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'''Sun bears''' differ from other bears with its appearance. They are discovered as the smallest bears in the family [[Ursidae]], sizing about 1 meters in body length. Males are little bigger than female, and they can weigh about 150 pounds. With its small size compared by other bears, they can move easily between trees, allwoing them to spend the night high above the ground.[http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/sun-bear.html] Their fur is entirely black except the unique shape on their chests. This crescent shape is gold or white colored, same color as the around of its eyes. This mark can overstate the bear's sizes during fight with other bears.[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Helarctos_malayanus.html] Sun bear has short [[mouth]], and small and round ears. Paws are large enough to climb the trees really well, and claws are sharp pointed, long, and curved.[http://www.bearden.org/Species%20and%20Programs%20pages/Sun%20bear%20page.htm]<br /><br />'''Senses'''<br />Bear's sense of smell, sight, and hearing is incredibly remarkable. They are affected by these senses for its survival. They can smell their youngs, mate, food, or dangers from miles away. They also use smelling ability to keep away from other bear's territory by smelling their urine and droppings. Their amazing eyesight also helps them to identify the food and dangers. Even their ears are small, they can hear little animals, which would be their food, scampering around beneath the leaves. Their too sensitive senses may result them more strees, but they can easily get away from many dangers.[http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/bears/facts04.htm] <br /><br />'''Tongue'''<br />Sun bear has about a foot long tongue for eating. This lengthy tongue can help sun bear to gain the honey from beehives, or insects inside the trees. Getting the honey from bee nests gave these bears a nickname, "honey bear." They can easily get the food they want from narrow places, such as coconuts, oil palms, and other commercial crops.[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243400/When-comes-hunting-honey-sun-bear-job-licked.html][http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-sun_bear.html]<br /><br />'''Territory'''<br /> Many mammal kinds do not violate the others' domain. Therefore making a sign or mark in the nature to indicate their territories is important for the bears too. Unlike the other bears, sun bears carve a claw marks in trees. We can see the marks on trees often in parts of [[Asia]], where sun bears live. The perfect reason of marking is not clear, but through this act we can learn and study more about them.

'''Sun bears''' may have only one mate for their mate, at any time of the year. They normally raise 2 or 3 cubs and do not leave them until they can survive on their own; 2 years. Cubs, after the female's gestation period of 3 months, are hairless, blind, and weigh 10 to 15 ounces. They become sexually maturity in short time, males in 3 years, and females in only 2 years. These youngs are often kept as pets for people beacuse they are playful and attarctive. But they become more dangerous as they grow older, which leads us to leave them to wild or zoo. And they will live for 25 to 28 years of life. [http://www.honoluluzoo.org/sun_bear.htm]

Sun bears do not need to and do not hibrate because they live in tropical rainforest of southeastern Asia, usually from trees. They are designed to climb the trees well with their long claws, strong legs, and small bodies. They make their homes in the branches of trees, keeping them away from their predators such as tigers and other possible predators. These bears are nocturnal, so having homes in the trees help them to rest or sunbathing during the day. Sun bears are omnivores and living on the trees is a perfect way to live freely.[http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/bears/facts-sunbear.htm]

File:Sunbear.jpg|Sun bear<br />  ('' H. malayanus '')<br />  Order: Carnivora<br />Family: Ursatatay