A Pennsylvania Recreation Fee webcam helps you to sneak a peek at a hibernating black bear and her cubs.
The livestream reveals the household residing from beneath a Pike County deck within the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania.
It’s the third time the Pennsylvania Recreation Fee, along side HDOnTap, has provided a reside bear cam throughout hibernation season. Streams have been additionally broadcast in 2019 and 2021.
The Recreation Fee reminds folks to not strategy hibernating bears, and to not hunt down this den.
“Please respect the privateness of the bears and the landowners, to whom we’re extraordinarily grateful for his or her enthusiastic cooperation in permitting us to share this peek into the lives of black bears,” the fee mentioned.
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Poconos bear cam: Watch a momma bear and its cubs
The bears must be round for just a few months. In 2019, the printed of a mom and one cub confirmed them leaving the den on April 11. A sow and three cubs left on March 24, 2021.
“The sow will go away with the cubs when they’re about three months outdated (usually by early April on this area). There may be exercise simply exterior the den for some time, however as soon as the sow decides to go, she usually would not come again. She’ll take the cubs to a wooded space and create a daybed, round which she’ll train them to climb bushes and discover meals,” the Recreation Fee mentioned.
What do you have to do in a black bear encounter?
Bear assaults are uncommon, the Recreation Fee says, however nonetheless — you shouldn’t cling round if you happen to see one.
“Typically, a bear will detect you first and go away the world lengthy earlier than you may ever see it,” in line with the Recreation Fee.
If not, it is best to make noise in order that the bear turns into conscious of you and might go away.
“When you’ve got a detailed encounter, again away slowly whereas dealing with the bear so that you all the time know the place the bear is and the way it’s reacting,” the Recreation Fee mentioned. “Wild bears not often assault folks. Slowly backing away diffuses the state of affairs and provides the bear room to flee.”
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Keep calm, and don’t run or climb a tree.
Though a bear will usually go away people alone, if one does strategy, the Recreation Fee instructs you to “face the bear, wave your arms wildly and shout whereas persevering with to again away. The thought is to intimidate the bear into retreating. Swing a stick, your backpack or no matter is useful if the bear will get shut.”
Preventing the bear could be a final resort, however the Recreation Fee mentioned that “Bears have been pushed away when folks have fought again with rocks, sticks, binoculars and even their naked arms.”
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