Bimba - mother bear

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It is a large animal, generally omnivorous, since, despite its fearsome teeth, it eats fruits, roots and insects, as well as meat. With its heavy body and powerful jaw, it and all bears are among the largest carnivores living on Earth. It is characterized by its large head, small, rounded and erect ears, small eyes, a heavy, robust body and a short tail. The legs are short and powerful, with five toes provided with strong nails and recurved claws. It is plantigrade, supports itself on the entire sole of the foot when walking and can move short distances upright on its hind legs. When necessary, it can be surprisingly agile and careful in its movements. It has great physical strength: it can easily turn over a rock weighing between 140 and 147 kg (310 and 325 lb) with one front paw. Its sense of hearing and sight are not good, but it has an excellent sense of smell. Hibernation, that is, the ability to remain half asleep during the time of year when the weather is unfavourable, is a common phenomenon, at least among Ursus species. The bear, sitting or lying down, watches her children play, and if they move a few metres away she is quick to go looking for them. During this period there is a lot of physical contact between them. After a few days in the surroundings of the den, they leave the surroundings of the den to begin feeding elsewhere. She protects her cubs by carrying them. Her particular colour pattern and the exact location where her cubs settle next to her makes them easily confused with her fur, making them difficult for predators to see. She is incredibly protective due to her strong maternal instincts, driven by the need to ensure the survival of her cubs. She trains her cubs by helping them climb and descend trees, even to speak with grunts and signs. Sometimes she leaves her young alone and travels up to three kilometers in search of food.

A large, plantigrade carnivorous mammal with long, thick brown fur, a large head, small eyes, strong, thick limbs with claws, and a very short tail that lives in wooded areas. It communicates in various ways, such as: Rubbing different parts of its body against the trunks of trees located at strategic points within its habitat. By urinating and depositing secretions from its urogenital glands, brown bears use the marks they make on trees as visual signals to communicate information to other bears about their location, size, or reproductive status.