Brown Bear and Western Capercaillie

Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

• Length up to 250 cm
• Weight up to 350 kg
• Speed up to 50–60 km/h
• Also found in the Beskydy Mountains; in November 201.. one was spotted near our trail
• During hibernation, their body temperature drops to 10 °C
• A bear cub at birth weighs around 0.5 kg
• The bear appears in the emblem of Bayern Munich, California, and Berlin
• During World War II, a bear named Wojtek in the Polish army reached the rank of corporal

Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

• Male body length up to 90 cm
• Weight 3 kg
• They live separately, only gathering in mating sites during the breeding season
• Mating display consists of four phases:
  • Popping
  • Trill
  • Snapping
  • Grinding
• During the grinding phase, they become temporarily deaf, hence the name “capercaillie”
• The nearest population lives at the summit of Kněhyně in the Beskydy Mountains