Question

EMERGENCY!!!!! Pregnant female bears do not go into deep hibernation in the winter like other bears. why might this be a physiological adaptation for mother bears?

a. the pregnant bear's metabolic rate would rise too high, and the fat stores would be gone quickly
b. the fat stores that bears building up in the summer and fall would be wasted on a pregnant bear
c. pregnant bears need to maintain a higher metabolism that nonpregnant bears
d. pregnant bears are unable to build up fat stores during the summer and fall moths.

Answer 1

Its is A because if the mother bear goes into hibernation pregnant with lets say 2 to 1 cubs the cubs will absorb all the nutrients the mother bear has and she will end up with none because her body is using up the fat and so are the cubs. So your answer is A

Answer 2

c. pregnant bears need to maintain a higher metabolism that nonpregnant bears

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