This can’t be real…
Oh, but it is.
Black bears are just such a funny animal. They will always keep you on your toes and have you guessing at their next move. Usually, when their curiosity gets the better of them, it’s something harmless and hilarious, but incredibly smart.
Bears have far better senses than humans, that’s what it takes to survive in the wild. They have a nose on them that’s 2,100 times better than a human, meaning that even more than a mile away, they can sniff us out.
This bear out of Wyoming showed us how good their smell is, how curious bears are, and how smart they can be.
The bear comes across a GoPro that was lost in the snow. The video starts with something dark covering the camera then it gets shoved into the snow. As it’s flipped around there is what seems to be some animal’s mouth around it.
Then as the curious animals sniffs it and looks at it, you can tell it is a black bear.
The bear chews and plays with it for a few minutes then pulls my favorite bear move. It rolls on its back and picks the GoPro up with its paws. At this point it actually takes some decent selfie shots for it being a bear.
This bear wants to be on the big screen.
A few months later another wanderer found the GoPro dead in the woods. He took it home and fired the thing up.
“This GoPro had been sitting in the snow for a long time. When I finally found it, I charged it up and couldn’t believe what I saw.
After four months of it sitting there, a big old black bear found it and not only managed to turn it on but also started recording himself playing with it. Hands down the craziest thing I’ve seen.”
That’s one cool bear.
Big Bear Meets An Electric Fence
Bears and electric fences, man…
In bear country, it’s not uncommon to see an electric fence used as a bear deterrent, whether it’s a portable one you put around your campsite, one used to protect your livestock or crops (or honey), and sometimes, folks are just looking to bear-proof their home (and garbage).
But nevertheless, whenever a bear does encounter one, it can be pretty hilarious.
With a shock just strong enough to give them a jolt and keep them away, they’re safe for the bear and generally get the job done. Although, every once in a while, you find a clever guy like this.
This blueberry farmer put a fence around his field and lo and behold, this sneaky fellas managed to dig down, slowly Army crawl through, and slide right under… genius:
And then sometimes, the ol’ bear gets a zap that fold ’em like a cheap lawn chair.
This big fella wandered up to this electric fence and once zap to the snout had enough juice to drop him to his knees. Sure enough, he popped right back up and high-tailed it out of there.
If you’ve ever touched an electric fence (we had one growing up for our horses), you know it’ll make your arm go numb for a second (kind of like when you hit your funny bone, but your whole arm and leg).
And electricity likes to find the quickest way to the ground, so it would appear that this bear’s front legs gave out and he ate some dirt.
Finally, then there’s this one…
Bear vs electrified deer carcass…
Who ya got?
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Tourists Come Close To A Grizzly At Grand Teton National Park
Every day, nearly a million people file into the various national parks around the country, and every day, there’s inevitably a number of morons in the bunch.
You’ve seen the idiots of Yellowstone, but this group comes to us from Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
Part of the thrill of going to a national park is encountering nature in a way that you never have before. Grizzly bears, bison, elk, wolves, deer… you can see a wide variety of species in parks like Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Rocky Mountain National Park, but the number one thing to keep in mind is safety.
Most parks recommend that you stay at least 100 yards from grizzly bears…. yeah, a hundred yards, the size of a football field. Why? Because if a bear decides to charge you, it’ll be on your ass in a hurry.
And when you bears get EXTRA protective? Around their cubs and… food.
Like a delicious elk carcass.
This bear in particular drew quite the crowd along the side of the road, and lucky for them, it was too focused on the kill to pay much mind to the growing crowd.
But with a number of children outside of the vehicles, it’s not hard to see why this video might make someone knows a thing or two about grizzly bear behavior a little uneasy.
“Some might think that this griz would be too occupied to care about the tourons, but this is probably one of the most dangerous positions to be in.
Grizzly Bears become very protective when it comes to their food, he might think that these people are a threat and it would take him literally seconds to reach one of these tourons!”
Keep your distance folks… or maybe just stay in the car.
