The unexpected discovery was made by scientists – in the Chernobyl exclusion zone returned brown bears, which were not on this site for over a century.

Fotopodtverzhdenie stay of brown bears in the Chernobyl zone was able to be obtained by using photo-traps. Originally gadgets installed in order to find out what impact the existing Chernobyl exposure has on living near nuclear power plants animals.

As noted earlier, brown bears around Chernobyl have not seen for over a century.

“Our Ukrainian counterpart Sergei Gashchak several camera traps installed in the central areas over the past couple of months to start learning what wild life there,” – said project manager Mike Wood from the University of Salford. In the pictures, which were obtained from one of the devices is well seen the brown bear.

It is noteworthy that before the hypothesis of the presence of bears in the area expressed, however fotodokazatelstv these allegations were not.

Now scientists are exploring the possibility of securing their necks in Chernobyl bears special collar with a GPS-signal to have the opportunity to track the routes of their movements. It is expected that the study will continue for another year. During this time, scientists hope to find out exactly what had once pushed the bears from the area in the vicinity of the current nuclear power plants and why they came back just now.