Bears are such impressive creatures… big and powerful, just ferocious predators, but they’re also just “guys being dudes” every now and again.
You know, just chilling out in someone’s swimming pool, scratching their back on a tree or a fence post, they just mosey around in search of their next meal and they don’t mind getting comfy wherever they happen to be.
With that being said, Yukon Wildlife Cams caught some incredible footage on one of their trail cameras in the Yukon Territory of Canada a while back, featuring a massive grizzly bear standing up against a tree. This big ol’ bear was scratching away a mean itch on its back.
However, bears don’t do this because they’re trying to get rid of an itch. Bears, like this grizzly right here, also do this to leave their scent on trees.
In the footage, you can also see the grizzly stretching as far up the tree as it can, and then charging towards the trail cam, flashing those big ol’ claws as it barrels forward.
Check it out:
Bear Hilariously Scratches An Itch Up In A Tree
The bears are back at it again.
They always seem to be up to something. Typically, there actions are centered around getting food, but anything else they do is highly intelligent and sometimes wildly hilarious. They are a simple, yet incredibly intelligent creature. They need to get as much food as they can using as little energy as possible. This makes them very smart and creative. They can break into garages, garbage cans, and cars. They can also get stuck in them too…
Black bears are very able creatures. They can jump far, climb well and it’s almost surprising they don’t have a useable thumb the way they are open to open things up easily. Watching them do anything is downright impressive.
This black bear proved that yet again.
He climbed up into a tree with people nearby. Probably originally a safety thing to get away form people and feel safe. But, while up in the tree the bear developed an itch. No problem.
As the bear stood in the crook up the tree it pushes its butt against one side and balances on the other shaking it back and forth. A good old bum scratch high up in a tree, and you just can’t help but laugh.
You can’t help but laugh.
Grizzly Bear Chases Herd Of Wild Canadian Horses
Grizzly bears are just out of this world.
They always seem to be up to something and I’m always going to be here for it. It doesn’t matter if it’s an encounter, a cellphone video or something caught on a trail camera, I will always be willing to watch and admire them.
Western Canada is home to some of the largest grizzly populations in North America aside from Alaska, of course. These animals need to consume a lot of food. Due to that fact there are some cool videos floating around of them chasing prey.
It doesn’t matter if it’s moose, elk or mountain goats, grizzlies seem to have a taste for it.
In this case, which is a first for me seeing, wild horses are on the menu, too.
An animal that needs to consume 30-pounds of food a day needs to catch a big animal every once in a while, I guess.
Here in Alberta, a series of trail cameras where set up to monitor this wild horse population. Trail cameras are a great survey tool as it minimizes humans in the area making it more likely to catch things going on in the area.
The first shot from the cameras shows a whole group of wild horse running at top speed. Soon you realize its for a good reason with a grizzly right on their tails.
It switches views to a different camera and the grizzly is even closer, and I can’t help but feel like this didn’t end well for one of the horses. Especially the young one…
The people who caught it on video released a statement on the event.
“A grizzly bear with two cubs is seen chasing a band of Alberta wild horses. This event occurred in central Alberta, Canada, approximately two hours northwest of Calgary.
These trail cameras are part of a large network of cameras collecting video data on the plight and mortality of Alberta’s wild horses, from both natural causes and large predators.
Help Alberta Wildies Society, has been conducting this research since 2014, and uses the data to promote worldwide awareness about our threatened population of wild horses here in Alberta, Canada”
They’re trying to collect data on the mortality of wild horses? I dare say this can be added to their data base…
A mother grizzly that’s motivated to feed her young and herself is not one I would want chasing me.
Wild…
Momma Grizzly Bear Defends Her Cubs, Attacks Coyote
The best way to feel the full wrath of a mama grizzly bear is to mess with one of her cubs. Nothing in nature is more ferocious than a mother grizzly bear protecting her cubs.
That rule applies to human moms, too, as best exemplified by the California woman who recently fended off a mountain lion with her bare hands to save her 5-year son.
That lesson was recently on display in some incredible video footage that shows a curious coyote approach a bear cub that was seemingly feeding on the side of a mountain by itself.
The coyote gets a bit too close for comfort and ultimately startles the unsuspecting bear cub.
As the startled bear cub reacts to the presence of the coyote, it becomes clear that the bear cub isn’t alone at all.
Momma bear had a close eye on the cub all along, and before the coyote knows what’s going on, an agitated mama bear comes flying down the mountain, huffing, and puffing like a freight train.
The mother bear collides with the fleeing bear cub, giving the coyote a chance to escape the scene. If that run-in didn’t slow down the mother grizzly, it might have been lights out for the coyote.
Just imagine being in that coyote’s shoes.
I can’t think of anything more terrifying than being charged by a grizzly bear.. But, with bear attacks on the rise in North America, keeping your wits about you in bear country and being prepared with either bear spray or a pistol could prevent you from getting steamrolled by a charging grizzly like the one in this video.
“Here comes mama bear…”
