Bears

[Monarch]

What is the name of the plug bears insert in rectum prior to hibernating?

[gen2]

13a

[Tweed]

A tappen

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals_and_Nature/Question83921.html

[gen2]

My apologies to Monarch (and Tweed). Since it was obviously impossible for a bear to have the manipulative dexterity required by the question, I assumed it was a joke question, hence my flippant answer. It now would appear that the question was not so out of order after all, so please unplug my 13A socket.

[rojash]

But you were right to an extent, gen2, when you assumed "it was obviously impossible for a bear to have the manipulative dexterity required by the question". The plug FORMS in the rectum, it's not INSERTED.