ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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Some posters are confused by the video comment section, by some Russians who are referring to the killed male brown bear as "Misha". In Russia, its very common for people to refer to brown bears in general as "Misha".

This name (Misha), in any of its forms, is a common colloquialism in Russian for a bear, because it is similar to the standard name for 'bear,' медведь (medved'). Also, most anthropomorphic bears in Russian fairy tales have this name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misha

So its normal for Russians to refer to any brown bear in general, as "Misha", it doesn't mean that particular individual bear is literally named "Misha".

Anyways, a Chinese poster 'goodhope683' received an email from the reserve. The person who replied to the email was Mikhail Milezhik (head of the security department of the Bolshekhekhtsirsky reserve of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Reserved Amur Region"）

Mikhail Milezhik confirmed that the killed male brown bear was indeed an adult brown bear with a palm callus width of 18 cm.

Q：Я видел в вашем заповеднике новость о том, что северо - восточный тигр убил взрослого бурого медведя, в которой говорилось, что у него ширина ладони 18 сантиметров. Это правда? Спасибо, желаю вам всего наилучшего!

This report was sent to him:

http://www.zapovedamur.ru/news/kse

Mikhail Milezhik：Здравствуйте, да информация действительна


English translation:

Q: I saw a news report in your reserve about a northeast tiger killing an adult brown bear, which said that it had a palm width of 18 centimeters. This is true? Thank you, wish you all the best!

Mikhail Milezhik: Hello, yes the information is valid.

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Chinese people (including locals) often refer to Amur or Siberian tigers as the "Northeast tiger". Reply