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Bears can make various sounds - growl, sneeze, can snort and even squeak. And each of the sounds necessarily means something. I think each of us has seen a bear at least once in films about animals, in a zoo. For some reason, the first thing that comes to mind is that the bear growls very loudly and menacingly, this can mean discontent and a threat to others.
Of course, if we talk in general about the sounds that a bear can make, then the main ones will be the sounds that characterize his movement through the forest, the crunch of branches, the rustle of leaves under his paws.
But, if we are talking about the sounds that the bear makes, then here we can only talk about the bear's moat or growl, which sounds frankly very threatening.
You can hear how it sounds by following the link and choosing a bear among the animals (on the first page, closer to the bottom).
I would not like to meet a bear one on one in the forest. In the zoo, they are usually calm and you rarely hear a menacing roar from them.
The bear has articulate speech only in fairy tales, but in reality this animal manages with the opportunities bestowed on it by nature. The sounds made by the bear can be divided into threatening and warning - this is a growl, grunt. On communicative - this is smacking, with which the bear calls the cubs, this is a contented rumbling when the bear family gathers and is given caresses, this is sneezing and coughing during games and conversationsquot ;. Discontent and hunger can be expressed by a bear by umk - low jerky sounds u-um. And of course, a uterine rumbling reminiscent of the purring of cats, only lower - a sign of complete satisfaction.
During the performance of bears in the circus, I always wanted to touch their fur, hug them, pat them. I think they have such soft fur. But unfortunately these are only dreams, as my hugs with the bear may be the last. His moat is worth something - it sounds menacing. But bears growl when they feel danger and want to show their superiority. In life, they also make other sounds, such as rumbling, snorting.
I myself have never seen a bear live, but if you watch a video (for example, on Discovery or another educational channel), they usually give out a growling rumble or snorting, grunting. These sounds are not like other animals.
Roaring is considered the most emotional sound of a bear. They roar before an attack, as well as in danger, and indeed in various situations. And so, they can growl, and grumble, and make guttural sounds. In general, a great variety of sounds are made by bears, but in books the bear roar is considered the main type. Even in the famous work Telephone Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky is described:
Therefore, when teaching a child the sounds of animals, I call a bear a roaring one.
(Ursus thibetanus) shouts loudly "ay!", Signaling that he got into hopeless situation: climbed a fallen tree and can't get down. This often happens to cubs at this age, when they are just learning to climb trees and first begin to explore the taiga on their own. It is the cry of “ay!”, or barking, that helps the she-bear or other cubs to find the lost cub in poor visibility in the dense undergrowth of the Ussuri taiga.
It is believed that bears rarely make sounds and mostly either puff or sniff like Winnie the Pooh, or growl to intimidate the enemy. However, compared to other mammals that lead a solitary-family lifestyle, bears have a rather rich and specific set of types of sounds. In the bear family, the vocal repertoire has been studied in detail in only one species - the giant panda ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca), whose sounds are significantly different from the sounds of other species of the family. In order to dispel the myth about the silence of bears, we studied the vocalizations of orphaned bear cubs. Himalayan bear who underwent a two-year rehabilitation before being released into nature in the Ussuri taiga in the foothills of the Sikhote-Alin.
Summarizing, let us say that the vocal communication of Himalayan bear cubs is an important mechanism for regulating conflicts over food resources and alerting brethren about a possible danger or about lagging behind one of the cubs.
In the Central Non-Chernozem Zone bears more often three cubs are born, less often - two and very rarely - one or four. And usually one or two babies go with their mother. The fact is that weak cubs in the harsh conditions of forest life die in the first months after the family leaves the den. Only strong, healthy cubs remain.
When a female bear leads her cubs, from time to time she makes a peculiar soft but clear smacking sound. If he sees one of the kids is behind, he will immediately give a signal. Bear cubs also make "snorting" and "sneezing" sounds, by which the mother recognizes her children. In the summer, when the grass rises and the forest is dressed in dense foliage, family members may not see each other, and sound signals provide them with communication, which is very important during feeding or at rest. Bears also emit disturbing sounds - danger signals. It is worth someone from the bear family to give such a signal, as everyone is on their guard, they begin to listen and sniff. If the danger really exists, leave this place.
In early spring, puddles are still shining everywhere and soft forest soil, like a sponge, is saturated with water. In the dense spruce forests, porous snow still lies for a long time. At this time, it is not easy to find a dry place. Little bear cubs, having run into puddles, are shivering from the cold, plaintively and tediously "mumble": "U-um, u-um, u-um ..." - they ask their mother for food. For feeding, the she-bear, although she chooses a drier place, but not very carefully, sometimes lies directly on the squelching moss. In good weather, he will certainly choose a place in the sun. The female bear lies on her side and turns her front and back legs so that the cubs can lie on them. Wet and cold babies immediately climb up to her, warm up on the warm feet of their mother and begin to chirp contentedly: "Er-er-er-er ..." Having eaten, they immediately fall asleep.
The she-bear is not so courteous with second-year cubs. Her connection with them is no longer so strong. Yes, and they often go far to the side, but still then they catch up with the departed mother in the footsteps. In autumn, the cubs weighed 35 - 40 kilograms, and now, in the spring, they have lost weight to 28 - 30. But how much energy! They are constantly scouring the sides, destroying rotten stumps, turning over logs and stones, poking around in the forest floor in the hope of finding something to eat. Bear cubs already know a lot and in case of danger they run away or climb tall tree where they sit quietly. Most of all they are afraid of adult bears. They are also afraid of any large animal - a wild boar or an elk. Bears hear a person walking through the forest very far away and hide in advance, but, carried away by something, a bear, especially a young one, can let a person close, and then, frightened, through, runs away into the forest with a bang.
At the same time, the cubs of the third year of life leave their winter housing, having spent the first winter in the den on their own. The rupture of family ties occurs at the end of May - June, when bears begin weddings. The mother bear leaves, and the one and a half year old cubs remain to live on their own. Often they walk in pairs until late autumn and can even lie down together in one lair. But already in the spring, when it is so difficult to find food, the pair breaks up - it is easier for them to feed themselves. Third-year-old bear cubs weigh 55-65 kilograms in spring.
What is the reason for the fact that bears of different sexes and ages leave their dens in spring for different time? It turns out there are reasons.
Firstly, there are not so many convenient places that are freed from snow early in the land. They are primarily occupied by the most strong beasts. The weak, if he comes to such a place, is expelled and will be forced to wander through the still snowy forest - wasting his strength in vain. At the den, such a bear moves little and spends much less energy, which means it has more chances to successfully complete the winter.
Secondly, the cubs of the year leave their dens very small and are not able to walk in deep snow for a long time.
Thirdly, in the spring, more than ever at any other time of the year, there is a danger of being eaten by another, more strong bear. Therefore, second-year-olds with their mothers and already independent cubs of the third year of life leave their dens later, after large males are distributed in their places, and thawed patches appear in the forest where you can profit from something.
In this way, different dates bears leaving their dens are beneficial to the well-being of the entire bear population.
In early spring, the bears leave their lairs in the snow, and at this time there is a rare opportunity to lead the beast to read in the footsteps about its behavior in an important period of life.
