Even Bears Need a Good Bath!

Fall is a great time to see Black Bears high up in the Oak and Hickory trees feasting on nuts during hyperphagia when they eat twenty out of twenty-four hours in a day in order to fatten up for their winter denning period.  Last week my mom and I were on a camping trip and we saw many bears breaking branches as they pulled the nuts closer in for their feast.  So what does a bear do after eating and eating for hours on end?  Why give himself a bath of course!  My mom and I were delighted to see this big guy clean himself from paw to paw!