Our news platform occasionally reveals news that dogs bite people in a city, and in Romania , the country's media reports on the mutual harm between people and bears at a more frequent pace.
Eurasian Brown Bears
Eurasian brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos arctos) are one of the most common subspecies of brown bears, and Their life span is between 20 and 30 years in the wild.
Average weight of adult males ranged from 250 to 300 kg, with a maximum weight recorded at 481 kg and 2.5 m from head to tail. And females are usually between 150 and 250 kg. Modern research on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has made it possible to track the origin of the subspecies. The brown bear was isolated about 850,000 years ago, one branch is located in Western European and the other is located in Russia and my country.
Speaking of this, there is a cold knowledge that I have to mention - Eurasian brown bears have some connection with our Greater Beijing - According to the 1993 edition of "World Mammals": The oldest Eurasian brown bear fossil comes from Zhoukoudian, Beijing, about 500,000 years ago.
used to be spread across Eurasia, and the brown bear that was strolling around Beijing is becoming increasingly scarce.
. There are more than 7,000 Eurasian brown bears in the Carpathian Mountains and neighboring areas in Romania. It is the country with the highest brown bear density in Europe, accounting for more than 60% of the entire Europe. Because they often inhabit human-dominated landscapes, it is not uncommon to have conflicts with humans.
The story between human bear
Brown bear in Europe has a glorious period when it was once regarded as an idol worship.
In ancient Rome, the Eurasian brown bear was once the king of the arena, the big axis (the finale is inaccurate, the finale is the second to last), and the fighter holding weapons was killed again and again amid the cheers of the audience.
However, the good times did not last long, and their status in the arena was replaced by the lion.
According to the book "The King of Animals in Europe", Eurasian brown bears have always been the most representative and strongest animal king in the European folk in history, but with the rise of Christianity, the church began to discredit them.
Christian Church wants to enhance the status of the lion, because the lion is the king of animals in " Bible ". Therefore, on the one hand, the church arranged for the lion to take the competitive stage, and on the other hand, in public opinion, it imposed all serious sins such as anger, binge eating, burnout, etc. on the brown bear. Over the years, the brown bear gradually became a circus clown in the hearts of Europeans.
However, today the 7,000 Eurasian brown bears living in Romania seem to be rebuilding their prestige.
Romanian brown bears
Romanian Carpathian Mountains and neighboring areas have more than 7,000 Eurasian brown bears, making it the country with the highest density of brown bears in Europe. Because they often inhabit human-dominated landscapes, it is not uncommon to have conflicts with humans.
Since 2015, brown bear-related news reports have become popular in Romanian media. In 2019, the bear attack caused a total of 3 deaths and reached its peak, and set off a wave of hunting brown bears.
With the efforts of ecologists, Romania implemented a one-year temporary culling ban, and the media calmed down for a while. And in 2021, local cities awarded brown bear hunting trophys and became a hot topic again.
Most reports are about human-bear interactions, hunting and poaching, and provide little background and information on how to avoid conflict. Few articles on brown bear ecology and biology suggest that less consideration is given to its ecological significance and the impact of human activities on its conservation status.
Even if such as reports are seen near densely populated areas and there are no casualties, Romanian media will promote the negative image of the bear to readers. Most of the attitudes towards brown bears in hundreds of articles are negative—the authors most often use such as: “People can find themselves in front of hungry bears at any time;” “They have lost patience and trust in the authorities beyond the horrors of their daily lives;” “People are afraid of the worst.”
The media is not interested in whether the reporting is scientific.
key species of the ecology
Although they have a high reputation among carnivores, the vast majority of Eurasian brown bears are not highly carnivorous, and they are as high as 90% The diet food energy comes from plant matter.
Eurasian brown bears often feed on various plants, including berries , grass, flower , acorn and pine cones , as well as mushroom and mushroom . Among all bears, brown bears have unique equipment - 10 cm long claws, which can dig hard land to get food, such as blocks of roots . ml2
And bugs also have an important place in their recipes: in summer and autumn, larvae and larvae of insects such as moths are dug out and eaten. Studies have shown that an Eurasian brown bear can swallow more than 400 未分类 (root cutter) every day in summer.
bears are also a stale in the ecology. Key species. Although they try to avoid humans in principle, brown bears are easily lost innate cautiousness when attracted by food sources created by humans (such as garbage dumps, garbage bins and garbage bins). When they are forced to live close to humans and their domesticated animals, bears are likely to attack any type of livestock.
eat sheep, which is also the most conflict between brown bears and locals in Romania. This is actually a problem that can be solved through planning.
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In short, just like the one taught in the past Like the image of brown bears, media and publicity play an important role in how the public views things.
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