The most dangerous black bears are the tiny ones, the size of raccoons - nearby there will also be a mama bear who thinks you will harm that cute little one.
I have been feeding a wild hawk in my backyard that was having trouble flying. We call it Tony Hawk. After 2 weeks of feeding it porkchops, it was able to fly. Only thing is, every morning it waits in a tree for more porkchops. Time to go to the grocery store, because I'm almost out of porkchops, again! 🦅
I remember when I was in Social Studies in 5th grade back in the mid 70s and I drew a picture of Black footed Ferret for an assignment on endangered species. Glad to see they're still around. Gawd I'm old, heh.
I saw Hawaiian monk seals on the island of Maui as recently as 2017. As soon as they were spotted a state official came to the beach to cordon off the entire area. Similar thing on the other side of the island where a native Hawaiian was looking after some rather large sea turtles!
A friend of my dad's brought three female bison and one male to our small area. The male escaped and impregnated surrounding cows. Dad bought some of the some of the meat from this. Know the farmers weren't happy at first, but they did make money from selling the calves.
7:56 Even though American Bison/Tatanka aren't the focul point of the film, Dancing with Wolves has some cool bison shots. (And is a good movie nonetheless.)
POW Spruce grouse are not the only grouse living in temperate rain forest. I am from the west coast of Washington state, surrounded by temperate rain forest, and ruffed grouse are plentiful.
@HistoryNerd808 Very true. I could definitely live without mosquitos. Growing up, we had a bat that got in our attic. It wasn't fun getting it out to set it free. 😂
Bats don't eat very many mosquitoes. That's a myth that originated when a scientist said bats ate the *equivalent* of "X" number of mosquitoes. People left out the "equivalent". "X" is made up of many types of insects, including many that are meatier than mosquitoes, such as moths and wasps. Mosquitoes comprise only 1% of a bat's diet.
He said male alligators can weigh up to 450 pounds but he might want to do a little more research because the heaviest on record weighed nearly 1,400 pounds.
There's a place near Springfield, Missouri (Strafford, MO) called Wild Animal Adventure. You can drive yourself or take the tour bus. I recommend the bus as the driver knows the animals. You can hand feed many of them, including the Bison in the park. Many different types of deer, cattle, even ostriches. They will all approach the bus looking for a handout, literally from your hand. Be sure to wash afterwards.
Pretty much ANY wild animal, and more than a few domesticated animals, can be dangerous if they feel they or their young are threatened. There are many species of BATS in the US. While generally harmless to humans, they can carry rabies, so best to leave them alone. But the big advantage of having bats around is that most species of bats eat insects, including the ever pesky mosquito.
Well, that's not entirely true. Michigan Territory of the early 1800's is known for the Wolverine. Which included Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and parts of the Dakotas. Most of the populous in the territory was in the most developed areas along Lake Michigan. Being the source of various recourses and shipping. Their Militia that defended the Territory was primarily based in what is now the state known as Michigan and Wisconsin were known as Wolverines. In 1837 (? I think) Michigan applied for state status, which created the State of Michigan and renaming of the remaining land the Wisconsin Territories. It was at this point where things take a turn. The state of Wisconsin holds most of the Wolverine population with very few if any residing in the state of Michigan. Only depending on migration over food supply. What makes this interesting is the Badger in the family Mustelidae (wolverines belong to the same family)which is common in Michigan and rare in Wisconsin. The story I was told is that once Michigan became a state, those on the other side of Lake Michigan (Wisconsin) started to be referred to as 'those pesky Badgers.' So to finish this up, There are very few Wolverines in the state it's known for, and very few Badgers in the state they are known for. It's actually the reverse in population of the animal.
@@bettyrose959 You're Not Wrong Everything You Said is True, Truth Be Told It's Due to Not Just Food But Breeding Habits Since Their Territory Between is VAST like 600 miles.
@@mtnmagic1998 Whatever. We have them at the edge of town because that's where wilderness begins. Black bears are not endangered, they are thriving all across the United States. The amount of land in the USA that is wilderness is astounding. We have cougars at the edge of town too... but not for lack of wilderness areas. There's a plague of wild turkeys in town, and the big cats come in looking for them.
Every heart they have to have a few tranquilized and taken out of town here. They are usually just hanging out in a tree somewhere, not really bothering anyone.
@@lavenderoh Non sequitur. Just the plain facts kiddo. As I live right here in the middle of what I described above for 66 years, I likely know those facts better than you.
If you don’t want bears when camping don’t keep food in your tent. If you don’t want your vehicle destroyed don’t keep there either. Secure it separately. Supposedly there are bear proof ice chests, not so sure about that though.
The only one of those animals I've seen as an American is the bison. We have a bison farm around here. I have seen a few others in zoos, though, particularly the alligator. Here in northeast Indiana the common wild animals are raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, whitetail deer, coyote, fox, pheasants, turkeys, groundhogs, moles, skunks, mice, rats, snakes, frogs, turtles, muskrats and possums.
