Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

Medved Means Bear

he Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s far east is a land dotted with volcanoes and bears, Kamchatka brown bears to be exact. These bears, the largest brown bears in Asia, stand nearly 10 feet tall and weigh more than 1,400 pounds. These are no teddy bears. They are powerful animals that can rip a person

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