Grab your hiking boots and a warm flannel shirt, explorers! Today, Aimee is taking us high up into the snowy mountains and rushing rivers of North America to meet an animal that has a giant muscle on its back and loves to take a months-long nap!

In this episode, we’re following the giant paw prints to learn all about the furry, powerful, wonderful... Grizzly Bear! You’ll learn:

• The Giant Muscle Hump: Discover why grizzly bears have a big, furry hump on their backs—it's actually a super-strong muscle that helps them dig deep into the hard dirt to find roots and build their cozy winter dens.
• A Little Bit of Everything: Learn what it means to be an Omnivore. We'll find out why these giant bears love to eat both meat (like catching jumping salmon) and plants (like grazing on sweet mountain berries).
• The Big Winter Nap: Find out all about Hibernation—the very deep, long sleep that bears take all winter long to save their energy when it gets freezing cold and food is hidden under the snow.
• Champion Fishermen: Hear how grizzly bears use their sharp claws and lightning-fast reflexes to stand in rushing river waterfalls and catch slippery fish right out of the air!
• Cub Kindergarten: Discover how mommy grizzly bears teach their fluffy little cubs everything they need to know to survive, from playing and wrestling to finding the very best berry bushes in the forest.

Get ready to trek through the pine trees and learn all about one of the strongest and sleepiest members of the animal kingdom!

Thank you for listening!

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