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How are bears so huge? If I ate nothing but berries and salmon I'd probably be really slender.

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[โ€“] FartsWithAnAccent 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Depends on how much you ate, but similar to us, bears can be omnivores (though they tend to eat more meat type stuff): They'll eat whatever they can, which can definitely include a lot of berries and fish, but they also eat nuts, roots, insects, honey, carrion, etc.

[โ€“] RampageDon 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Dammit, now everyone is singing!

[โ€“] FireRetardant 6 points 10 months ago

Depending on the bear species. Most black bears eat more vegetative foods than meats. Many bears are not strong hunters and tend to prefer to scavenge their meat. The exception being fishing.