Video Shows Colorado Bear Cub Learning How To Climb A Tree
By Rebekah Gonzalez
June 23, 2021
A new video from Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows two Colorado bear cubs learning how to climb up a tree.
Ranger Tiffany McCauley shared the video she took at Roxborough State Park on June 17 to her Twitter account.
"Climbing practice at the scent post, seems the cubs are catching on fast!" she wrote in the caption. "They will travel and learn from their mother till they part next spring."
According to NJ Fish and Wildlife, young bears stay with their mother for about one and a half years before they leave the family unit and search for their own area to live.
Climbing practice at the scent post, seems the cubs are catching on fast! They will travel and learn from their mother till they part next spring. #roxboroughstatepark pic.twitter.com/M6Ns4iP313
— Ranger_Tiffany (@RangerTMcCauley) June 22, 2021
This black bear cub is practicing his scent marking technique on this heavily used pole. Check my feed later for a cool video of the adults showing you how it’s done! #roxboroughstatepark pic.twitter.com/8IIuhFbKcp
— Ranger_Tiffany (@RangerTMcCauley) June 16, 2021
Cubs are also blind when they are born and are covered in fine hair while they nurse on their mother's milk.
However, they then grow very quickly and weigh about 80 pounds by the time they are one year old.
Bears between the ages of one and two are called yearlings.
Ranger Tiffany McCauley also posted another video of black bears she took on June 19. The video shows a mother bear and her yearlings taking a dip in a lake.
"The black bear cubs are getting more comfortable with the water, one more than the other it seems!"
You can watch the video here.