Watch: Rare Andean bears spotted near the Machu Picchu citadel in Peru
In the absence of tourists, these ‘intensely shy’ bears made a rare visit to the Incan citadel
Maroosha Muzaffar
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Rare Andean bears were filmed strolling around the slopes of Machu Picchu citadel in Peru
(Reuters)
In a rare sight, ‘vulnerable’ Andean bears were spotted near the Machu Picchu citadel in Peru earlier this month with decline in tourist footfalls, officials said.
On 10 May, one Andean bear and its cub walked through the 15th-century Incan citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a 7,970 ft mountain ridge.
“These bears have always been there,” Machu Picchu mayor Darwin Baca said in a statement. Andean bears — also known as the spectacled bears — are the only surviving species native to South America.
Andean bears have been classified as ‘vulnerable’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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They are also agile climbers and are known to “sit in a tree for days on a platform made of broken branches, waiting for the fruit to ripen.”
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/andean-bears-peru-machu-picchu-citadel-b1856868.html
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