Other animals are more basic when it comes to things like emotions and interactions.
But humans are a much bigger animal who deal with a lot of different feelings.
Humans also have more complicated relationships with one another, so some people argue that
it's hard to compare human emotions, like love or anger with the same emotions in other
creatures.
Today's story is indeed related to bears, and it comes from Russia.
One day in 2016, there was a small airport called Orlovka in Poglieloye Gorodishe, a
small town in the Tver region.
At dawn, a pilot of the "Albatross-Aviation Sports" club spotted an animal on the runway,
which looked like a kitten or a puppy because of the dark light and the long distance.
But when it came closer, it turned out to be a little brown bear that was born less
than a month ago.
Little Bear ran for a while, lying on the edge of the track, curled up, sniffing.
No one knows where the little bear came from.
They guessed that the nearby villagers handed the little bear to the hunter, but the little
bear ran away.
The pilot who picked up the bear was named Andrei Ivanov, and his hometown was in the
Altai region.
Andrei named the bear Mansour.
Andre held Mansour, and Mansour licked Andre's fingers.
At the beginning they were going to hand over the bear cubs to specialized agencies, such
as zoos, but Russian zoos may lack other animals, but bears.
Then Andre took Mansour to the house of Barzhnovi, looking for biologists Valentin and Svetlana
in the Tver region.
In the past 20 years, the Bazhinovi House has helped more than 200 animal cubs to return
to the forest, allowing them to return to the embrace of nature, so Andre also wanted
to ask them for help.
But after they tried several times, they found that Mansour didn't seem to be going back
to nature at all.
He seemed to prefer being with humans now.
After that, Andre called another organization.
They said that Mansour could be taken in, so they informed Andre of the address.
Andre took Mansour and gave them the bear.
But a few weeks later, Andre wanted to see how well Mansour was.
They told him that visits were not allowed, and he was now somewhere in Ramenskoye.
They also gave Andre another phone call.
They called and begged for a long time, and promised to give some money.
The other party told Andre that Mansour was not in Ramenskoye, but was in Kaluga place.
This made Andre faintly feel a little uneasy, and the more he thought about it, the more
things went wrong, "there is not a serious protected area," Andre said in his heart.
So Andrei quickly called Fidel Pashenkov, "Come on, we have to save Mansour and take
your dog just in case."
Fidel is the second person in charge of Cubs besides Andre.
Andrea and his party of four drove two cars and went directly to Kaluga, where they found
a local hunting expert, and he confirmed that a little bear had indeed been brought here.
When Andre and his party arrived there, it was not a protection station at all, but an
old gas station.
A short man asked Andre, "What do you want?", "We want to get back to ours."
Bear". he short said: "Okay."
Andre shouted: "Mansour!"
Then he heard the roar of the bear.
Andre hugged Mansour to the seat of the car, first found a small pond, where he bathed
Mansour, and fed him food.
Mansour was obviously in a lot better condition.
Andre discussed with Fidel, the bear is safest only if he keeps it by himself.
So he drove in the car and took Mansour home, which was more than 500 kilometres away from
Andre and their station.
Mansour likes to ride in the car.
He looked out the window quietly, but when he got to Moscow, traffic jams began.
The cars and people made Mansour nervous.
Andrei had to distract Mansour in various ways.
Give him a yogurt every 10 minutes, so that he will be a little behaved, and finally returned
to Orlovka after a hard journey.
After that, Mansour and Andre lived together.
In the bear's heart, Andre was his family, and listening to the roar of the plane every
day, Mansour gradually got used to this sound and would not be afraid.
It is important to feed Mansour, because it can keep the bear in a good mood.
Andre cooks 12 liters of porridge for Mansour every day.
In the summer, Mansour eats buckwheat, rice, cheese and eggs.
But the taste of the bear is also changing.
Sometimes he likes raw eggs, sometimes he likes cooked ones, and he likes fruits and
vegetables, especially watermelon and grapes.
In order to ensure the life of Mansour, Andre built a big iron cage for the bear, installed
a sliding door, and covered it with hay to keep it warm.
Together with many volunteers, I separated a large area with iron fences, and built a
swimming pool as an activity place for Mansour.
In order to better raise the cubs, Andre also consulted professionals from circuses and
animal rehabilitation centers.
The circus said: “As long as you feed it well and don't hurt it, everything is okay.”
The rehabilitation center also said that Andre provided a very good environment for Mansour,
and suggested that Mansour should be more vegetarian, which is good for the body.
benefit.
In this way, Mansour grew up day by day.
It became more sensitive because of what happened when he was a child, so he only allowed Andre
to approach him.
It really regarded Andre as his father, and Andre also regarded Mansour as his father.
Children treat it the same.
Over time, Mansour and Andre's dog Huskar became good friends.
The bear and Andre live together, which is much safer than living in the forest.
There are hunters in the forest.
While in captivity, regular medical care can be carried out, and the life span of animals
is usually longer than in the forest.
With age, Mansour's weight is also increasing, and Andre also wondered whether Mansour could
return to live in the forest, but he has been around humans since he was a child, and Mansour
may have lost his wild instinct.
Mansour is now 5 years old.
Even though his weight has reached 300 kilograms, in Andrei's eyes, he is still the little baby
that he first saw on the airport runway.
It takes a lot of money to raise Mansour and Andre is really thankful for the kind people
who have donated both financially and with materials.