11Bear attack
A group of up to 30 bears surrounded and attacked a remote Russian platinum mine in 2008, killing two security guards and trapping 400 people there.
12Polar bears
All polar bears alive today can trace their ancestry back to one female brown bear who lived in Ireland.
13Spirit bears
Some black bears are born white and are called Spirit bears. They are not albino or polar bears.
14Pandas
Pandas can poop up to 48 pounds per day.
15Pablo EskoBear
Pablo EskoBear was a nickname given to a 175lb black bear that died from a drug overdose after he consumed about half his own weight in cocaine. The bear was later stuffed and it is now a tourist attraction in Kentucky. He currently has a note hanging around his neck warning: “Don't do drugs.”
16Bile bear
12,000 bears are farmed for their bile in Asia which is used in traditional Chinese medicine. They generate $2 billion per year. Farming always involves surgery on the bears to insert a catheter or to cut a hole through the abdomen by which the bile leaks. Bear bile has no medicinal effect.
17Brown bears
Brown bears can achieve running speeds of 48 kilometers per hour (30mph) or as fast as a racehorse.
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18Hungry bears
When hungry bears tear into a beehive, they are actually looking for tasty bee larvae, which they much prefer over the plentiful honey inside.
19Polar bears
Polar bears have a bone inside their penis to keep an erection going, and global pollution is causing this bone to weaken to the point where they are breaking.
20Bears
Bears have favorite trees that they travel for miles to scratch their back on.
