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Last winter was cold but perhaps unusually short so spring came earlier. The game went well and the grassy meadows turned green earlier. It's mid-June. There aren’t a lot of overturned rocks yet - typical traces of bear activity in search of larvae that they also feed on. A bush with a few broken branches is a sign by which a bear marks its space. In the middle of the day in the clearing we came across a bear family. They immediately spotted us, not by smell, because the wind was too strong for them from the wrong direction. They didn’t mind our presence because the caring bear had everything under control. Her three cubs are quite large for this time of year. A bit strange but usually timid wild boars were outdoors. too. They would normally be seen at dawn or dusk and would be naturally most active at night. And so the first day of a short stay in Velebit enabled us to encounter an almost unusual and unimaginable species. The Brown Bear is the largest beast and according to many a symbol of the Velebit wilderness. It is a special honor to see it in its true natural habitat.
(Pavle Balenovic)


Prošla je zima bila hladna ali možda neuobičajeno kratka pa je proljeće nastupilo ranije. Divljač je dobro prošla i travnate livade su se ranije zazelenile. Sredina je Lipnja. Još nema puno prevrnutog kamenja - tipičnih tragova medvjeđih aktivnosti u potrazi za larvama kojim se također hrane. Grm sa nekoliko polomljenih grana znak je kojim medvjed obilježava svoj prostor. Usred dana na čistini naišli smo na medvjeđu obitelj. Odmah su nas uočili i to ne njuhom jer vjetar je bio prejak i za njih iz potpuno krivog smjera. Nije im smetalo naše prisustvo jer brižna medvjedica imala je sve pod kontrolom. Njena su tri mladunca prilično veliki za ovo doba godine. Iako pomalo čudno no i obično plahe divlje svinje bile su na otvorenom. Normalno bi ih se viđalo zorom i u sumrak a noću bi bile prirodno najaktivnije. I tako već prvi dan kratkog boravka u Velebitu omogućio nam je gotovo neuobičajen i nezamisliv susret. Smeđi je medvjed najveća zvijer i po mnogima simbol Velebitskih divljina. Posebna je čast vidjeti ga u njegovom pravom prirodnim staništu. (Tin Balenović)