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Extraordinary Bear Moments | BBC Earth
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Exhausted from his swim, the bear must
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regain his strength.
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The next day, a sea fog shrouds the
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island. The Wallacees sense that they're
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in danger.
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Using the fog as cover, the bear
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approaches the herd.
0:31
The adults close ranks around their
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young, presenting a wall of blubber and
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hide.
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He tests the barrier,
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but it stands firm.
0:50
It appears that the world's largest land
0:53
carnivore has met his match.
1:03
There must be a in the armor
1:05
somewhere.
1:10
Not here.
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This female walrus is shielding her pup
1:22
if he can just prize her off.
1:32
The bear's claws and teeth can't
1:34
penetrate her thick hide.
1:45
With the herd retreating to water, the
1:47
bear must move quickly.
1:54
Having failed with one, he heads
1:56
straight for another.
2:15
The chance of his first meal in months
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is slipping away.
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He seems increasingly desperate.
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It's now or never.
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He must avoid the stabbing tusks if he's
2:40
to win.
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The flailing walrus is immensely
2:50
powerful and drags the bear away from
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the shallows towards the safety of the
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herd.
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It slips from his grasp.
3:17
At this time of year, polar bears on
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average succeed only once in 20 hunts.
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If the hunter is skinny like this one,
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that may not be often enough.
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All she can do is keep trying.
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To prevent her scent betraying her, she
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makes a wide sweep to get downwind of
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the seal.
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Getting
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close.
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She's now right behind the seal.
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Incredibly, she caught the seal.
5:54
underwater.
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It's only small, but even so, its
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blubber alone will contain 100,000
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calories, enough to sustain this bear
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for a week.
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And in that time, she might even catch
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another.
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But this can't go on forever. As summer
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continues, temperatures are rising.
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Each hunt requires more energy,
6:44
draining the bears of their reserves.
7:00
A polar bear stirs.
7:03
She has been in her den the whole
7:05
winter. Her emergence marks the
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beginning of spring.
7:13
After months of confinement underground,
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she toboggins down the slope. Perhaps to
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clean her fur, perhaps for sheer joy.
7:37
Her cubs gaze out at their bright new
7:40
world for the very first time.
7:45
The female calls them. But this steep
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slope is not the easiest place to take
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your first steps.
8:05
But they are hungry and eager to reach
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their mother, who's delayed feeding them
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on this special day. Now she lures them
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with the promise of milk, the only food
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the cubs have known since they were
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born, deaf and blind beneath the snow
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some 2 months ago.
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Their
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mother has not eaten for 5 months and
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has lost half her body weight. Now she
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converts the last of her fat reserves
8:48
into milk for her cubs.
9:09
The spring sun brings warmth, but also a
9:13
problem for the mother. It starts to
9:16
melt the sea ice. That is where she
9:19
hunts for the seal she needs to feed her
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cubs. and she must get there before the
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ice breaks up.
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For now though, it's still -30° and the
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cubs must have the shelter of the den.
9:53
Meadows that only a few weeks ago were
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buried beneath the snow are now full of
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life.
10:17
But in these mountains, the good times
10:20
will not last long.
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So the bears must feed as fast as they
10:25
can.
10:30
During the summer months, an adult can
10:32
put on 180 kilos gorging on plants. And
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if they can catch them,
10:40
a moment or two.
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But just now, the bears have something
10:48
else on their minds.
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It's becoming warmer, and the bears are
10:56
keen to shed their thick winter coats.
11:02
Mothers show the culls what to do about
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this.
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They'll soon catch on.
11:20
Some trees, it seems, are particularly
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suitable for rubbing.
11:25
Bears have their favorites and will
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travel long distances to visit them.
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Some itches just have to be scratched.
11:56
There are now around 30 bears in this
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one valley.
12:07
As they rub, each leaves an individual
12:10
and recognizable scent.
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So, the tree soon carries a list of
12:18
who's around,
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which might help individuals to avoid a
12:22
fight.
