Stars of bear webcam, sow and cub, expected to leave their den soon
The time to watch a hibernating black bear sow and her single cub on a live webcam is running out as they are expected to leave any day now.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission launched its first ever live bear webcam this year from a bear den under a porch at an undisclosed location in Monroe County.
When the sow and cub leave the den, they are not expected to return, according to the game commission.
Typically, a sow will take her young cubs to a wooded area and make a day bed for them and teach them to climb trees and find food.
“They’ll be weaned by about seven months old and, by fall, should weigh 60-100 pounds,” according to “Under the Deck,” the commission’s report on the bear cam.
In many cases, cubs den with their mother for their first winter.
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