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A Sloth Bear This bear was digging at the roots to search for insects and ants. When we arrived at the scene, it looked up for a while and started again.<br />
These are very dangerous. There are instance of gruesome attacks on humans who accidentally strayed near them, even when not provoked. The seem to focus there attack on forehead and can rip it apart. I have heard horror stories of such attacks. Geotagged,India,Melursus ursinus,Nagzira,Sloth bear,india,indian,insectivorous,safari,scavengers,wild,wildlife Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

A Sloth Bear

This bear was digging at the roots to search for insects and ants. When we arrived at the scene, it looked up for a while and started again.
These are very dangerous. There are instance of gruesome attacks on humans who accidentally strayed near them, even when not provoked. The seem to focus there attack on forehead and can rip it apart. I have heard horror stories of such attacks.

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  1. Awesome spotting, you can almost feel the tension radiating from the scene. Posted 11 years ago
  2. stunning shot! :) Posted 10 years ago

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The sloth bear is a nocturnal insectivorous species of bears found wild within the Indian Subcontinent. The sloth bear evolved from ancestral brown bears during the Pleistocene and shares features found in insect-eating mammals through convergent evolution. The population isolated in Sri Lanka is considered as a subspecies.

Similar species: Carnivorans
Species identified by Mayur Kotlikar
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Uploaded Apr 30, 2014. Captured in Kosamtondi - Sakoli Road, Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary, Kosamtondi, Maharashtra 441801, India.