Unusual Pet: hand bear in an Indian family

PETS • INDIA • BEARS

This smiling fur nyashka can be a serious threat to human life, but the profit to people bear, he became permanently pet from an Indian family.

A small village in northern India Lakhapada replenished unusual inhabitants - following curious herd of goats here have acquired a young sloth bear. Kisan toed sheltered family, with whom bear, received the nickname Buddy lived a whole year.

 1. sloth, which is popularly called the bear-sloth, by their nature are not usually very friendly, is considered very aggressive and can attack humans and even kill him. But Budd differs from its counterparts, it is incredibly kind and close to people.

 2. This bear is very different in appearance and way of life of these bears (Ursus), and was isolated in a separate genus Melursus. Its easy to find out the length and movable snout, and his lips were bare and can strongly bulge (hence the name), forming a kind of proboscis.

 3. These bears are not dangerous for goats and other large animals, their food consists of insects, insect larvae, snails, eggs, and various plants. For the love of honey, it got its scientific name - Melursus, «honey bear."

 4. Despite the insectivorous and fruit diet, sloth are considered very aggressive and can even kill a person if he gets too close.

 5. Once in India sloth widely exterminated, assuming dangerous pests. At the same time they can be often seen on the streets of cities in the troupe of amateur circus, they are easily trained in various amusing tricks.

 6. Their total population in 1975 did not exceed 10 000 individuals, so now this kind of taken under protection.

 7. Together with this family bear lived for almost a year, has become quite tame and behaved like a faithful dog, even running the command.

8. But when the bear has grown, officials of the Indian Wildlife Service took the bear and took away with them.