Rough play in the fells

Excerpt on back:

When the plants fight for living space,mainly the soil and climate decide where they grow.

The wind mixes the deck of cards and the snow deals them. The destiny of the plants is to

content themselves with their cards and play agaisnt each other as well as they can.

Fat from berries: What a Brown Bear feels after waking up from winter sleep is well-know 

to us all. It makes your stomach rumble and your head dizzy - hunger!

The preferred spring meal for the Bear is a Moose, which has a difficult time 

running away in the soft snow. The chase ends in a huge forehand stroke and a

crushing bite.

Preparing for winter,the king opf the forest eats lots, especially berries. The Bear has to tuck

in a huge number of berries,as it needs about one third of its weight, i.e. 50-100 kilograms,of fat to manage through the winter.

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Thanks to Marja from Finland via Postcrossing for this great bear card!

Sent: 22 July 2015   Received: 17 August 2015   Travelled: 26 days

Sand bear

This is such a cool postcard! I collect bears and it's always nice to see what

a beary surprise I'd get in my mailbox. Thanks to postcrosser Tuula from Finland

for this lovely sand bear!

Sent: 20 April 2015   Received: 6 May 2015   Travelled: 16 days

Bornean sun bear

 The sun bear is the smallest, most aboreal and least known of the bear family (see number 2 in image on left) measuring between 120–150 cm long and between 60-78 cm high at the shoulder. Males tend to be larger than females, the former normally weighing between 30 and 70 kg, and the latter between 20 and 40 kg. 

Unlike other bears, the sun bear's dark brown or black fur is short and sleek, probably due to the lowland climates it lives in.  On their chest sits a pale beige horseshoe shape marking which gives the sun bear its name being said to resemble a setting or rising sun. Similar colored fur can be found around the muzzle and the eyes. 

Source: BSBCC

Thanks to Jesse for this wonderful bear card , been looking for a bear card from Borneo for

a while. BSBCC is a Conservation Centre in Sepilok, Sabah.

Sent: 9 February 2015   Received: 10 Febuary 2015   Travelled: 1 day :p

Bear

Yosemite National Park, California

American Black Bear

These interesting and comical animals are the largest mammals now found in the Yosemite region. Bears are wild animals;it is dangerous to feed or tease them.

 

thank you Abran for the lovely vintage bear card :D

 

Sent: 18 January 2014

Received: 5 February 2014

Travelled: 18 days

Sleeping bear

I like bears too :)

Funny card of a sleeping bear in a tree, thank you Judee!

 

Sent: 28 December 2013

Received: 15 January 2014

Travelled: 18 days

Eurasian bear

A full grown male weighs on average no more than 250 and 300 kilograms (550 and 660 lb).The largest Eurasian brown bear recorded was 481 kg (1,058 lb) and was nearly 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long. Females typically range between 150–250 kg (330–550 lb).

Just look at the size of this bear! I dub thee Earth Crusher! thud thud thud

Thank you Jetske for this awesome card!



Sent: 18 November 2013    Received: 17 Dec 2013   Travelled: 29 days

Russian bear

Thank you Marina for the bear resting on the rock!

Sent: 31 October 2013,   Received: 18 November 2013   Travelled: 18 days

Sleeping bear dunes

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a United States National Lakeshore located along the northwest coast of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan in Leelanau County and Benzie County.
The park is named after a Chippewa legend of the sleeping bear. According to the legend, an enormous forest fire on the western shore of Lake Michigan drove a mother bear and her two cubs into the lake for shelter, determined to reach the opposite shore. After many miles of swimming, the two cubs lagged behind. When the mother bear reached the shore, she waited on the top of a high bluff. The exhausted cubs drowned in the lake, but the mother bear stayed and waited in hopes that her cubs would finally appear. Impressed by the mother bear's determination and faith, the Great Spirit created two islands (North and South Manitou Island) to commemorate the cubs, and the winds buried the sleeping bear under the sands of the dunes where she waits to this day. The "bear" was a small tree-covered knoll at the top edge of the bluff that, from the water, had the appearance of a sleeping bear. Wind and erosion have caused the "bear" to be greatly reduced in size over the years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Bear_Dunes

 

Thank you April for the legend of the Sleeping Bear!

