How to survive in an encounter with a bear

The film "Survivor" Alejandro Inarritu raised an interesting topic: What are the chances of a person to survive a chance encounter with a bear? And if they eat at all? Russian Emergencies Ministry main department for the Primorye Territory Experts issued a special recommendation, following which it is possible to improve their chances to survive and remain unscathed in such a situation. Editions Website it seemed worthy of examination.



should first be remembered that, although the brown bears and omnivores - they prefer to eat plant food, and the object of their hunt are chipmunks, squirrels, deer and other animals, but not people. to attack people may bear because of the stress. according to the observations of experts, bears do not like to be caught off guard. That fear and the need to respond to unexpected situations provoke aggression on the part of the wild beast. Therefore, during a forest hike is necessary as loudly as possible «to inform" about their presence: sing songs, talk loudly, to use bells. Children always need to keep in sight. In addition, do not take to the woods untrained dogs: scare bear dog lead him to the man. Walking should receive to the maximum open area , and only in the afternoon. No need to fish where the fish bears. To halt arrangement suitable open spaces with good visibility. It is extremely important to monitor the purity of the territory and all food waste incinerated. Experts stress the importance of a separate final recommendations: if food waste is buried in the ground, the bear with its excellent sense of smell to find them - and in this case it would again return to the "hearty" places. Seeing a bear in the distance, you can not approach it. Caution is advised to leave this place; thus it is impossible no turning back to the bear or run away from it. MOE representatives are advised to retreat slowly and quietly, as if backing away. If a meeting with the bear still happened, scare the animal, you can sound of metal objects, shouting, clapping, flares. There are cases when the bear managed to scare off the loud music from on mobile phone. If you have to scare the bear shot, you can not shoot the beast itself: the bear-podranok particularly dangerous. In addition, it is important to avoid encounters with cubs: next to them is bound to be a ferocious bear.

via www.nat-geo.ru/travel/45504-kak-ne-postradat-pri-vstreche-s-medvedem/

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