Brown bears are preparing for winter hibernation

At the end of October brown bears are done with crowing  fat layer under their skin. Brown
bears start hibernate in November and couple of weeks before they are less active and eat less as well.
Organisms need to be prepared for hibernation.

Brown bears eat a lot and energy-rich food in Autumn. They eat berries ( blackberries, cowberries and crandberries),cereals and apples. But if it is very good hazelnut year, brown bears go for that. If there are a good food resources, bears might stay in certain area for longer time. Like 2005 one female brown bear stayed mostly one appleyard.

Alutaguse brown bears will start to eat again in April- May.

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