Sent: 4 November 2013
Received: 18 November 2013
Travelled: 14 days

Colorado bear cubs

Thank you Nana for this adorable card of bear cubs from Colorado!



Sent: 30 October 2013
Received: 7 November 2013
Travelled: 8 days

Bear stone

Bear head weapon from Paltamo about 1500BC

 Paltamo was first inhabited 8,500 years ago. The most sophisticated finding yet has been a weapon shaped like a bear's head.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltamo

Thank you Sirpa for this great card! (postcrossing)

Sent:10 October 2013

Received:17 October 2013
Travelled:7 days

Finn bears

The brown bears of Finland - Cubs are born in February during the hibernation time.

Thank you Outi for the card, I like it beary much!

Brown bear

Another bear card received, sadly this is the only card which I have already

thrice, this time sent from Portugal

Thank you Bruno! Hence why I need to show my postcards on the blog to avoid

getting duplicates or triplicates!?

Mildred the Bear

 

Back of card: In 1968, Hugh Morton purchased one male and one female black bear with the intention of letting them loose into the wild. The female bear, named Mildred, refused to revert to the wild and Grandfather Mountain kept her enclosed for her own safety. In 1973, an environmental habitat was built for Mildred and her family. The habitats have been expanded over the decades to include many other animal species.

Thank you Amy for this awesome majestic bear!

Sent: 21 February 2013

American Wildlife

This lucky grizzly bear is about to dine on a northwest delicacy- salmon!

Thank you Elk Kendall Academy for the bear card :)

My second card of the same bear!

Sent: 22 February 2013,  Received: 12 March 2013,   Travelled: 19 days

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear (Ursus Arctos)

Once there were tens of thousands of these bears in North America. Today there

are about 1,000 left in Yellowstone and Glacier National Park. They measure

over six feet (standing on their hind legs) and weigh over 1,000 pounds. Their 

yellowish-brown or black fur is tipped with white, hence the name grizzly.

The bear's catch of the day, thank you Cecilia for this card :)

Sent: 1 February 2013,   Received: 5 March 2013,   Travelled: 32 days

Polar bear

The polar bear is classified as a vulnerable species, with eight of the nineteen polar bear subpopulations in decline.[7] For decades, large scale hunting raised international concern for the future of the species but populations rebounded after controls and quotas began to take effect.[citation needed] For thousands of years, the polar bear has been a key figure in the material, spiritual, and cultural life of Arctic indigenous peoples, and polar bears remain important in their cultures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear

 

Thank you Denise for this superb card!

 

Sent:18 February 2013
Received:1 March 2013
Travelled: 11 days

UCLA mascot

Haha poor bear needs a break

Thank you Shelley for this funny card!

Yellowstone National Park,Wyoming

As one travels through Yellowstone National Park,the

awesome beauty and spectacular wonders are inexcapable.

Thank you Brenda for this charming card of the bears leaving the park,

they look like they had a great day like Yogi and Booboo

Sent: 8 January 2013,   Received: 3 February 2013,   23 days

Montana bear

A grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribills) awakens in early spring

after a 3 - or 4-month winter hibernation and quickly begins the

search for insects, fish, carrior and small mammals. Weighing 

between 300 and 800 pounds, combined with the ability to run 35 

- 40 mph, it's best to keep a considerable distance, lest you 

become the meal!

Thank you Jeff for this awesome winter bear!

Sent: 2 January 2013,   Received: 12 January 2013,   Travelled: 10 days

Colorado

 

Formed millions of years ago by volcanoes,glacies and other natural forces, the Colorado landscape is an awe-inspring blend of mountains, lakes, forest and plains.

Thanks Kendall for the bear and glad you're home now :)

Sent: 23 February 2012