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A June article in Scientific American explored just what makes bears "friend-shaped" - a descriptor humans wouldn't give most other apex predators, like wolves and lions, it noted.
These objects are marginally bigger than mice with claws, and grow into bears over the four months that the she-bear spends in hibernation [NH. 8.54]. [6] Aelian records that the shapeless object is loved and recognised by the she-bear, and licked into shape [NA. 2.19]. [8]
Bear taxon names such as Arctoidea and Helarctos come from the ancient Greek ἄρκτος (arktos), meaning bear, [7] as do the names "arctic" and "antarctic", via the name of the constellation Ursa Major, the "Great Bear", prominent in the northern sky. [8] Bear taxon names such as Ursidae and Ursus come from Latin Ursus/Ursa, he-bear/she ...
Bears are popular in children's stories, including Winnie the Pooh, [34] Paddington Bear, [35] Gentle Ben [36] and The Brown Bear of Norway. [37] An early version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, [38] was originally published as The Three Bears in 1837 by Robert Southey, many times retold, and illustrated in 1918 by Arthur Rackham. [39]
The tour guide in Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Preserve encountered the bear on a recent tour. ‘Distinctly not friend shaped.’ Massive bear stares down photographer in TikTok video
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A Bear Called Paddington (1958) The stories in the first book in the series are: "Please Look After This Bear" – The Browns first meet Paddington at Paddington station. "A Bear in Hot Water" – Paddington's first attempt at having a bath is a disaster. "Paddington Goes Underground" – Paddington's first journey on the Underground causes chaos.
Many shapes have metaphorical names, i.e., their names are metaphors: these shapes are named after a most common object that has it. For example, "U-shape" is a shape that resembles the letter U , a bell-shaped curve has the shape of the vertical cross section of a bell , etc.