@@oldfogey4679 I think I would carry a pistol if we had such animals here. One of my friends was with a group of guys who pranked some deer once and got trampled by them, though. I suppose they can be dangerous if you are a young fool who intentionally frightens them into a stampede. I guess they anticipated the deer turning around and running back the other way. Wrong. They ran at the guys blocking their path and trampled one of them.
I agree about the black bears - they look so fluffy and cuddly! I saw a mom black bear with a cub with her last week. Very exciting to see from a distance, but I wouldn't want to get in her way.
Here's a great thing about most bats here in America, they can eat their weight in a night hunt of mosquitos. Great to have around especially by fhe Mississippi River close to Missouri. Cute too
He's mistaken about the vodka. Yes, it does exist, but not in the US. It's from Poland and includes a blade of grass from the grasslands where the European Bison roams.
When I went to Hawaii in 2016 there was a dedicated monk seal response team. If a seal came ashore they’d rush out and erect barriers around them to protect them from dogs!
I wrestled a Bear in High School. It was at the Coastal Carolina Fair. The bear was 8 foot tall and weiged over 600 lbs. I was 6'5" and 245lbs... I didn't win...
@mage1439 I'm a big boy. I was a center/long snapper in college. I was 3rd in the State in SC High School Wrestling at unlimited weight class. I tried to get behind the bear and pick it up. Turns out bears don't like being picked up. The bear knew 14 Wrestling moves. It flipped me UPSIDE DOWN 6 feet into the chicken wire cage. Then it sat on me. I smelled like old bear, urine(bears... I think) and old beer. They gave the bear Miller Lites between matches. He had a good 12 pack in him by the time it was my turn. I was lucky, the bear Puked on the guy behind me.... Aaaah, Good Times
Black bears do look sweet and cuddly until you have a too close encounter with one that weighed 400 lbs! It’s a whole story that I’m not going to get into but I’ll just say they’re cute until you’re terrified
They wander into my neighborhood in western North Carolina every now and then. Make no mistake,they are very much wild animals! They can break into both cars and houses if the mood takes them! Thankfully, they're usually looking for food so they go on their way quickly enough.
@@mtnmagic1998 absolutely! The one that was on my porch that night had been getting fed by a new person in a neighborhood a street over! Some northern transplant who thought it was cool to feed it
I'm 77 & grew up in Texas. As a kid, I had a pet alligator. I kept it in an outdoor pen most of the yr. In winter, I set up a large tub in my bedroom until Spring. I moved to Idaho in 1998. I saved a 6 wk. old black bear cub that had been hit by a car. I knew a lady that rehabbed black bear cubs for the state of Idaho. She had me take it to an emergency vet clinic as it had a broken frt. leg. I found a black footed ferret killed by a car on the highway near the Utah/Idaho state line. I live up in the mountains so I seen bears, wolfs, mountain lions, wolverines, & river otters. I've seen lots of bison during trips to Yellowstone Nat. Park.
I'm not a fan of birds either. Many years ago I knew an antiques dealer who had a flock of about 12 geese that roamed free around his house and adjacent shop. They were great "guard geese". Whenever a stranger approached the house or shop, either on foot or in a car, the entire flock would honk out a warning and swarm the car and peck out at anyone who tried to exit it. Someone on foot would be in real danger of being bitten. The antiques dealer would have to come out and scatter the geese to let his customers enter his shop. And navigating through goose droppings on his lawn and walkway was disgusting. Nasty creatures, if you ask me, but he thought they were great.
I have been in Michigan, West Virginia, North Carolina, SC and GA. Living close to and in the woods I have never once seen any scary wild animals. Deer, skunks and muskrats but all these not once. Heck not seen a bear no have my pals. There is a simple saying for bears - black then fight back, if brown, lay down - but if white - good night.
I haven't actually seen a black bear in the wild. Know people who have. They just yell "get go on get" and the bear runs away. House cats have even been known to chase them off. However a momma with cubs would be a different story. However typically it's a juvenile wandering into someone's yard to raid the bird feeder. They scare off pretty easily.
Ferrets are fairly common pets, not wild ones of course. I had a friend in middle school that had 2. They can be litter box trained like cats but because they chew and get into things typically you'll keep them in a cage similar to a rabbit. They are sweeties but they are kinda stinky!
I never knew of the black footed ferrite. Once day while I lived in Las Vegas a ferret walked into the apartment behind me and it looked like that one. I thought he was a pet that had gotten out but no one around us said he was there so my roommate kept him. This little sucker was able to get out of any cage with any lock. I wonder if it was really a wild ferret that followed me into the apartment because someone had been feeding it.
No, you wee right the first time sweetie...the grouse is a prairie chicken...literally, it's a wild type of chicken. Ironically, it doesn't taste like chicken.
