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Cub
* All cubs have stripes on their faces within a few days of being born.
* Some cubs enter the world unwanted from birth.
* also make kitten-like sounds, mewing and purring.
* are about the size of a small squirrel or chipmunk when born
  - active for roughly the same, or slightly longer, periods as their parents
  - an easy source of protein in spring and early summer
  - black when they are born and gradually lighten as they reach maturity
* are born blind, helpless and rely on mother's milk for sustenance
  - with closed ear tubes and white to grey fur with clear black stripes
  - hairless and with their eyes closed
  - helpless with their eyes closed like domestic cats
  - helpless, and typically nurse for two and a half years
  - naked, blind and helpless
  - toothless, blind, and bald
* are born with all their spots, so they appear much darker than the adults
  - dark fur, their eyes open, and some teeth already present
  - eyes and ears closed
* are divided equally between genders at birth
  - sexes at birth
  - especially noisy when they re nursing
  - gray when they are born
  - less then a year old before they start to hunt
  - more likely to climb fences than adults
  - playful, regularly romping and wrestling with their littermates
  - similar to adults in general look, but more greyish in colour
  - smoky grey in color with long wooly hair, called a mantle, running along their backs
  - smoky-grey in color with long hair, called a mantle, running along their backs
  - totally helpless at birth, with eyes closed until the end of their first week
  - very needy and vulnerable at birth
* begin to be weaned at three months and taught to hunt.
* born to females are blind at birth and are the size of a chipmunk.
* can open their eyes in two weeks time.
* continue nursing as they begin foraging.
* dying from starvation, disease or abandonment are possibly more likely to die unobtrusively.
* easily die in the wild because they are so small and defenseless.
* eat meat from their sixth week and they remain weaned six to eight months.
* emerge from the den when they are four to six months old.
* frequently have a white collar around their neck and shoulders.
* generally remain with their mother for two and a half years.
* grow up very quickly.
* have dark fur and are born blind
  - different coloring than adults in that the large spots on their sides are completely dark
  - panda fur coloration within one month after birth
  - similar coloration as adults
* learn to hunt by watching the adults.
* often remain with each other for several more months.
* open their eyes within the first month, and begin walking at two months.
* play games to learn everything needed to hunt and survive.
* reach independence at approximately two to three years old.
* rely on their mothers for food and protection for more than a year.
* remain with their mothers for two and a half years
  - through the first and sometimes second winter
* slide down icy slopes into frigid waters, splashing and dog-paddling with their huge paws.
* spend eighteen months with their mothers, so a female bear gives birth every two years.
* start hunting by themselves when they are less than a year old.
* start to eat bamboo around six months and are fully weaned at nine months
  - walk at four months of age
* stay in their dens with their mothers until they are about two months old.
* stay with their mothers for two to three years
  - up to three years
  - from one and a half to three years
* stay with their mothers until adulthood
  - they are about two and a half years old
* succumb during the migration tion.
* taste what their mother eats, but swallow little except milk
  - swallow very little or it
* usually remain with the mother until the third or fourth year of their life.
* usually stay with their mother one and a half years
  - until they are about three years old
* weigh a couple of pounds each when first born, and they are born blind
  - about a pound at birth
  - just over two pounds at birth and nurse until they are six months old
  - one-tenth as much as human babies and are born blind
  - under three pounds at birth and are striped