For the First Time, a Researcher Has Documented a Brown Bear's Winter preparations... Armed with only a Machete, He Ventured Into the Freezing Mountains and Risked His Life to Peek Inside a Hibernation Den.

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Toshiki Aoi, Professor Emeritus at Iwate University, is a pioneer in the use of telemetry to track brown bears in Japan. In the 1970s, Aoi pursued brown bears in harsh conditions with temperatures as low as -30°C and zero visibility due to blizzards. After a 10-day tracking, Aoi finally captured the first footage in Japan of a brown bear preparing for hibernation. This non-fiction book, compiled from the testimonies of people fascinated by bears…