Bears differ from other‚ carnivores‚ as the special molar teeth that they possess have not specially adapted to shearing meat, but to instead grind down vegetation. However, for such a large‚ animal‚ to sustain itself successfully on a predominantly vegetarian‚ diet‚ the Black‚ Bear‚ must spend an enormous amount of time eating and is known to consume tens of thousands of nuts and berries in a day. As they spend around half of the day foraging for and eating food, the average Black‚ Bear‚ consumes a nut or berry every second of this time.

L 11.5 W 6.5 H 6 cm