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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/CBSnews on 2023-12-29 15:42:52.
Japan sees record number of bear attacks as ranges increase
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-bear-attacks-record-year/?ftag=CNM-05-10abh9g
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 2 years ago
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It was fall 2023, in the northern Japanese forest of Iwate, when forager Satoshi Sato set out to make a YouTube video for mushroom pickers.
In the forests, a dry summer left fewer acorns and beech nuts — their main food — so hunger has made them bold.
Now, they do things like visit cattle feeding troughs looking for sustenance, according to farmer Sadao Yoshizawa.
As Japan’s population shrinks, humans are leaving rural areas, and bears are moving in.
“Then that area recovered to the forest, so bears have a chance to expand their range,” biologist Koji Yamazaki, from Tokyo University of Agriculture, tells CBS News.
Japan is one of the only places on the planet where a large mammal is reclaiming habitat — good news for the bears.
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