@LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca • 11 months agoDo bears in the wild seriously subsist only on berries and salmon?message-square27arrow-up130arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareDo bears in the wild seriously subsist only on berries and salmon?@LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca • 11 months agomessage-square27file-text
minus-square@djsoren19linkfedilink14•11 months agoIf you ate berries and salmon in the quantities bears do, you would absolutely not be very slender. That’s a diet of protein, fat, and sugars.
minus-square@Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•11 months agoI mean, all diets are pretty much protein, fat, and sugar…but bears are eating nearly 20000 calories/day in the fall.
minus-square@LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink4•edit-211 months agoIt astounds me how animals find all that food out in nature. When I go out in nature all I find are non-fruit-bearing trees and bushes and well manicured lawns. how they’re able to find 20,000 calories a day 🤯
minus-square@hitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilink3•11 months agoThat’s why they say “The early bear catches the berry.”
If you ate berries and salmon in the quantities bears do, you would absolutely not be very slender. That’s a diet of protein, fat, and sugars.
I mean, all diets are pretty much protein, fat, and sugar…but bears are eating nearly 20000 calories/day in the fall.
It astounds me how animals find all that food out in nature. When I go out in nature all I find are non-fruit-bearing trees and bushes and well manicured lawns.
how they’re able to find 20,000 calories a day 🤯
That’s why they say “The early bear catches the berry.”