Esther's photos with the keyword: bear

The Sunday Challenge: Wildife This woolly bear caterpillar is looking for a sheltered place to spend the winter. As cold weather approaches, its metabolism will slow down and then it will dehydrate to protect itself from the freezing temperatures. Its circulatory system will produces a cryoprotectant (glycerol) which will causes its tissues to freeze solid during the winter.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial consists of two 246 foot granite walls enscribed with 58,320 names of American service men and women who were killed or were missing in action in Vietnam. It is customary to leave a remembrance near the name of a loved one. AIMG 9844

Denali National Park - Grizzly bear and cubs Known also as brown bears on the coast, Denali grizzlies can have brown to blond coats and weigh up to 600 pounds. This bear had been digging for roots. Denali grizzlies eat roots, vegetation, ground squirrels and caribou. AIMG 5817.A

Anchorage museum- Anchorage, Alaska AIMG 5480

Black Bear - Anchorage, Alaska. We were driving in a woody section of Anchorage, Alaska in the vicinity of a triathlon, when a mother bear and two cubs ran in front of our car and into the woods. I was not fast enough with my camera to get a good shot of the mother bear, but one of the cubs was curious and watched me from a tree near the road. He eventually climbed very high into the tree. His mother had disappeared by then, but I could hear that she was close. The people running the triathlon decided that she was a smart bear that did not pose a danger to the bicyclists and runners. AIMG 5460

Black Bear - Anchorage, Alaska. We were driving in a woody section of Anchorage, Alaska in the vicinity of a triathlon, when a mother bear and two cubs ran in front of our car and into the woods. I was not fast enough with my camera to get a good shot of the mother bear, but one of the cubs was curious and watched me from a tree near the road. He eventually climbed very high into the tree. His mother had disappeared by then, but I could hear that she was close. The people running the triathlon decided that she was a smart bear that did not pose a danger to the bicyclists and runners. AIMG 5457

Black Bear - Anchorage, Alaska. We were driving in a woody section of Anchorage, Alaska in the vicinity of a triathlon, when a mother bear and two cubs ran in front of our car and into the woods. I was not fast enough with my camera to get a good shot of the mother bear, but one of the cubs was curious and watched me from a tree near the road. He eventually climbed very high into the tree. His mother had disappeared by then, but I could hear that she was close. The people running the triathlon decided that she was a smart bear that did not pose a danger to the bicyclists and runners. AIMG 5462

Woolly bear caterpillar. "The Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella) can be found in many cold regions, including the Arctic. The banded Woolly Bear larva emerges from the egg in the fall and overwinters in its caterpillar form, when it literally freezes solid. First its heart stops beating, then its gut freezes, then its blood, followed by the rest of the body. It survives being frozen by producing a cryoprotectant in its tissues. In the spring it thaws out and emerges to pupate. Once it emerges from its pupa as a moth it has only days to find a mate." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrharctia_isabella AIMG 0370

Koala - Wild Life Sydney Koalas are marsupials, or pouched mammals. After giving birth, a female koala carries her baby in her pouch for approximately six months. Once it leaves the pouch, the young koala remains with its mother until it is about a year old. They feed on eucalyptus leaves and have developed a digestive system that is immune to their poison. AIMG 8189

Koala - Wild Life Sydney Koalas are marsupials, or pouched mammals. After giving birth, a female koala carries her baby in her pouch for approximately six months. Once it leaves the pouch, the young koala remains with its mother until it is about a year old. They feed on eucalyptus leaves and have developed a digestive system that is immune to their poison. AIMG 8185

Koala - Wild Life Sydney Koalas are marsupials, or pouched mammals. After giving birth, a female koala carries her baby in her pouch for approximately six months. Once it leaves the pouch, the young koala remains with its mother until it is about a year old. They feed on eucalyptus leaves and have developed a digestive system that is immune to their poison. AIMG 8190