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 (11-15-2017, 03:22 AM)Tshokwane Wrote: Credits to Alexander Brackx.That place is Viiksimo, not Viksimmo :) (http://www.viiksimo.fi ) (11-15-2017, 03:15 AM)Tshokwane Wrote: Credits to Alexander Brackx. And this place is Kuikka, not Kuika. Just if someone would happen to search location or something.
10-09-2018, 11:46 AM
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Here is encounter with wild bear and finnish man at his summer cottage. This happened in july 2017 at eastern part of Kuusamo, Finland.
Man on the video was inside cottage looking at his phone, when he heard dog barking. He looked out and he saw the bear. Because he had phone in his hand he started to take video immediately. This man is originally from Kuusamo so he is experienced woodsman. That info just to give some perspective for how he acts, he knows how to act with bears very well. He estimated, that this bear was 2-3 years old and there was at same time another bear at same area (not at that moment of course), probably mother of this one on video. In that garbage bag were some empty beer cans :) After video this man gave to that bear some pieces of ham. He say in article telling about this, that he wanted to kind of "apologize" from the bear  He said, that maybe that bear would have eaten ham from his hand, but that he didn´t dare to try that That half joking of course, but that bear does look funny standing there and looking at this man :)
10-09-2018, 12:08 PM
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Here one more video about brown bear climbing up and down a tree showing quite skills :) At same zoo as the earlier one I shared, place is the Predator Center in Kuusamo.
10-09-2018, 12:54 PM
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One more. Wild bears and a wolverine on this video at feeding place for bears. Location Kuhmo Finland. One bear is clearly dominating one as can be seen. Wolverine comes there also before the end.
Feeding place is located to place where bears are in their natural enviroment and no human habitation nearby. Filming from small cabin, which is made so, that it would be as "smell proof" as possible so, that there would be as little human scent as possible. This video was filmed during one evening.
10-09-2018, 02:50 PM
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Here one excellent video about wild bears and why in Finland is taught, that never try to escape bear by climbing a tree :) From 5:21 there is no music on background, only bears and sounds and noise by them.
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TRUE GRIZZ by Douglas H. Chadwick. "Doug Chadwick is one of our country's most eloquent and compassionate and informed biologists, a core of wisdom and experience." "I have a master's degree in wildlife biology." VITALS Common Name: Grizzly bear. Also known as: Silvertip, Bear That Walks Like a Man, Old Ephraim. Names of some local forms: Golden bear ( California, gone by the 1920s ), yellow bear ( Mackenzie region, Canada ), Toklat grizzly ( interior Alaska; light gold coat with chocolate feet ), brownie/big brown bear ( coastal British Columbia and Alaska ), Kodiak ( Kodiak Island, Alaska ). VITALS continued: Scientific Name: Ursus arctos horribilis. The species Ursus arctos, called the brown bear, is distributed around the Northern Hemisphere. Eurasian populations occur from Scandinavia to Russia's Pacific shores and as far south as northern India, Iran, and Spain. North America has a variety of identifiable races and ecotypes. Most experts classify them together as the subspecies horribilis. This includes the big bears of Kodiak Island and brown bears of the Pacific mainland coast, as well as the interior brown bears whose fur more often has the frosted, or grizzled, appearance that gave rise to the label "grizzly". It is a common and accepted practice to refer to all New World brown bears as "Grizzly".
TRUE GRIZZ by Douglas H. Chadwick.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Large size; wide, dished face; prominent muscular hump above the shoulders; long, whitish, slightly curved claws. These traits distinguish grizzlies from the far more common North American species, Ursus americanus, which is smaller, with a narrower head and much shorter, more strongly curved claws. Though known as the black bear, it comes in brown, cinnamon, gold, bluish, and even white color phases as well. Adult Weight: From 250 pounds ( smallish females, Rocky Mountains ) to 1,800 pounds ( exceptional males, Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island. Adult Length: 6 to 9 feet. Adult Height at Shoulders: 3 to 4 feet. Claw Length: 3.5 to 4 inches. Top Speed: 30 to 35 miles per hour, with rapid acceleration. Age at First Breeding: 3 to 4.5 in marginal habitat. Breeding Seasons: May or June; early July in the far northern range. Birthing Seasons: January or early February. As in the weasel ( or mustelid ) family, reptoduction in grizzlies involves delayed implantation. The embryo ceases development soon after conception and remains dormant until about November, when it becomes implanted in the wall of the uterus and resumes growing. Birth takes place two months later in the female's winter den, a dark, protected - womblike - environment, for continued early development. Birth Weights: Just 1 to 1.5 pounds. The infant is nearly hairless, and its eyes remain closed for the first 10 days or longer. Litter Size: 2 to 4. Twins are typical, triplets not uncommon, quadruplets somewhat rare. Duration of Mother-Cub Association: 1 to 4 years; 2 or 3 is usual. Interval Between Births: 2 to 4 years; most often 3. Longevity: 25 to 30 years. One wild female in Montana, whose age was confirmed by counting annual tooth cementum layers, lived to be at least 35. Intelligence: Keen, with rapid learning and strong long-term memory. Emotions: Highly developed, varied, and potent. Sociability: Semisolitary. Apart from the mother-young bond, associations are mostly transient, related to courtship and sharing of concentrated food supplies such as spawning salmon.  (10-09-2018, 09:15 PM)brotherbear Wrote: TRUE GRIZZ by Douglas H. Chadwick.@ Very good information, have you seen Bears in the wild?
Epaiva asks: Very good information, have you seen Bears in the wild?
No, sorry to say. I grew up out in the country in North Carolina ( black bear country ) where I spent so much time outdoors, yet never saw even one. I have lived in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, all of which I have spent many long hours outdoors, and never ever saw a single bear. But, they are there. As for a grizzly, I've never been in that part of the country... sorry to say.
Typical Home Range ( in square miles ).
North Pacific Coast - Females: <50 / Males: <100 Rocky Mountains - Females: 50-300 / Males: 200-500 Actic Barrengrounds - Females: 500+ / Males: 800+ Original Numbers and Distribution: Unknown. Perhaps as many as 250,000 lived in the western half of the continent, with 50,000 to 100,000 of these south of Canada.
Here is encounter of brown bear and finnish border guards. Bear is coming from Russia to Finland (Kuusamo area) as they often do. There is patrol of 2 men. Patrol was there standing still and watching where bear is going. There was strong wind so, that bear couldn´t get scent of patrol. When bear was coming close to patrol, they asked from him, that "which one is going to give way?". Bear made his opinion pretty clear :)
Early in longer video there is said: "erauspoika", that means young male bear, maybe 2 years old and have had to leave it´s mother after she has got new cubs. There is interview about this case, where border guard tells, that many his colleagues have worked 25-30 years without never seeing a bear. Then again others are lucky enough to see every summer. Longer version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18JYfuAV3OI Shorter version, only the meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVcBo1w4rc0
Two questions for Shadow: Are the bears trying to come into Finland Siberian brown bears, Amur brown bears, or Kamchatka brown bears? And, why are they not allowed to enter?
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