Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 AbstractSloth bears behave aggressively toward humans when threatened and are among the most dangerous wildlife in India. Safety messaging for those who live in sloth bear country must be accurate to be effective, and messaging may need to be modified to account for regional differences in human-bear relationships.
Sharp TR +3 more
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A most aggressive bear: Safari videos document sloth bear defense against tiger predation. [PDF]
Ecol EvolAbstractSloth bears are non‐carnivorous yet they attack more people than any other bear. They often stand up and charge explosively if a person mistakenly gets too close. Here, we argue that their aggression toward humans is an extension of their behavior toward tigers, which are their only natural predator.
Sharp TR, Garshelis DL, Larson W.
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A multipronged approach for the detection of leptospirosis in captive sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) in Agra and Bannerghatta sloth bear rescue centers in India. [PDF]
J Vet Med Sci, 2021 Leptospirosis is an exacerbating factor responsible for the drastic decline of sloth bear population in India. In this study, a multipronged approach based on antigen detection using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) employing G1/G2 and LigBF/LigBR primers, antibody detection using Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) and recombinant LigBCon1-5 antigen ...
Mathesh K +8 more
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Factors affecting the occupancy of sloth bear and its detection probability in Parsa-Koshi Complex, Nepal. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 Understanding factors associated with coexistence of human and wildlife in human‐dominated landscapes is crucial for effective species conservation.
Sharma HP +13 more
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Habitat occupancy of sloth bear Melursus ursinus in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Mammals have experienced a massive decline in their populations and geographic ranges worldwide. The sloth bear, Melursus ursinus (Shaw, 1791), is one of many species facing conservation threats.
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N-mixture model-based estimate of relative abundance of sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) in response to biotic and abiotic factors in a human-dominated landscape of central India. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Reliable estimation of abundance is a prerequisite for a species’ conservation planning in human-dominated landscapes, especially if the species is elusive and involved in conflicts. As a means of population estimation, the importance of camera traps has
Chaudhuri S +4 more
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Escaping Neobiota: Habitat use and avoidance by sloth bears in Jessore Sloth bear Sanctuary India
Trees, Forests and People, 2023 Global terrestrial ecosystem is threatened by several factors, such as infestation of invasive plants, which influence the habitat use by wildlife. Prosopis juliflora is such a plant species, sprawled over arid and semiarid ecosystems in India. Under this study, we assumed that intensification of P.
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SARS-CoV-2 Serological Surveillance of Both Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Zoo Animals with the Identification of a Sloth Bear and a Tapir with Previous Infection. [PDF]
VirusesSince its discovery in 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has continued to be detected in both humans and animals worldwide. Currently there is limited research focusing on serological surveillance of wildlife under human care.
Arvidson M +8 more
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Isolation, Characterization, and Drug Sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Captive Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus): Unnatural Habitat With Human Environment May Predispose Sloth Bears to Tuberculosis. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2022 We describe the isolation, molecular characterization, and drug sensitivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis recovered from lung tissues of four rescued captive sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) at Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP), Bangalore, India. These bears had lived most of their life with humans in circus companies.
Marinaik CB +6 more
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Work minimization accounts for footfall phasing in slow quadrupedal gaits [PDF]
, 2017 Quadrupeds, like most bipeds, tend to walk with an even left/right footfall timing. However, the phasing between hind and forelimbs shows considerable variation.
Self Davies, Z T, Usherwood, J R
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