Black Bear and Grizzly Bear comparison coloring pages

 

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Today there are 

two new drawings 

and a discussion on 

the difference between 

Black Bears and Grizzly bears. 

Black Bear Mother & Cub

Grizzly Bear fishing for Salmon

Black Bears and Grizzly Bears are related, but there are a lot of differences.  A Grizzly Bear is much larger than a Black Bear.  The average male Black Bear weighs around 400 lbs.  That is around 181 kg.  The average male Grizzly Bear weighs between 400-790 lbs.  That is between 180 and 360 kg.  

There are anomalies that show that both species of bear can grow to be much larger.  One male Black Bear was shot in Canada that weighed around 1,100 lbs. or 409 kg. That made that Black Bear bigger than most Grizzly Bears.  

The largest wild male Grizzly was even more impressive at 1,656 lbs or 751 kg. I suspect that it was a Kodiak Bear.  A Kodiak Bear, from Alaska, USA, is the biggest type of Grizzly Bear.  Of course, I should explain that technically a Grizzly or a Kodiak Bear are both types of Brown  Bears.  AND a Kodiak Bear is a type of Grizzly.  

The big Grizzlies or Kodiak Bears are around 11 feet or 3.35 meters tall when standing on their back feet. The biggest Black Bears are around 7 feet or 2.13 meters tall.  

Another couple of obvious differences is that the American Black Bear has a smaller head in comparison to its body size.  So a Grizzly Bear has a bigger head in comparison to its body size.  In fact, the Grizzly just has a much bigger head.  The Grizzly also has a hump at the shoulders.  

I have been talking about the North American Grizzlies.  In Europe and Asia, the Brown Bears are not called Grizzlies.  There are actually several sub-species of Brown bear with some larger and some smaller.  Some of the sub-species have sadly been hunted to extinction. 

Both of these types of North American bears are omnivores.  I want to tell you a story... Years ago I taught elementary school in Juneau, Alaska.  I lived for a time in a lower level apartment with my then-wife and our baby girl.  One morning our landlord, who lived upstairs, took us into the woods to show us something.  This house was out in the woods.  We saw about 50 yards from the house a big green patch in the snow.  The Kodiak Bears, two of them, had stolen the dumpster that was full of lawn clippings and had a grass-eating party out in the forest.  They had torn the locked thick plastic dumpster apart to get to the grass.  Our landlord told us that Kodiak Bears love the taste of grass, but it is hard for them to eat with their front carnivore teeth.  They have to bite at the grass with the side of their mouth.  The dumpster was a free easy-to-eat grass feast for them.  

NOTE:  These drawings, in printable form, are found by clicking on the button labeled "Animals" up at the top of the page.  The new drawings are located at the bottom of the printable lists.  By the way, on a personal note... I had to get my car serviced.  I drew these bears while waiting for our car to be serviced.  I was very glad I went in because the mechanics found a nail in one of our tires.  And we are going to Eastern Utah to see Sandhill Cranes near Vernal tomorrow.   I will be drawing a Sandhill Crane picture next.