The attacks of polar bears on humans become more frequent: which makes animals attack

The Canadian Arctic recorded a new polar bear attack on a person with fatal consequences and may be more likely to become more. On August 8, two polar bears attacked and killed a man who worked on a remote radar in the Canadian Arctic. It is known that the attack occurred on an outpost on Brevurt Island in the northeastern Nunavut territory in Canada. It is also known that as a result of the attack, one of the animals was also killed - she was sprinkled, IFLSCIENCE.

White bears are some of the most gripped predators on the planet that hunt almost everything that will happen to them, including people. Large males can reach 3. 3 meters in height on the hind legs, and therefore easily cope with humans. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel. Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! However, deadly attacks on people are extremely rare.

The study conducted in 2017 showed that males usually attack people when in despair and "starving", whereas aggression from females occurs even less and mostly related to the protection of offspring. Statistics show that from 1870 to 2014, 73 confirmed attacks of polar bears were recorded, which resulted in 20 people and 63 injured. The attacks were recorded in Canada, Greenland, Norway, the United States and Russia.

However, observation also shows that the attacks of polar bears are becoming more and more: researchers say that partly the cause of increasing the number of attacks is a global change in the planet's climate. The fact is that the warming of the Earth forces hungry polar bears to spend more time on land. At the same time, human activity is increasingly destroying the natural habitat of predators, creating a so -called "ideal storm".

According to the Senior Director of Nature in Polar Bears International, the 2017 study of the 2017 study Jeff York, the number of polar bears attacks on people is closely linked to the reduction of marine ice, since he continues to depart from the shore every year. As a result, white bears have to make a choice: staying on the ice and jumping into the deep waters of the Arctic or retreating with it, staying on land and risking.

Unfortunately, those animals that go ashore can conflict with human communities or activities. As a result of this process, there are more and more intersection points of people and predators. In this case, the latter are increasingly needed, and therefore are ready to go to a greater risk. It should be noted that the attack occurred on an outpost controlled Nastituq. NASITTUQ is a corporation controlled by Inuits that helps operate and maintain the northern alert system.

Their network consists of 47 radar stations covering more than 5,000 kilometers across North Canada. NASITTUQ has existed since the late 1980s, and their main purpose is to identify aircraft and winged missiles in the polar region of North America. The company also manages the infrastructure around the system, including 47 helicopters, gravel runways, more than 118 buildings and 311 fuel storage tanks.