Animals Acting Up

[worked4dhs]

Bear attacks in...Japan?

Bear Sightings and Attacks in Japan Jump to Record Highs

The number of Asian black bear sightings in Japan leapt from 20,000 in fiscal 2024 to 50,000 in fiscal 2025.

www.nippon.com

There were 216 reported bear attacks in fiscal 2025. A total of 238 people were injured, including 13 fatalities, with both these figures the highest on record. In the start of the new fiscal year in April, the body of a woman, presumed to have been attacked by a bear, was discovered in the mountains of Shiwa, Iwate Prefecture. Then in May, bodies were found in Hachimantai, Iwate, and Sakata, Yamagata, in cases where people seem to have been attacked by bears that were foraging for wild vegetables.

be careful out there

 

[worked4dhs]

Japan fights back with Robot Wolves

"Monster wolf" robots in high demand to scare off bears in Japan after record number of attacks

"Monster Wolf" is an animatronic scarecrow with flashing red eyes that howls and growls menacingly to scare away wild animals.

www.cbsnews.com

A Japanese company making ferocious-looking robot wolves is being swamped by orders after record numbers of fatal bear attacks on humans last year.

"Monster Wolf" is an animatronic scarecrow with flashing red eyes that howls and growls menacingly to scare away wild animals.

Ohta Seiki, the Hokkaido-based firm that makes the devices, has already received around 50 orders in 2026, more than they usually see in an entire year.

"We make them by hand. We cannot make them fast enough now. We are asking our customers to wait two to three months," company president Yuji Ohta told AFP.



well I'm scared

 

[Kenzo]

Seems that Asian black bears are more aggressive than, other bears , North America or Europe .

 

[worked4dhs]

Orcas behaving badly

Why Has a Group of Orcas Suddenly Started Attacking Boats?

Killer whales in a group near Spain and Portugal may be teaching one another to mess with small boats. They sank their third vessel earlier this month

www.scientificamerican.com

(article a few years old)
The May 4 incident was the third time killer whales (Orcinus orca) have sunk a vessel off the coasts of Portugal and Spain in the past three years. The subpopulation of orcas in this region began harassing boats, most often by biting at their rudder, in 2020. Almost 20 percent of these attacks caused enough damage to disable the vessels, says Alfredo López, an orca researcher at the Atlantic Orca Working Group (GTOA), which monitors the Iberian killer whale population. “It is a rare behavior that has only been detected in this part of the world,” he says.[/]

those things are too big to play with.

 

[worked4dhs]

Hiker killed in apparent bear attack in Glacier Park

If confirmed, the death of the Florida man would be the first fatal bear attack in Glacier National Park since 1998.

montanafreepress.org

A missing hiker in Glacier National Park appears to have been killed by a bear in what could be the first fatal bear encounter in the park in nearly 30 years.
Anthony Pollio, 33, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was reported missing Monday after he didn’t return from a hike on the west side of Glacier Park the previous day, according to park officials.
Pollio’s remains were found Wednesday at noon, about 50 feet off the Mt. Brown Trail in a heavily wooded area. In a press release, park officials said the man’s injuries were “consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter.”

too often we forget how dangerous the natural world can be.
that's not Yogi in that national forest.

 

[putnam6]

There are only two bear species in Japan. These include the Japanese Black Bear and the Ussuri Brown Bear. The bear species have been the stuff of legend, myth, and some gruesome stories of attacks throughout Japan’s history.

1. Only 10,000 Japanese Black Bears remain; fewer than 30 in endangered Shikoku population.
2. Ussuri Brown Bears are larger, aggressive; females approach settlements where males avoid humans.
3. Ainu indigenous people practiced arctolatry, honoring bears in spiritual ceremonies.
4. Over 1,000 bears killed yearly for damage control; fewer solutions prevent conflicts.

 

[worked4dhs]

4 injured by rampaging bear in Japan

Bear injures 4 people in Japanese residential area as annual number of attacks rises

A bear has injured four people in a Japanese residential area in the latest case of attacks by the animals in the region

abcnews.com

Security camera footage shows a black bear appearing and chasing an employee near the entrance. As the man in his 20s tries to flee, the bear throws him to the ground. On the video the bear then moves into the factory compound and injures a second male employee in his 60s.

Fukushima. we don't suppose radiation has affected any of them?