Russian Brown Bears

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During the day, bears most often hide themselves in forest thickets, near springs and mountain creeks, avoiding direct sunlight and horseflies. At night, bears walk everywhere, and are not afraid to go into big forest roads and in wide valleys. If horseflies bother him very much, he will roar, hold his head with his front paws, and roll on the grass like a hedgehog. He likes to catch chipmunks for fun rather than for food, because a chipmunk is so small and quick; also, he will catch young hazel hens, capercaillies, etc., for a snack. What is a small hazel hen or a young capercaille then a huge appetite of the bear? If he can eat a small cow at one course, then a hazel hen is not even enough for a bite. ( A bear can eat not more than 30 kg - 66 pounds - of meat at a time, Vladimir Beregovoy ). Sometimes bears open pit traps set for roe deer, and removes whatever has been trapped. It is a problem for a trapper if a bear learns to visit his pit traps. The bear will eat not only all of the catch, but also will destroy the pit and scare off all other the animals around with his frequent visits. This is one reason why the bear is often called "inspector" in conversations, or as promyshlenniks say, levisor. However, the bear is shrewd, and he will not go to check the pits when he might meet their owner, who would kill him. The latter often happens. He goes to check the traps late at night, late in the evening, or in the early morning. Reply