These bears have warm brown fur, powerful shoulders and a sense of smell far better than ours. They use it to find food: berries, nuts, roots, honey and fish. Most of what they eat is actually plants, so they spend much of the day munching like big furry gardeners.
In autumn they eat as much as they can to grow a thick layer of fat. Then, when winter snow covers the Caucasus Mountains, they curl up in a cosy den and sleep deeply for months, a long winter sleep called hibernation. Cubs are often born during this time, tiny and snug beside their mother.
Brown bears like plenty of space and quiet forest to roam. Georgia protects wild areas so bears, lynx and deer have room to live. Spotting a bear's footprint in the mud is a sign the forest is healthy.