Bears come out of their dens in the spring and wander around looking for food after fasting for months. They do not stop moving and that makes them easier to see, as is happening in the Somiedo Natural Park (Asturias), a unique enclave for its incredible flora and fauna. Since April, the majestic brown bear, an animal with variable fur and that can weigh up to 117 kg in the case of males, has been observed in different parts of the park and in May it has become one of the great attractions.
During the last weeks, keepers, neighbors and visitors are in luck, because a large group of bears has been seen in the Natural Park, according to the video released by the Somiedo City Council and collected by La Nueva España.
These are the first images of the cubs born this winter, although you can also see how another bear walks in search of food with her two cubs that have already turned one year old. In addition, it is time for the males to court the females, as can be seen in several videos released by the Brown Bear Foundation.
Pepe Caunedo, a resident of Somiedo, is enthusiastic about everything that can be seen these days in the Natural Park, because he assures that it is “exceptional”: “The bears that gave birth in January begin to come out with their barnyards and there are scenes of heat “, he explains in statements to La Nueva España.
Caunedo spends hours next to his lens to capture one of these incredible images that nature offers him. Later, he uploads it to his Instagram account, dedicated to the fauna and flora of this enclave (@somiedoenfotos).
According to the last census carried out by the autonomous communities with the presence of the species and published last February, collected by this means, in the entire Cantabrian mountain range there are 370 specimens of brown bear, in a distribution area of ​​18,410 square meters, of which 250 belong to the western subpopulation and 120 to the eastern one, although the pups born this year are not added here.
Specialists are optimistic about the conservation of this species. According to data from the Brown Bear Foundation, the series of data on female bears with cubs clearly shows the recovery of the Cantabrian population, which in the last 25 years has grown at a rate of 10% per year.
