The only bear that lives in South America is this black spectacled bear who is wading in a pond. It’s amazing that males can grow over 400 pounds on a primarily herbivorous diet. The increasing loss of their Venezuelan and Columbian habit due to extensive logging and the demand for their gall bladder as a Chinese medicine are threatening their native population. If you visit the Antwerp Zoo in Belgium, then congratulate this family for the birth of their cub in March, 2013.