Internet sites

• http://www.kcls.org/hh/bears.cfm
  An American site with links to lots of bear sites
• http://www.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572258/Bear.html
  Encarta article on bears.
• http://www.bearbiology.com
  International association for bear research and management – fact sheets
• http://www.nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/Zoogoer/1999/2/bearfacts.cfm
  Smithsonian national zoo site (has fact sheets including “fun facts”)
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/satoyama/hibernation.html
  Website about hibernation

Books

• All about Pandas
• Those aren’t teddy bears
• Fun B.C. facts for Kids
• Giant Panda
• Bears
• Bears a year in the life

Finally my thanks to David Jebb, Conor Simpson and Christopher Simpson who all lent me books and to Mr Fisher (no relation) at Belfast Zoo for some of the pictures.