Most bears eat nuts, fruit, berries, plants, insects, honey, fish and other animals. Polar bears eat seals which they catch out on the ice in the Arctic Ocean. Giant panda bears eat the leaves of the bamboo plant. Bears must get big to get ready for winter. To eat as much as a big bear, we would have to eat 50 hamburgers and 12 large orders of french fried potatoes each day for many weeks.
Cubs are about the size of a small squirrel or chipmunk when born.
They grow quickly by feeding on their mother's milk. They start to eat other foods after a few months. The cubs stay with their mother for a few years. The mother bear teaches them how to find food and how to stay safe. Many bears live where the winter is very cold.