The family of bear contains seven types living in various corners of the globe. Carry to the most numerous the polar bears living near the North Pole and also the brown bears widespread in the majority of regions of the world except for Antarctica and Australia.
Instruction
1. Despite distinction of types, the gait of all animals of family of bear is similar. Usually they move on four paws and waddlingly, however are capable to rise by hinder legs, being extended at the same time in height up to 3 m, and even to take several steps so. The bear along with the person treats plantigrade mammals, so when walking goes full foot.
2. Brown to a medved of a brown bear quite strong paws with large claws which do not clean up inside. It moves alternately going at the same time into two right paws, into two left. Speed at a brown bear is small, when walking he slightly pigeontoes, putting a paw outside a heel, and inside a sock that is caused by its heavy weight. Trees are climbed only by young individuals, to adult bears to make it quite hard. Bear cubs adapt even to sleep on trees.
3. Brown bears are capable to gather speed to 55 km/h, and they reach the maximum values, rising run to the hill, and here with top down the animal runs, reducing turns. This results from the fact that hinder legs at it are longer than lobbies. Also the fact that, hunting, the bear is capable to go so quietly that his victim to the last does not guess anything is remarkable.
4. The polar medvedbely bear is the largest representative of family bear. The weight of an animal can reach ton, and is long to 3 m. Males lead active lifestyle, and here females most often settle on one place, move a little, protect and bring up posterity. The polar bear goes, as a rule, low having hung the head, a usual quiet step. Soles of paws are covered with a woolen cover thanks to which polar bears are capable with amazing ease to move on impassable slippery ices.
5. Despite the seeming slowness and awkwardness, the animal quickly floats and moves by land. Perfectly the animal feels also on the drifting ice floes, quietly on them moves and perfectly holds balance. The polar bear is capable and quickly enough to overcome the route with very deep snow, inaccessible to other polar animals. In water the bear does not know to himself equal. He powerfully rows with forepaws, and uses hinder legs as a wheel. The animal rather well dives, but is not able to hunt under water. To the victims, generally to seals, swims up quietly and imperceptibly, can wait for hours at a hole for the production. And when seals migrate, the polar bear is capable to overcome kilometers to overtake them.