Where Is Mom
by Robert Bales
Title
Where Is Mom
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
The black bear (Ursus americanus) is the most common and widely distributed bear species in North America. However, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is one of the few areas south of Canada where black bears coexist with the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos). From 1910 to the 1960s, park managers allowed visitors to feed black bears along park roads, although the National Park Service officially frowned on this activity. During this time, along with Old Faithful, black bears became the symbol of Yellowstone for many people, and are still what some people think of when Yellowstone bears are mentioned. Since 1960, park staff have sought to deter bears from becoming conditioned to human foods.
Baby black bears are born and live in the safety of the mother's den during winter. The average cub litter size is 1 to 3. Babies are born blind. A black bear baby weighs between one half to one pound at birth.
They put on weight quickly. The mother spends the following year and a half weaning, feeding, and teaching her cubs what to eat and how to survive. At that point they venture on to live on their own.
The sad fact is that many baby cubs will not reach adulthood due to hunting and attacks from predators. The mother will usually mate every 2 years but frequency depends on food resources, age, environment, and habitat density.
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June 7th, 2015
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Comments (30)
Marvin Blaine
I bet you were just as surprised as this black bear looks! Exceptional Capture Robert! L/F!
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #21 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Miroslava Jurcik
Congratulations, your outstanding image has been featured in Kingdom Animalia and selected for Best of the best gallery ! You are now welcome to add your picture to best of the best discussion tab ! l/f/t
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Lisa Wooten
Great capture. Hope mom wasn't to close. L
Robert Bales replied:
There 3 cubs and the Mon was with them. I used my 400mm lens for this one. Thanks for the LIKE!!
JOHN TELFER
Robert, Excellent wildlife capture, with great details and fantastic clarity in this photo, G+/T/like and fav