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Black __//**Bears and Atlantic Canada**//__ The Black Bear is the only native bear species in Atlantic Canada, and is somewhat hard to find. The environment that Atlantic Canada has is perfect for this animal. The Fundy National Park in New Brunswick is a good spot to look for bears.

A bear in Atlantic Canada would mainly go for berries, insects, fruit, smaller animals, fish, clams, and will also scavenge a carcass if possible. Atlantic Canada hosts some hunting lodges for bear hunting, including Black Spruce Lodge and Big Paw Outfitters.

Do not worry, bears in Atlantic Canada are shy of people, so attacks by them are very rare. However, recently reports of attacks have been increasing, due to overpopulating people in Atlantic Canada, the destruction of their forests has caused this animal to look for food, causing them to eat human food. This makes their fear of humans disappear.

Here is a story on a Black bear attack in Atlantic Canada: []

Avoiding a black bear is easy. Just follow the steps from this link. Below the Step 7 is a video on bear attacks. []

Here is another bear attack story. In the link you should find an answer of one of the questions. []

__//**The 5 Bear Words**//__ Native

Scavenge

Hunting

Carcass

Species

__//**Questions**//__ __//**1.**//__ What is the primary diet of the Atlantic Canada black bear?

__//**2.**//__ Where would the best spot to be to find a Black Bear in New Brunswick?

__//**3.**//__ True Or False: Bear attacks in Atlantic Canada are extremely common.

__//**4.**//__ What has caused bears to lose their fear of people in New Brunswick?

__//**5.**//__ Reading the first bear attack story, list 3 things from the attack.

__//**6.**//__ Where in the Maritimes did the attack from the story take place?

__//**7.**//__ What is two of the possible reasons for a bear attack?

__//**8.**//__ True or False: It is a good idea to escape a black bear by climbing a tree.

__//**9.**//__ What is the only province where you cannot find a black bear in Atlantic Canada?

__//**10.**//__ Is it a better idea to run from a black bear or fight back at it?

__//**11.**//__ How far should you be from a black bear?

__//**12.**//__ What is the current Black bear population in New Brunswick?

__//**13.**//__ From the third link, what was the bear license purchase rate thirty five years ago, and what was the purchase rate in 2012?

__//**14.**//__ How long is the normal hibernation for black bears?

__//**15.**//__ What was the biggest weight of any black bear in New Brunswick?

__//**16.**//__ Define the 5 Bear Words.


 * //__Answers__//**


 * //__1.__//** Berries, fish, meat, insects, fruit, clams.

__//**2.**//__ In Fundy National park, Canada.

__//**3.**//__ False: Bear attacks are rare in Atlantic Canada.

__//**4.**//__ Bears have lost their fear of humans due to the consumption of human food, and habitat destruction.

__//**5.**//__ The bear grabbed the boot of the man, climbed after him in a tree, and had charged after him.


 * 6.** In New Brunswick.

__//**7.**//__ Self defense, and if it sees you as food.

__//**8.**//__ False: Black bears are excellent climbers.

//**9.**// Prince Edward Island.

__//**10.**//__ It is better to fight back.

__//**11.**//__ About 300 feet.

__**//12.//**__ About 17000.

__//**13.**//__ 12500 into 5000.

__//**14.**//__ Usually 3 to 5 months.

__//**15.**//__ 409 kilograms.

__//**16.**//__ Native: Unique to a specific area.

Scavenge: Search for and collect (anything usable) from discarded waste.

Hunting: To look and harvest animals for food, or other supplies.

Carcass: A dead animal.

Species: Defining animals in specific groups.