Female brown bears hang out near humans to keep cubs safe from males

By Michael Marshall

Arco / W. Rolfes/Alamy

FEMALE brown bears with cubs appear to loiter round finish to folk’s properties. It will also very effectively be a come to manual clear of males, who would force the females to desert their young earlier.

Joanie Van de Walle at Sherbrooke University in Canada and her colleagues studied brown bears residing in a rolling landscape of managed forests, toilets and lakes in Sweden. The station changed into as soon as dotted with properties and cabins.

Female brown bears defend their cubs for 1.5 or 2.5 years. A female who keeps offspring for 2.5 years can bestow …