This is a somewhat bizarre article from Live Science, arguing that a recent and sharp increase in bear attacks in Japan can be attributed to a lack of acorns. Apparently, if teddy doesn´t get his favorite snack, he beheads Japanese fishermen instead and munches on their tender flesh?!
Not being a scientist specializing in the feeding frenzies of Nipponid ursids, I can´t really say, but surely there could be other explanations? Maybe somebody´s population has exploded lately (ursid or Mongoloid hominid), maybe some bears are improperly habituated, or maybe it´s just a co-incidence?
Or maybe, just maybe we see the beginnings of John Muir´s war...
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