Although a carnivore by strict definition, eighty to eighty-five percent of a black bear's diet consists of plant matter. This particular bear is especially fond of apples, so apple cores, or whole apples that I sometimes leave, are never allowed to compost in my compost pile in Petra, Maine. In another location, I sprinkled the area around my camera with a bag of apples, thinking that I'd get some pictures of a deer or moose; instead, I got pictures of the bear carrying off the apples.