Full grown, this fuzzy fellow will be able to run 48 kilometres or 30 miles an hour. They like to swim and hunt for fish, berries and roots. They will also dine on insects, deer, moose and whatever they can scavenge in the forest.
We are blessed to have them living amongst us today on the rugged west coast of British Columbia.
In the Kwak'wala language of the Kwakiutl First Nations of the Pacific Northwest, this little cutie is t̕ła'yi — a lovely, playful black bear.
