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Big cat and Bear tale
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Just the link, here is the FB page.
https://www.facebook.com/AmursFarEastRussia/?fref=photo Looks as though its a Amur sanctuary page, I don't speak russian so I can't give more info, sorry. The hole definitely looks to small for a large male bear but a female bear or youngster could probably fit in there and the tree itself is quite robust so it could fit a good sized bear as long as they could squeeze into the hollow first. Its also hard to tell exactly how large the hole is as the tiger is closer to the camera than the hole and the camera is facing upwards towards the hole. But here is some info on Tree Hollows "Russia, China, Korea Asian black bears, also known as Himalayan bears (Lat.: Ursus thibetanus), in northern parts of their range, such as Russian province Primorye, China, and both Koreas, prefer spend winter periods in large tree hollows, where females also give birth to cubs. Threats include massive deforestation in these countries, combined with direct poaching of wintering bears—with selective destruction of the best hollow trees.[10] In Russia, attempts (sometimes successful) are made to restore such broken trees.[11] Unfortunately, only a small portion of all damaged trees can be restored in Primorye, where forests are basically logged without taking to account needs of large fauna." |
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