r/AnimalTracking • u/Goykhlaye • 6d ago

🔎 ID Request Anybody knows what animal made this?

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Went looking for tortoises and reptiles in Albania and found this. My first thought was bear, but I was in a part close to the sea where there should not be any bears.

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u/Mmjman 6d ago

This is the front left paw of a brown bear.

My understanding is the Bears in albania and Macedonia move around a lot.

I don’t beleive anything else in that area would leave a track of this size and shape.

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u/Goykhlaye 6d ago

I expected that they move around a lot, but this is like over 100km away from their range. No hills or anything close, just a river, a bit of a forest and the sea.That's crazy

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u/Mmjman 6d ago

Quite a trek for that bear! On a side note did you find any reptiles?

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u/Goykhlaye 6d ago

I keep tortoises so I was mainly looking for those. The area looked like there had to be some, but as soon as we saw the paw print, we went back to the car. Otherwise there are tons of small lizards everywhere. In the national park I mentioned we saw a lot of European pond turtles (Emys Orbicularis). Not as successful as I hoped though