Sun bears, the smallest of the world's eight bear species, are generally so...
WASHINGTON - Sun bears, the smallest of the world’s eight bear species, are generally solitary animals, content to spend most of their time alone outside mating season, foraging for fruit, rodents, birds and insects in Southeast Asian tropical forests.
Researchers studied 22 sun bears in spontaneous social play at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center in Malaysia in outdoor forest enclosures big enough to let the animals decide whether to interact or avoid each other all day. The findings were surprising not only because sun bears are usually solitary but also because they are not closely related to humans.
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