Even after hibernation, they eat a lot to store fat for the next hibernation, so they probably can't afford to excrete any food they consume.
2007-03-24 09:22:09 · 10 answers · asked by HORGA 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No they don't. Even though bears do not exactly hibernate(sleep). They are extremely drowsy and sleep a lot, they eat a large number of leaves, twigs, and even mud as their last meal before heading into their den for their long rest. This forms a kind of "plug" in them that stops the urge to go potty. After they come out, they need to expel the plug, which is where the rabbit joke probably came about.
2007-03-24 09:46:32 · answer #1 · answered by Kenneth H 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Horg,
Princess has it about right...bears eat hay, twigs and other materials that settle to the bottom of the rectum to create a 'plug'...that, along with their markedly decreased metabolism (where the process of digestion and excretion is slowed down considerably) during hibernation, the average bear doesn't have to tend to business until after waking up.
2007-03-24 09:28:23 · answer #2 · answered by Wolfsburgh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok so.....
If a hibernating bear took a dump in the woods and no one was there to see it would it still smell really bad?
2007-03-24 09:25:50 · answer #3 · answered by Jim from the Midwest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they don't. In the spring they are all stopped up actually. So they start instictively clawing at and eating tree bark (I forget the tree type) as it has an ingredient found in common houshold laxitives.
2007-03-24 09:25:28 · answer #4 · answered by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only that, they don't urinate, either. Somehow they can filter the water thru their body so they don't need to drink all winter. Scientists are studying this as something that may help us during space travel.
2007-03-24 09:26:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I belive they eat a lot of twigs and things like that to plug them up.
2007-03-24 09:24:43 · answer #6 · answered by princessforever1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they actually clog their anals with fat, until hibernation is over
2007-03-24 09:25:39 · answer #7 · answered by gladiatorghost007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they don't. Scientists are studying this because it may be used to get us to Mars!
Really! It's true!!
2007-03-24 09:26:17 · answer #8 · answered by Moon Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course they smell
2007-03-24 09:26:42 · answer #9 · answered by Veronica 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, they do, and yes, it's in the woods
2007-03-24 09:26:32 · answer #10 · answered by pinhed_1976 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