Russian Brown Bears

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This is one site and interesting article from 2008 which I noticed. When opening the link it´s in Russian so translator is needed when reading it.

The person who wrote this article is:

OLGA VLADIMIROVNA KUVYKINA
biologist , winner of the "Book of the Year" award (2010, for the book "Letters of Insects")

graduate of the Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov

journalist, author of popular science articles and books

WWF supporter
Research interests: palynology, allergology, higher plants, endemics, nature conservation, regional studies, mythology


Article is: 

"Meeting with a bear

The shaggy "master of the taiga" has a moody temper, and his behavior is unpredictable."

One interesting quote how she sees brown bears of her homeland:


"Aggressiveness of bears depends on their habitat - for example, Caucasian and Central Russian bears are considered peaceful. Biologists have more than once shared with me their stories of how they encountered bears feeding in raspberry or hogweed bushes, and peacefully dispersed. 

Bears in  Kamchatka are also relatively calm, if the year turned out to be fruitful for berries, nuts and fish. The most "vicious" bears are found in the  Siberian taiga , but even here it all depends on the case - each toptygin has its own character. If the bear is scared, hungry or has a toothache, he will attack a person. Himalayan bears try to avoid meeting people, but if this happens, they rush to the person in fright. 

The bear does not feel reverence for man as a being of a "higher order" and treats him approximately like a tiger. Some brown bears are enraged by one kind of people and, when they meet, they may even start throwing stones, especially if, having climbed  some hill, they see a person below. Mostly large males are distinguished by such antics - they are generally “infernal” creatures, on occasion they will not disdain to pick up and eat a smaller young bear or a cub. "


Whole article is interesting to read: http://www.vokrugsveta.ru/telegraph/theory/569/ Reply