Bears as Predators ~

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nfo from:
Aichun, X., Zhigang, J., Chunwang, L., Jixun, G., Guosheng, W., Ping, C., 2006. Summer food habits of brown bears in Kekexili Nature Reserve, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Ursus 17, 132-137.

Pikas in KNR appeared relatively stable and consis-
tently available to bears, but wild yak and Tibetan wild
ass were less predictable prey items. In the transect
surveys we found 2 carcasses of wild yak. One had been
consumed, with almost no meat remaining on the
skeleton; the other was relatively fresh. Around the
carcasses, we found fresh bear tracks and feces. We
documented a similar instance involving a Tibetan wild
ass carcass. Neither we nor the managers of KNR
observed bears preying actively on ungulates in
Kekexili. We believe that brown bears scavenged the
carcasses of large ungulates 
                                                                                       

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