Sometimes, friends, the bears come in sleuths. 
Sometimes, they come in sloths.
And occasionally -- and cutely -- they come in litters.
But newsletters, friends -- newsletters don't come quickly enough at times, and for that, we apologize. We did of course reference the not-so-constant frequency of this newsletter at the beginning of this calendar year. and while we've mostly stuck to an-almost weekly schedule anyway, the sheer number of IMPORTANT BEAR NEWS items that have piled up here in the IMPORTANT BEAR NEWS cave has reached near-catastrophic levels. So here we are. An extra-special long issue, for all of our extra special friends. We promise we won't let this happen like this again, and we also promise that we won't promise a new volume and then let an entire week pass by with no such content. (SORRY, JOEL). That said, by all means, continue to pass along your bits of IMPORTANT BEAR NEWS when you see them pop up in the wild. We LOVE when you do that. We also love when you follow us @ImportBearNews and tell your friends to subscribe. Thus, TO THE BEARS.

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Nation's Capitol Has Blizzard...Of Bears (PT 1)
Nation's Capitol Has Blizzard Of Bears (PT 2)
Nation's Capitol Has Blizzard Of Bears (PT 3)
Other Part Of Country Also Has Bears In Snow
Sometimes, Bears Like Water, Too
Charismatic Megafauna Still Awful At Reproduction
Bear Commuting Patterns: A Study
Nameless Infant Bear Needs Your Help
Wrasslin' Also Fun For Bears, Studies Show
Film Awards Continue To Spurn Bears
How Could You Bear To Spurn This Film?
Would THESE Films Get Your Attention, Academy?
Does This Creepy Bear News Surprise Anyone? (Don't Blame The Bear)
Florida: Why Do You Keep Doing This?
And Then Why Do You Think This Stuff Happens, Florida? WHY?
IMPORTANT BEAR NEWS Reminds You That Fur Is Bad And Wrong 

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Bush Bear (Perodicticus potto), slow-moving, tree-dwelling nocturnal tropical African primate. It has a strong grip and clings tightly to branches, but when necessary it can also move quickly through the branches with a smooth gliding gait that makes it quite inconspicuous. It has large eyes, sturdy limbs, stublike second fingers and toes, and dense woolly fur, which is grizzled reddish in colour. A ridge of short, blunt spines formed by the neck vertebrae runs down the nape. The spines are covered by thin, highly innervated skin and are thought to be sensitive to the movements of potential predators when the potto tucks its head between its arms in a defensive posture.

food: Feeds on fruit, small animals, and insects (especially larvae) and curls up to sleep by day in tree hollows.

habitat: It is found in African rainforests from Sierra Leone eastward to Uganda
[Via Encyclopedia Britannica]

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