LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 11 months agoDo bears in the wild seriously subsist only on berries and salmon?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-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-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredjsoren19@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 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-squareJimmyeatsausage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoI mean, all diets are pretty much protein, fat, and sugar…but bears are eating nearly 20000 calories/day in the fall.
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·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-squarehitmyspotlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 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.”