Sun bears are cute smallish bears that live around tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. They’re only 4 feet in length and weigh 60 to 130 lbs. They have a very long and slim tongue that reaches up to 8 inches. They use this tool to eat insects like termites and ants and fruits like coconut and berries with ease. These bears actually do not hibernate and this makes it easier for them to breed year round. They are also nocturnal and prefer to laze around in the trees during the day, while being fully active at dusk.
A Sun bear’s habitat is usually very warm. It feels like the seasons of Spring and Summer mostly year around. It can be very humid in the tropical weather, so the Sun bears love to lay upon the tree tops when it gets too hot. They also bask in the shades of the overgrown leaves of trees for comfort and cooling off. These bears do not have a den, most probably because of the humidity and being enclosed in such a space would be much grueling. Instead, they do make their homes along the bottoms of trees and sleep up higher during the day.
In recent years, Sun bears are very limited to the larger parts of the tropics. They rarely go out of their jungle home if ever, since they find all their food in the treetops and forest floors. The only reason a Sun bear would be out of its jungle habitat would be if it was taken as a pet in a nearby village, which sometimes does occur. But Sun bears, being wild animals are much too demanding for a person, so they are usually abandoned for from their habitat, which leads to them dying, or they are killed off.
This forest habitat is very vital for the Sun bear. They basically live in the trees and are very agile at catching whatever prey they can get their paws on. If these forests grow down in numbers, their habitat will be very scarce and it will definitely hurt them in the long run, making their population go down in size drastically. Although their Asian forest environment is lush and has a wide range it won’t always be the case, but for now there’s not too much to worry about the Sun bear and its living surroundings, it seems to be making a good home for itself and there’s plenty of Sun bears left today.
