North Carolina Black Bear Cub Goes Full Send Off Deck Into A Tree

Black bear leaps off deck
Melissa M Howell

Is it a bear or a monkey?

These things are almost acrobatic in how they can move around the woods. Climbing, running, swimming, and even jumping among the trees is no problem for a bear.

Black bears are a very able animal. Everything they do is centered around finding food. They can run up to 35 miles an hour, which is pretty on par with their larger grizzly cousins. Although a majority of their diet doesn’t come from hunting, that speed comes in handy when they do decide to hunt for prey. Their ability to climb comes allows them to get to safety and find tree nuts, a staple of their diet.

From a young age bears learn to climb. They have hooked claws that allow them to easily grip a tree, using their hind legs they push and then use their front to grip onto the tree. Honestly, they make it look easy.

The power in their legs from these other essential abilities gives them great leaping abilities. They can’t jump up vertically, but they can leap horizontally very well.

So, as amazing as this video is, it isn’t super surprising to see.

This black bear cub is seen doing what they do best, snooping around someone’s house, more than likely looking for some easy food and just exploring what is around them.

As the bear reaches the top of the deck, it climbs to the railing and stands up on top of it. As it looks around and notices the human taking a video of them it decides it’s time to get out of there.

Since climbing back down the deck is definitely not the easiest route, it decides to go a way down that is more common for a bear, a tree. It turns, spots out the closest tree and without hesitation it makes a giant leap to the tree and sticks the landing.

Insane… like a flying squirrel.

These animals are amazing in what they can do and another reason we should never underestimate what they are capable of.

Black Bear Goes Into Full Chill Mode

Bears are interesting creatures.

On one hand, they can look harmless and cute, making us laugh with sometimes extremely humanlike behavior, like taking selfies or breaking into a house, raiding the fridge, and refusing to leave…

But on the other, much more lethal hand, bears are an absolute wreaking ball of a killing machine, perhaps the best walking the planet.

Still, there’s no denying how absolutely fascinating these creatures can be, and this latest video gives us yet another example.

On July 25th in North Bend, Washington, two bears who grew up together tried to beat the heat by jumping in a kiddie pool. Unfortunately, it wasn’t big enough for the two of them and something had to be done.

They had a quick tussle, with one taking a fast win, causing his friend to scurry away.

And that look on his face when laying down in the pool alone, head resting on the edge?

Absolute pure bliss.

Instant inter-dimensional meditation, relaxation, and zen wrapped up into an exhale of chill and victory.

“These two bear siblings have been hanging around a lot together. Always playing with the balls around the yard or climbing the trees, but especially wrestling with each other.

This time, the victor… after a short round… lays herself down into the perfect Zen position to soak up the sun.”

Ahh to be that bear today…

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