Bear - it is the largest predator of the class of mammals.His hairy barrel-shaped torso, broad powerful paws with long claws, a huge foreheaded head with an elongated snout and jaws with large mobile lips.
his ability to deftly climb trees envy of any athlete.Bears are very different in size, color and habitat.By the way, their natural habitat, though varied, but in most cases bear - is the inhabitant of the forest.
Bon appetit
Despite its impressive size, are clumsy almost herbivorous lifestyle, eat berries, grasses, roots, nuts and other plant foods.Of course, the most favorite treat bear - is honey.The beast will do everything to reach it, even endure the ferocious attack of bees.Perhaps the only Bruin, who is faithful to his predatory way of life - a polar bear.Its diet consists mainly of seals.
Winter dream
winter, bears hibernate, or in hibernation.It is a state of deep sleep, accompanied by a significant decrease in body temperature, heart rate and breathing.Hibernation Bear - is a kind of measure of the animal from the cold and prolonged winters.Some bears before leaving on a "winter vacation" currently constructing a den.For example, brown bears are doing it from different branches and twigs, and white just dig a hole in the snow.Bear in winter for one reason or another are not asleep, is a serious threat to humans.Such an animal becomes extremely aggressive and ruthless predator, because the winter cold and hunger are felt immediately.
Why is this happening?
connecting rods called the bears, which since autumn are gone dormant due to a lack of stored fat.After all, the supply of fat allows the predator to fall into winter sleep for months, without considering the severe frosts and endless hunger.Bear is forced to crank the whole winter wander through the woods in search of food.But as you know, winter berries, roots and honey does not happen, so the only way to survive is to hunting, including on human rights.During this period, he attacks anyone who will meet him on the road - even on their own brothers!The bear-rod, from a strong hunger devoid of prudence and a sense of danger makes forays into the villages and towns where cattle lifts and even bursts into the house to people.Often, it comes out of the forest belt in the city.Fortunately, reports of such animals are not forced to wait long, and people knowing the danger, prepare to meet with the beast for a few hours before his appearance.
How to protect yourself from the attack of a bear-rod
best thing to do to try to avoid such meetings, but, as they say, "would know where you fall ...".Remember that the rules of safe behavior when meeting with the usual bear not apply to the rod!The only way to survive after such a meeting, for example, in the forest - a shot of a predator.Escape from the aggressive animal is almost impossible, at least for two reasons.Firstly, bears apparent awkward easily at a small distance to speed up to 40-60 kilometers per hour.Secondly, a person fleeing from the bear-rod is easy to take for the extraction and especially to hurry to catch up, and lift up.It is worth noting that not every bear wandering through the winter woods - the connecting rod.Quite often, the animals just worried hunters or loggers.In this case, disturbed predator poskitatsya a few days in the woods, find another place to sleep.
statistics - are stubborn things
Interestingly, in Eastern Siberia about once every 10 years might be a bad harvest of cedar.It was then and there comes the so-called "bear year" when the rods begin to terrorize the local population.But for the European part of the Russian bear-rod - it is extremely rare, because plant foods on these lands is much more that almost always rule out the possibility of crop failure.
