text: do bears have belly buttons?   the thought of a belly button falls under the human term. when a child is born he/she has their naval cord tied which creates a "belly button". all animals have a place where there once was an umbilical cord. and bears are no exception. but when a bears umbilical cord falls off the hair will fall in a swirl at what is their naval. but as for a belly button.. no only us as human have the belly button because our umbilical cord is tied off and made into one.