Long, strong nails that used to go into tree trunks and fallen timber to access the honey, grubs and termites. Lots of sun bear food should be detected using a sharp sense of smell, as visibility was poor.
Honey bears not hibernate, and, as a result, it can reproduce all year round. Child reaches sexual maturity after 3-4 years and can live up to 30 years in captivity. A female sun bear can produce 1 to 2 children per year. Honey Bear undergo around 96 days after the pregnancy period of 300 to 400 g and hairy cub born blind. Cub was originally completely dependent on his mother and breastfeeding can continue for about 18 months. After 1 to 3 months, young children can run, play and forage near his mother. Women were observed to mate at about 3 years. During the wedding, the sun bear hug will show such behavior, artificial battle and head shaking with like.
Being creatures of the night especially, sun bears tend to relax during the day at the bottom leg off the ground. Because of spending so much time in trees, sun bears can sometimes cause damage to property. Has been known to destroy coconut palms and cocoa trees in plantations.
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