Honey bear is a very elusive animal. They sleep in tree holes during the day and move in the canopy above the ground in the forest at night. Equally difficult to understand is the origin of their names. According to Maria Webster's university dictionary, the word "honey bear" is a French variation of the Algonquian family "leopard bear". How did this happen? Leopard bears live in the extremely high northern latitude of the earth; Honey bears live in the tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere; Leopard bears weigh 20 kilograms; This honey bear weighs only 4 kilograms at most. Nevertheless, both animals have strong claws, round ears and thick fur, and live in trees. If they have seen them, it is hard to imagine how these two animals can be considered as one animal. However, it is possible that honey bear fur arrived in the northern hemisphere along the extensive trade routes of the United States, and French fur traders think they are cubs' fur.
Another situation that leads to confusion is that the scientific name of Honey Bear Potos flavus is simply translated from Latin "gold drinker". Is the honey bear named like this because of its golden fur and love for nectar? Or is it physically similar to potto in America? These two problems need to be solved by biologists or linguists.
High in the canopy of Panama's tropical rain forest, a bear named Lotus took her cubs to eat nectar on the raft. The cubs are about three to four months old and have just learned to eat some forage. Maitre krum, a photographer, found that honey bears also chew flower parts from time to time, even petals with fruits, especially some wild fig trees, which are their main food in this area.
Roland Keyes, a biologist at the new york State Museum, sedated the lotus and gently put it into a trap in the Panamanian rainforest. His fingers dipped into its thick fur. He said, "It is softer and smoother than wool." Keith guessed that animals' fur was a key for them to avoid water. They are covered with an oily substance that can also be found in the fur of beavers and otters. When the honey bear calmed down, Keith put a radio collar on it, examined its injuries, examined its teeth, and took blood for genetic analysis. These are all part of his ten-year research, and most of the extensive research on bees and bears is carried out in the wild. After doing this, he put the lotus back in the cage for two hours until the medicine disappeared and made sure it could safely return to those trees.
It's the same as human beings, but honey bear has no thumb in one palm that can be opposite to other fingers. But this hardly limits performance. Keith said, "They can catch figs like apples. They usually eat with only one hand. " Paws can help them climb trees, and those cushions give them good traction when they move horizontally on branches. Keith noticed, "The foldable patterns on their palms give them lifelines like humans."
The honey bear tickled with its hind paws, while sticking out its crooked tongue and yawning. It seems that it just woke up and had a midnight snack. Its long tongue helped the honey bear find the nectar hidden deep in the petals. German naturalist Jaha Scriber first described the honey bear in 1774. He thinks honey bear is a kind of lemur, and now honey bear is classified as Huanxiong family.
A honey bear cub walked into the camera and ate a raft full of nectar and rain. His face was wet. "I understood in an instant," Keith said. "The two eyes look like asking, what is this? Is it dangerous? This shot is like a gift from nature, a blessing, do you understand? "
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The Potous family, known as Jinkaru, Honey Bear and Nightcrawler, belongs to the habitat of raccoon species. Mexico rainforest lowlands, parts of Central America and South America are endangered animals, with a body length of 40-76 cm. The tail length is 39-57 cm, the weight is 1.4-4.6 kg, and the average life span is 32 years. Estrous for three months, pregnant 1 12- 120 days, usually one child, but there are also twins.