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furry tanks that nap for months, then casually outrun your car
means The plural of bear — large, powerful mammals known for their bulk, their hibernation habits, and their surprising speed; the word also covers metaphorical bears, like pessimistic stock-market types.
from From Old English 'bera,' tracing back to a Proto-Germanic root meaning roughly 'the brown one.' The popular theory is delightfully eerie: speakers of the parent language were so wary of the beast that they avoided its true name (preserved in Latin 'ursus' and Greek 'arktos') for fear of summoning it, substituting the euphemism 'the brown one' instead. The original word vanished from the Germanic branch entirely — leaving us, possibly, with a name born of superstition.
- sprint speed
- can hit 35 mph, faster than Usain Bolt
- heart hack
- heartbeat drops to 8 beats per minute hibernating
- no atrophy
- survive months unmoving without losing muscle
- smell power
- nose detects food seven times better than bloodhounds
- toilet break
- go all winter without peeing or pooping
chicago bears — nfl team founded in 1919, won super bowl xx in 1986
bear stearns — investment bank collapsed in march 2008 during financial crisis
smokey the bear — us forest service mascot since 1944, prevented forest fires campaign