Oct. 21, 2024 Monday  
Rodong Sinmun
Brown Bear at Ryongrim, Living Monument

2024.10.21.



The area of high peaks over 1 400m above the sea including Wagal Peak, highest peak in the Rangrim range, serves as the habitat of brown bears at Ryongrim.

The body length of brown bear is generally 150-180cm and even 200cm.

Brown bear weighs 180-250kg on an average.

Brown bears do not leave their habitat.

There grow larch, fir, pine nut, Abies nephrolepis, spruce and other needle-leaf trees in the main. There are also oak, black walnut, white birch, aspen and other broadleaf trees in the area, habitat of brown bears at Ryongrim.

There are a lot of animals such as musk deer, roe deer, wild boar, fox, yellow-throated marten, weasel and badger.

The thick forest area with abundant food resources is one habitat of brown bears in our country.

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