I walked back across the grass prairie and as I reached the other side I thought I saw something move. So I climbed up into a small tree and waited. Looking back across the prairie I could see one of the wax myrtle trees moving. Bears are shy and when they think there is a human close by, they will in most cases leave the immediate area. People are not on the black bears list of things to eat.
Bears eat a lot of bugs and grubs that they find in old tree trunks.
They also eat a lot of berries, plants, and roots. A bear will also eat small animals like rats, rabbits and raccoons. A large hungry bear will eat big things like pigs and deer. Human population is the problem, people are moving in and pushing the bears out and out is actually into suburban areas. Bears become a problem when they realize people have food.