APPEARANCE
Spectacled Bear: The spectacled bear is small and dark, ranging in colour from black to brown, and a few have a reddish tinge. It has distinctive circular or semicircular creamy white markings on the face around the eyes, reminiscent of spectacles. Lines and patches of white usually extend onto the throat and chest as well. The amount and pattern of the white markings can be quite variable.
Stephen Fry:  Large, unwieldy and with a distinctive bent nose and characteristic rumbling tones. Wide-buttocked from hours of sitting at writing desks and on barstools.

SIZE
Spectacled Bear: There are few measurements available for this bear. However the body length of adults is about 150 to 180 centimetres (60 to 72 inches) and males may be 30 to 40 percent larger than females. Males weigh 100 to 155 kilograms (220 to 340 pounds) and females weigh 64 to 82 kilograms (140 to 180 pounds). At birth, cubs weigh from 300 to 360 grams (10 to 11½ ounces).
Stephen Fry: About six foot five upright; weight swings between alarming and laughable and back again according to diet.

HABITAT
Spectacled Bear: Spectacled bears are highly adaptable and are found in a wide range of habitats, including rainforest, cloud forest, dry forest, steppe lands, and coastal scrub desert. Possibly because of loss of habitat and persecution by humans, they appear to be more common in heavy forest. They have been reported at altitudes ranging from about 180 to 4,200 metres (600 to 13,800 feet) but prefer moist forests between about 1,800 and 2,700 metres (6,000 and 8,800 feet). No populations have been documented from areas that lack bromeliads and fruits.
Stephen Fry: Mostly found in the wide flatlands of Norfolk or the steamy West End of the metropolis. Has been spotted as far afield as Belgium, but this is largely regarded as an embarrassing exception, unlikely to be repeated.

DIET
Spectacled Bear: Spectacled bears eat a wide variety of foods, including rabbits, mice, birds, berries, grasses, and orchid bulbs, but have a strong preference for the leaves, bases, and hearts of the Bromeliceae family and the fruits of other plant groups. They will sometimes climb cacti to feed on fruit at the top. Tree nests are often constructed as a platform to feed from fruit-laden branches and to sleep in.
Stephen Fry: Enormously varied according to habitat. The Norfolk variant consumes quite unbelievable quantities of coffee and tobacco, while the metropolitan incarnation subsists on a diet of vodka and strawberry Frutellas.

SEXUAL HABITS
Spectacled Bear: Females reach sexual maturity between four and seven years of age. Mating occurs in April, May, and June, and pairs stay together for a week or two, with copulation occurring numerous times. Litters of one, two, or occasionally three cubs are born from November to February.
Stephen Fry: Subject of much speculation amongst scholars and gossipmongers. The mating ritual, which is remarkably noisy, lasts fourteen and a half years and makes a great deal of mess.