How many cubs has a 12 year old female grizzly bear probably had?

Answer 1

TWO

Answer 2

I'd say about six. Here's my logic. If she's 4 when she starts to reproduce and now she's 12 that's 8 years. She had say three cubs at a time and having cubs four years years apart. One of the cubs usually dies which is why on nature shows you see a mother with two cubs instead of three. The culprit is usually large males. Once a cub is two its on its own and then maybe another year to find a mate plus gestation. Ofcourse 12 years is ancient for a grizzly bear. The average lifespan of a grizzly is closer to 9 years. So she had cubs at age 4 and at age 8 but did not have cubs at 12 because she would leave them as orphans when she dies of old age and she would know her cubs would die.

Answer 3

Females generally are first able to reproduce between 4 ½ and 10 years of age. The number of cubs in a litter depends upon the female’s body weight. Mating occurs between early May and mid July with cubs born between the end of January and early March. Usually a female brown bear reproduces once every 3 to 5 years (Brown 1993, p 132, Bauer and Bauer 1996 p 94). Since only 1 in 3 females breed in a given year, males must range widely in order to find a mate (Stirling 1993, p 92-93). A mother brown bear will remain with her young for 1 ½ to 3 ½ years (Brown 1993, p 145).

Therefore a 12 year old femal bear could have had 3 or more cubs depending on her weight and the age of maturation.

Answer 4

At the age of 12 for a grizzly bear, she stops being sexually active.