Biolog objavio mučnu snimku izgladnjelog polarnog medvjeda: “Ovako izgleda spora, bolna smrt”

Kanadski biolog i fotograf Paul Nicklen šokirao je javnost kada je prije nekoliko dana na Instagramu objavio fotografiju izgladnjelog polarnog medvjeda na rubu smrti na kanadskom Baffinovom otoku.

Nicklen je sa snimateljskom ekipom Sea Legacy stigao na otok gdje su naišli na prizor koji nikoga ne može ostaviti ravnodušnim.

Snimka prikazuje potpuno izgladnjelog medvjeda na samrti. Bijelo krzno prekriva njegovo izmučeno tijelo, a stražnja noga mu se jedva vuče od slabosti dok pokušava hodati. U potrazi za hranom nesretna životinja pokušava zaroniti njušku u kantu koju su ostavili lokalni ribari te izmučen pada na zemlju kada u njoj ne uspije ništa pronaći.

My entire @Sea_Legacy team was pushing through their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear. It’s a soul-crushing scene that still haunts me, but I know we need to share both the beautiful and the heartbreaking if we are going to break down the walls of apathy. This is what starvation looks like. The muscles atrophy. No energy. It’s a slow, painful death. When scientists say polar bears will be extinct in the next 100 years, I think of the global population of 25,000 bears dying in this manner. There is no band aid solution. There was no saving this individual bear. People think that we can put platforms in the ocean or we can feed the odd starving bear. The simple truth is this—if the Earth continues to warm, we will lose bears and entire polar ecosystems. This large male bear was not old, and he certainly died within hours or days of this moment. But there are solutions. We must reduce our carbon footprint, eat the right food, stop cutting down our forests, and begin putting the Earth—our home—first. Please join us at @sea_legacy as we search for and implement solutions for the oceans and the animals that rely on them—including us humans. Thank you your support in keeping my @sea_legacy team in the field. With @CristinaMittermeier #turningthetide with @Sea_Legacy #bethechange #nature #naturelovers This video is exclusively managed by Caters News. To license or use in a commercial player please contact info@catersnews.com or call +44 121 616 1100 / +1 646 380 1615”

Objavu dijeli Paul Nicklen (@paulnicklen) Pro 5, 2017 u 8:52 PST

Kako je kazao u komentaru na objavu snimke, Nicklen je kao biolog vidio više od 3000 medvjeda u divljini, ali ovakvom prizoru nikada nije svjedočio.

“Stajali smo tamo i plakali, gušili smo se u suzama dok smo snimali”, kazao je za National Geographic. “Ovako izgleda spora, bolna smrt”, napisao je u opisu videa. Cilj objave videa bio je, kako kaže, upozoriti na strašne posljedice klimatskih promjena na život na Zemlji.

Snimku je na Facebooku pregledalo na desetke tisuća ljudi, a na Instagramu je fotografija izmučenog medvjeda pregledana više od milijun puta.