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Post by Gorilla king on Jun 30, 2022 10:22:31 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Sept 14, 2022 21:38:51 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Dec 27, 2022 17:48:56 GMT -5
LARGE HIMALAYAN BLACK BEAR:
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Dec 28, 2022 2:52:11 GMT -5
Reply 21. We have another account of bear attacking (not kill) elephants 😮. Only a few years ago there was a video of a sloth bear chasing a female elephant.
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Post by Gorilla king on Apr 24, 2024 19:01:50 GMT -5
Himalayan Black Bear Discovered in Babai Valley of Bardia National Park, Nepal, Co-occurring with Sloth Bears
Abstract
In Nepal, the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) occurs across the Middle Hills but not in the lowland Terai of Nepal, which is occupied by the sloth bear ( Melursus ursinus ). A single record exists, from a camera trapping survey in 1999 - 2000, of a Himalayan black bear in the Babai Valley (along the Babai River) of Bardia National Park (Jnawali et al. 2011). During 2016 camera trap survey in Baria, we recorded 3 photos of a solitary Himalayan black bear from a single location along the riverbed in Babai Valley on March 5, 2016. The bear capture location was in the eastern part of BNP, 27 km east of the camera trap photo of a black bear in 2000, and approx. 3 km from the border of Banke NP. Scat and tracks of a bear were also recorded at multiple locations beyond the camera trap location. Sloth bears have been recorded in Bardia regularly, including the Babai valley. Although the evidence for presence of black bears in this valley is sporadic, these records suggest a marginal overlap with sloth bears in Nepal. A targeted study to better understand this dynamic would be very useful
www.researchgate.net/publication/322897310_Himalayan_Black_Bear_Discovered_in_Babai_Valley_of_Bardia_National_Park_Nepal_Co-occurring_with_Sloth_Bears
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