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Ursus arctos beringianus
A large sub species of brown bear found on the Kamchatka Peninsular and local islands in far eastern Russia. Usually dark brown in colour, light brown individuals are quite uncommon. Up to 2.4 meters in length, large males can stand up to 3 meters high. Has one of the largest heads of the Brown bear family and on average its skull width is greater than the Kodiak Brown Bear but shorter in length.
Kamchatka Peninsular and offshore islands. Tundra and riverine and coastal environments including ash and pine forest. Diet includes salmon, crow and blueberries and also pine nuts as well as grasses and other vegetation. Bears will take carrion including washed up sea mammals.
Also known as the Far Eastern Brown Bear. These images show various bears along the Kamchatka coastline. The second being an older male the others, younger individuals. Thought to be closely related to the Alaskan Peninsular Brown Bear and Kodiak Brown Bear of north America. This Russian sub has a more timid and gentle nature.
Spotted on Jul 2, 2015
Submitted on Sep 2, 2015
24 Comments
Thanks Mark. Big sized Teddy bears!
Superb!
Thank you again for all those that have commented. my pleasure to share. Bayucca, I take your point and if I dont get time to do it with this spotting I will split sightings in future, thank you for your input.
I love pic 2 ! Congratulations triggsturner and thanks for sharing !
Congratulations triggsturner! Such a well deserved SOTD. A real treat to see these beautiful animals here on P.N. Thank you.
Wow,great series triggsturner,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Just edit your spotting by clicking above your icon, then move them. We also would have a nice option: make separate spottings for all 4 species. They are taken at different location and obviously also at different dates. You can keep all your info and add it to all your spotting. This would make 4 famous bears for us and give our species statistics more power. The only thing is, you have to upload again. Just an idea ;-)
Thank you so much everyone for your great comments and 'likes' both here and on Facebook. These bears are magnificent and although I had some fairly close encounters, somehow it wasn't as nerve wracking as encounters I have had with their North American cousins. Bayucca, please excuse my ignorance but how do I swap the order of the images? I am quite happy to if I knew how. Thanks.
Congrats triggsturner for the SOTD!
Congrats for these wonderful spottings. You may switch the order from time to time, so that we can see all of them as #1 ;-)...
Congratulations!!!
Thank you for the extra details Robert, and congratulations! This is the second of only two such encounters on Project Noah. Many thanks again for all your wonderful contributions!
Congratulations, great spotting.
Congratulations on SOTD.
Congratulations Bob on your SOTD
Congratulations on your well deserved SOTD triggsturner.
Congratulations! Wonderful spotting with interesting information.
Big congrats!
Congrats triggsturner, these awesome encounters have been chosen as Spotting of the Day!
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Most amazing bear Iv'e ever seen!
Thank you Leanne, Nayeli and daniele for your comments. Daniele, these were all individuals at various stops up the Kamchatka coast during the course of a few days. I did also see several sows with cubs and a couple of small groups of what I assumed to be sub adults (probably males). They were all in coastal and esturine habitat either on the beach or coastal tundra. In all I saw approx. 30 individuals. Unfortunately increasing hunting pressure is making them quite shy.
Fantastic series triggsturner! Lucky you to have visited Kamchatka. Amazing contribution to Project Noah! How many individuals do we have here and were they all in the same habitat?
Oh amazing pic!!
Wow! They are just beautiful triggsturner.. Lovely series. It's easy to see the difference between big ol'Daddy & the others. I think I would just cry tears of happiness if I saw these beauties in real life, thanks for sharing :)