Bear Word Scramble

(Unscramble the letters to learn some fun bear facts.

1. A female bear is called a WSO
2. A male bear is called a RABO
3. A group of bears is called a LHSOT
4. A cub fo the years is called a YCO
5. The period of winter dormancy is called NSHBRTIENO
6. A bear eats both plants and animals and it therefore an EIOMVONR
7. Sounds that bears make to communicate are AVICOLNAZITOS
8. An increase in food intake beyond the normal amount is called YGHARPHEAPI
   
   

   

   
   ANSWERS!
   
   

   1. SOW
   2. BOAR
   3. SLOTH
   4. COY
   5. HIBERNATION
   6. OMNIVORE
   7. VOCALIZATIONS
   8. HYPERPHAGIA

Voca-bear-lary

All the answers contain the letters b-e-a-r

1. Take into account or having remembered.
2. Hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
3. Causing, predicting, or expecting a fall, as in the prices on the stock exchange.
4. A rich sauce containing egg yolks, butter, vinegar, and tarragon.
5. So unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable.
6. The practice of setting dogs in a chained bear.
7. A shrub native to North America and Eurasia, having small leathery leaves, white or pinkish urn-shaped flowers, and red berrylike fruits. Also called kinnikinnick.
8. Acting in a dictatorial manner, arrogant, domineering.
9. One of several funeral participants who help carry the casket of a deceased person.
10. Also known as a bodylock, this is a grappling term in wrestling for a clinch hold and stand-up grappling position where the arms are wrapped around the opponent, either around eh opponent’s chest, midsection, or thighs; sometimes with one or both of the opponents arms pinned to the opponents body.
    
    
    And the answers are.........
    
    

    1. bear in mind
    2. beard
    3. bearish
    4. Bearnaise sauce
    5. unbearable
    6. bearbaiting
    7. bearberry
    8. overbearing
    9. pallbearer
    10. bear hug

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    Trivia from "Bear-ology" by Sylvia Dolson

Cold weather, Christmas nearing... lets make some COOKIES!

Bear Drop Cookies

1 cup butter                                     3 teaspoons baking soda

1 cup peanut butter                         3 eggs

1 cup brown sugar                         1 cup coconut

1 cup white sugar                           1 cup raisins

1 cup flour                                     1 cup chopped nuts

1 cup quick cooking oats               1 cup chocolate chips

Mix together all ingredients. Drop heaping teaspoons of batter onto greased cookie sheet, leaving sufficient space between drops. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes. Makes 4 dozen.

Recipe from "Bear-ology" by Sylvia Dolson