Biolog šokirao javnost videom izgladnjelog polarnog medvjeda

On je istakao da je u toku svoje karijere biologa vidio više od 3.000 medvjeda u divljini, ali da nikada nije svjedočio ovakvom prizoru.

"Cijeli tim je zadržavao suze i emocije dok smo snimali ovog umirućeg polarnog medvjeda. Ovako izgleda izgladnjivanje. Mišići atrofiraju. Nema energije. Ovo je spora i bolna smrt", napisao je Nicklen.

My entire @Sea_Legacy team was pushing through their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear. It’s a soul-crushing scene that still haunts me, but I know we need to share both the beautiful and the heartbreaking if we are going to break down the walls of apathy. This is what starvation looks like. The muscles atrophy. No energy. It’s a slow, painful death. When scientists say polar bears will be extinct in the next 100 years, I think of the global population of 25,000 bears dying in this manner. There is no band aid solution. There was no saving this individual bear. People think that we can put platforms in the ocean or we can feed the odd starving bear. The simple truth is this—if the Earth continues to warm, we will lose bears and entire polar ecosystems. This large male bear was not old, and he certainly died within hours or days of this moment. But there are solutions. We must reduce our carbon footprint, eat the right food, stop cutting down our forests, and begin putting the Earth—our home—first. Please join us at @sea_legacy as we search for and implement solutions for the oceans and the animals that rely on them—including us humans. Thank you your support in keeping my @sea_legacy team in the field. With @CristinaMittermeier #turningthetide with @Sea_Legacy #bethechange #nature #naturelovers This video is exclusively managed by Caters News. To license or use in a commercial player please contact [email protected] or call +44 121 616 1100 / +1 646 380 1615”

Objavu dijeli Paul Nicklen (@paulnicklen) Pro 5, 2017 u 8:52 PST

Medvjed na kojeg su on i kolege naišli vukao se bez imalo snage. Kada su ga htjeli nahraniti, nisu imali čime, a i da jesu bili su svjesni da bi time samo nakratko prolongirali njegovu neizbježnu smrt.

Otok Baffin je najveći kanadski otok i peti po veličini u svijetu.

"Kada naučnici kažu da će polarni medvjedi izumrijeti u narednih 100 godina, mislim da globalna populacija od 25.000 medvjeda umire na ovaj način. Istina je da ako se Zemlja nastavi zagrijavati, izgubit ćemo medvjede i čitave polarne ekosisteme. Ovaj veliki muški medvjed nije bio star, ali je sigurno umro u roku od nekoliko sati ili dana od ovog trenutka. Ipak, postoje rješenja. Moramo smanjiti svoj karbonski otisak, jedsti pravu hranu, prestati sjeći naše šume i početi stavljati zemlju, naš dom, na prvo mjesto", poručio je biolog.