Blink. Blink. Do you ever struggle just to keep your eyes open?

Blink. Blink. Do you ever struggle just to keep your eyes open? 😴

This Black Bear (Ursus americanus) knows how you feel! You might hit the snooze button for ten minutes but bears can take several weeks to fully emerge from hibernation!

When temperatures warm up and food starts to become available, bears start to emerge from their dens. Male bears generally emerge first, usually from early to mid-March, followed by solitary females and females with yearlings or two-years olds in late March through mid-April. The last to emerge are females with newborn cubs, from mid April through early May.

Males, subadults, solitary females, and females with yearlings or two-year-olds usually leave the vicinity of their den within a week of emergence while females with newborn cubs can remain in the general vicinity of the den for several more weeks.

Full credit: Glacier National Park ( https://www.facebook.com/GlacierNPS/ )