5/86Weight of the average male bear in Alaska (in pounds): 250

International Association for Bear Research and Management (Calgary, Alberta)

    In Pennsylvania: 487

International Association for Bear Research and Management (Calgary, Alberta)

4/90Average percentage of a bear’s weight that it loses during hibernation: 25

Great Bear Foundation (Missoula, Mont.)

1/92Liters of beer an escaped circus bear in the Ukraine drank in the Kharkov town square before being recaptured: 3

TASS-Ukrinform News Agency (Kharkov, Ukraine)

6/97Combined number of root canals performed last year on two Kodiak bears at the San Francisco Zoo: 7

San Francisco Zoo

8/97Estimated number of black bears in New Hampshire in 1900: 50

New Hampshire Fish and Game (Concord)

    Estimated number there today: 2,500

New Hampshire Fish and Game (Concord)

6/98Number of cars broken into by bears last year at Yosemite National Park: 889

Yosemite National Park (Yosemite, Calif.)

11/00Number of bears bred for their bile at China’s 247 licensed bear farms in 1998: 6,764

International Fund for Animal Welfare (Beijing)

6/03Amount Canada spent last summer to keep bears away from the G-8 summit: $31,427

Canada Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Ottawa)

4/04Number of the 76 reported attempts by bears to break into New Jersey homes last year that were successful: 53

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Trenton)

1/06Age of the girl who made the first bear kill in Maryland’s hunting season last fall: 8

Mt. Nebo Wildlife Management Area (Md.)