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“VenezuelanBears
FindNewHomesin
MachuPicchu”
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Arecentwildlifesurveyledby SERNANP (Servicio NacionaldeÁreas
Naturales Protegidas por elEstado)andWCS(WildlifeConservation
Society)intheHistoricSanctuaryofMachuPicchuinPeruhasconfirmed
thattheworld-famoussiteisalsohometoabiologicallyimportantand
iconicspecies:theAndeanbear
TheAndeanBeanofSouthAmericaisfoundfromVenezuelatoNorthern
Argentina.TheAndeanbearsarealsoknownasspectacledbearsdueto
theirringsofwhiteorlightfuraroundtheireyes.
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AccordingtotheSanDiegoZoo,theringsaroundtheireyescanlooklike
eyeglasses,orspectacles,againsttherestoftheirdarkbrownfur.
SanDiegoZoo’swebsitestates,
“Thesemarkingsoftenextenddownthechest,givingeachbearaunique
appearanceandhelpingresearchersidentifyeachbearbyits“mugshot”.
Themarkingsalsogivethebearitsscientificname:Tremarctos ornatus,or
decoratedbear.“
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InVenezuela,thisspecieshas2distinctranges.ThespectacledbearsinVenezuela
dependmainlyonhumidmountainforestsalongtheAndesCordillera.Whilethe
bearisnowexploringnewregions,itisalsofacingextinction.Thereareeffortsin
SouthAmericatoprotectthebearfromextinction.
“ThemosteffectivemeasurefortheconservationofAndeanbearsinBoliviaisthe
nationalsystemofprotectedareas,”WallacetoldMongabay Latam.”Althoughthe
huntingofAndeanbearsisrare,itusuallyrelatestotheconflictbetweenhumans
andwildlife,eitherbyanaffectationtotheirlivestockorcorncrops.”
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EarthTouchNetwork wroteaboutthesurveyrevealingimpressivefindings.
“Accordingtothesurvey,thespeciesismuchmorecommonwithinthe
boundariesoftheUNESCOsite(andintheareassurroundingit)thanwe
thought.ResearchersfoundevidenceofAndeanbearsinmorethan95%of
the368-square-kilometreareastudied,whichincludestheentiretyofMachu
Picchu.Althoughitwaspreviouslyknownthatsomebearslivedwithinthe
studyrange,thesurveyrevealedanunexpectedlylargepopulation.”
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Theunexpectedsurprisepopulationisactuallygoodnewsas
thebear’snumbersaredwindlinginSouthAmerica.Thereare
lessthan3,000ofthePaddingtonlook-alikebearsleftinthe
wild accordingtoOEW.
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