12:25
To best spread their scent, they only
12:28
have to put their back into it.
12:42
Oh,
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heat, heat.
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But summer is short. Itches
13:15
satisfactorily scratched.
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It's time to eat.
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In a couple of months, they will have to
13:24
return to their dens to hibernate.
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So now they must put on as much weight
13:29
as they can.
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>> Mr. Nakayyama has been keeping honeybees
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for more than 65 years,
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and these sunny forest clearings are
13:37
perfect for his hives.
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But every year, Mr. Nakayyama's hives
13:50
come under attack.
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Whatever it is seems to be unfased by a
13:58
swarm of angry bees.
14:06
Mr. Naki armor has put an electric fence
14:08
around his precious hives, but even this
14:11
doesn't seem to be keeping the culprit
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out.
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So, he's called in some experts and
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they've set up an elaborate trap laden
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with honey.
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All they can do now is wait.
14:50
And it doesn't take long. Within just a
14:53
few hours, news comes in that the trap's
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been tripped.
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Professor Izumi and his team are here to
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help.
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>> Although it's wise to tranquilize it
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first.
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>> It's a young black bear.
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He strayed dangerously close to the edge
15:29
of human habitation looking for
15:31
something to eat.
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>> Black bears have attacked people in the
15:37
past.
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So for everyone's sake, he can't stay
15:41
here.
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>> There's just enough room for the bear in
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the boot.
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He needs to be returned to the safety of
15:58
the mountain,
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but it's a 1-hour drive.
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The bear could awake at any time,
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and there's no cage.
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In this rural area, bear expert
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Professor Izumiyama is used to taking
16:17
this chance.
16:28
They need to take the bear as deep into
16:30
the mountain wilderness as possible.
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This is the most anxious time for the
17:05
professor.
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Thanks to Professor Izumi, this lucky
17:23
bear is back in the safety of the forest
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and out of harm's way.
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>> One of the most successful snow animals
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is solitary and lives most of its life
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alone.
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They can be found in the very far north
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of the Arctic.
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The polar bear.
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This male, like every polar bear, is
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almost completely covered in fur.
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But his secret to staying warm in this
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frozen land is actually inside his large
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body.
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He has a huge layer of insulating fat
18:04
about 10 cm thick. It traps heat,
18:08
keeping him warm from the inside.
18:12
To maintain this fat, he relies on his
18:14
good hunting skills.
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His prey is hidden under the thick ice.
18:24
Luckily, he has a secret weapon to help
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him hunt.
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An extraordinary sense of smell,
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100 times stronger than ours.
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He can detect a seal carcass from 30 km
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away
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and under a meter of snow.
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success.
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He will eat all the fat of a seal first,
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often leaving the actual meat.
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This extreme fatty diet would kill us,
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but for the polar bear, it's essential.
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Indeed, they are one of the fattest
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mammals on Earth.
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Their incredible insulation and intense
19:48
sense of smell make the polar bear a
19:51
master in the snow.
19:55
They're also built to move around
19:57
effortlessly in this snowy environment.
20:01
Unlike me,
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I am a perfect example of an animal that
20:08
is not adapted for walking about a snowy
20:12
environment like this.
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I'm 12 stone, 12 1/2 stone, and all of
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my weight is distributed
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onto my feet. Size 12. Big feet for a
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human, but not big enough to stop me
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from sinking down into the snow. What I
20:31
need to do is increase that surface
20:34
area. Put on some snowshoes.
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Suppose the secret to moving around in
20:43
deep snow is to do it efficiently.
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There we go. Adapted for walking in the
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snow.
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That is so much better. It's easy. I can
20:57
walk through the forest. I'm not sinking
20:59
down into my waist. I can go fast. I can
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almost go silently
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like I belong here.
21:17
Polar bears have builtin snowshoes.
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Their paws are wide, measuring about 30
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cm across.
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This helps them to distribute their
21:27
weight evenly on thin ice.
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Underneath their large paws are small
21:33
soft bumps to give them extra grip on
21:36
the ice.
