Russian Brown Bears

[brotherbear]

Siberians say that the bear is khlipok ( weak ) on his rump. Indeed, if the bear will hit a stick or something else with his rump, he will scream out in a scary voice. An angry bear's scream sounds coarse, loud and hollow; when he is in a quiet mood, his voice sounds like a howl. Cubs growl and purr, but when unhappy they squeal loudly. Also, an angry bear is pants and sobs, but when he is afraid and wants to frighten someone, he snorts ( fychkaet ). Generally, a bear's voice is heard often during the mating period, especially when two males are fighting. If the roar of fighting bears is heard from afar, a timid person will shiver, and some will tremble with their hairs standing up. Indeed, the roaring of the bear is horrible, especially at night and especially in the mountains, where its echo repeats and sends these frightening wild sounds along the valleys and mountains, cliffs, rocks, mountain ridges and forests of Dauria. First, it is thunder loud, and then it becomes weaker, ending with a gradually dying, barely-heard sound. A wounded bear roars even more terribly. This is why promyshlenniks say "once the black plague roars, even the earth is rising!" ... Reply