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"Leading the way through a shaded canopy of conifer trees, Adrien Dérousseau
arrives at a cluster of branches with a tuft of brown fur caught in it. The
bearded Frenchman then gestures for his followers — a class of elementary
school kids — to gather around.
“Does anybody know what this is?” asks Dérousseau, surveying the rowdy group of
pupils — partially distracted by creepy-crawlies around them — who have come on
an outing to the French Pyrenees mountain range from the nearby city of
Toulouse.
After a hushed pause, one little boy wearing a red cap coyly raises his hand.
“Is it hair?”
“Not quite,” replies Dérousseau. “It’s bear fur. Bears like to rub themselves
on trees.”
The school kids then erupt into a frenzy of gasps and giggles.
Dérousseau, a mountain guide for the local nonprofit Pays de l’Ours (French for
“Bear Country”) is part of a multi-pronged effort spanning biological
monitoring, political campaigning, infrastructure investment and community
outreach that has successfully reintroduced the once-nearly-extinct brown bear
back into the Pyrenees."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
