While encounters with bears are common this time of year, one expert says the animals tend to 'eat honey and insects,' not people. bearattack alabamanewsnetwork
June 10, 2022 / 12:06 PMA sloth bear is seen in a file photo taken at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, in Maharashtra, India.— A sloth bear mauled a couple to death in a forest in central India's Madhya Pradesh state last weekend and then spent hours eating their remains in a gruesome attack that wildlife conservationists say was unusual for the species. While sloth bear attacks on people are relatively common, they are not generally known to feed on human flesh.
The attack took place on Sunday when a man and his wife were returning home from a temple visit early in the morning. The sloth bear first attacked the woman as the couple walked through the Panna National Park forest, killing her. Her husband was killed when he tried to rescue his wife.network as saying the attack happened around 6:30 in the morning after the couple went"to offer prayers at a temple" in the area.
"This is very unusual," Neha Sinha, a conservation biologist and author, told CBS News."Usually, sloth bears eat honey and insects." Sloth bears are found in India and other South Asian countries, including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. They are about the size of American black bears and can grow to weigh more than 300 pounds.
A man following a wild bear after he entered a residential house and injured a person in the outskirts of Srinagar on December 3, 2012 in Srinagar, India.
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