![]() Literature's most famous Spectacled Bear is undoubtedly Michael Bond's much-loved Paddington, whose adventures have featured in twenty books, three TV series and two feature films to date. Despite it being illegal, they are still hunted as trophies, and because their gall bladders and paws are valued in traditional oriental medicine. The Spectacled Bear's only predators are humans. It is the third heaviest native land mammal in South America (behind two species of tapir): males can weigh up to 200 kg (440 lb) and can be twice as large as females. Spectacled Bears are usually solitary, but will congregate, if there is a particularly abundant food source. They are, therefore, the second most vegetarian bear species, after the Panda. Andean or spectacled bears, which have earned global attention thanks to the fictional Paddington Bear, are hunted for parts used in the international wildlife trade gall bladders, used in. but their teeth are designed for grinding vegetation, and only about 5% of their diet is thought to consist of meat. ![]() They will also eat insects, small rodents and birds (especially those that nest on the ground). They are omnivores, with their favourite food being fruit, cactus, bromeliad hearts, and the soft parts of palm trees. However, one of the best places to see them is in Chaparri Ecological Reserve, which is ostensibly a dry forest environment. The bear's normal habitat is Andean cloud forest located between 500m (1,600 ft) and 2,700m (8,900 ft). They are excellent climbers and habitually arboreal. Their front legs are longer than their rear legs, which assists when climbing trees. Each Spectacled Bear has unique facial markings and not all have these 'spectacles', though. It is named for the white/yellow rings around its eyes, that give the appearance of eyeglasses. The Spectacled Bear is the only bear native to South America. The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the South American bear, Andean bear, Andean short-faced bear or mountain bear and locally as jukumari (Aymara and Quechua ), ukumari (Quechua) or ukuku, is a species of bear native to the Andes Mountains in western South America.
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