Grouse and chickens are in the same order and family, but different tribe, genera and species. Chickens are domesticated from the red junglefowl of SE Asia (genus: gallus, species: g. gallus. Chickens are species; g. gallus domesticus). Turkey, pheasant, partridge, peafowl and old world quails, are also in the same family, so if grouse are chickens then so are they. Grouse are several different genera of the tribe tetraonini, of which "prairie chickens" are one genus (tympanuchus). Spruce grouse, sage grouse, ruffed grouse etc., are not prairie chickens. "Prairie chicken" is a common name for two species of the genera tympanuchus (the third species being the sharp tailed grouse), so called because they are chicken-like. It does not mean they are actually chickens.
I love birds. I wish we had seen a nene while we were in Hawaii. I saw several buffalo at Custer State Park in South Dakota. I hate to say it, but they're also quite tasty 🙂 You should try a bison burger next time you're in the U.S.
Black Bears…fight like Hell Grizzly Bears…lay down on your stomach, cover your neck and head spread your legs apart to try to prevent the Grizzly from flipping you over.Side Note: I took care of a patient who had been attacked by a Grizzly Bear. The scratch gouging marks on his thighs and back was absolutely horrendous. Just the span was impressive! The scratch marks of one swipe was 20 inches wide. He survived and was grateful to be alive. Polar Bears…they only eat meat as opposed to the other types of bears. The Polar bears will eat you. Say your prayers because if those absolutely huge Polar Bear’s is attacking you, you will not survive.
Black bears don't scare me. Back in the time I used to do a lot of backpacking in the Sierra Nevada mountains I had close encounters with many black bears and they all left when I stomped my feet and yelled at them.
Ummmm, the black bear " zone " is everywhere. The Florida sub species is smaller than its Northern cousins. That's true of many wild animals in Florida. Being smaller keeps them from overheating. When we traveled up to see my Dad's family in Boston I was surprised to see how much bigger squirrels are up there. Nearly twice the size of our gray squirrels and flying squirrels. To my knowledge the flying squirrels are much more deep woods creatures. I've seen them gliding about there, but they leave the suburbs to their cousins.
We arw starting to have population growth of the Black Bear here in Missouri. The numbers have grown so quickly, our state has a season to hunt them i shot one last year during bear season. They have almost run off our deer and some of our small game here hopefully we can get a handle on them soon.
Talking about black bears. About a week ago, walking down my sisters street, was a black bear. My sister live in a town that is part of the Denver Colorado metro. No where near the wild. It was just strolling down the street having a good time.
Black bears are intelligent enough to avoid categorizing. While some animals run mostly on instinct, bears learn their habits and behaviours. They still have their own personalities, but their behaviours are largely driven by environment and experience. For some years I used to live in a small mountain town, where most people worked out in the bush and bears were around constantly. For some years, I used to commute to a tourist town for work - where bears are also around constantly. People who live and work in the bush have very different attitudes towards bears than tourists do. In the former, there is level of mutual understanding, and certain rules are generally observed by both humans and bears. Tourists are generally thrilled to see bear and can behave quite stupidly. They also see no long term effects in their behaviour. As a result the bears have little to no fear, they take incredible liberties and have no real respect for humans. As someone who spent my day in the two separate areas - 65kms apart. I basically regarded the bears as two separate species, with two completely different personalities and behaviours. Sadly the area I lived in has gone from a spread out community of 800 people, to a town of 17,000 since I left. Despite being heavily built up, the people who are there now are people who come from cities for the lifestyle and recreation, and the town is loaded with tourists. From records, it looks like at least 11 bears "had" to be shot there this year.
@@mtnmagic1998 I think the bears in NC in general are doing well? We have a similar number where I live - though I'm on an island less than a quarter the size of your state. I'm living in a small town, total population for the town and surrounds is about 1000. We are surrounded by forests and bears are never far away, and quite often in town. I've been here almost twenty years and don't know of one being shot.
@@adrianmcgrath1984NC is extremely built up, you can't drive more than 5 miles in any direction without seeing a business or home. So bears can definitely be a problem even in a state that size because there's not much room for them. They're also mostly in the mountains and the coast, not so much in the middle. I live in southwest Virginia now and I see bears every week since we moved in April, but I only saw a bear in person 1 time when living in NC for 15 years because I lived in central NC. The one I did see was on the coast, lol. My uncle in coastal NC has a trail cam and he sees them every night in his back field.
Trust me, even if bears were friendly and cuddly you wouldn't want to. They smell pretty bad. A cross between rotten meat and wet dog if you can imagine.
For the record, on occasion black bears will hunt humans. In fact, 80% of human fatalities involving a black bear occur as a result of predatory attacks, i.e., the black bear hunted a human, killed a human, and fed on a human. The good news is that if the human has taken the time to learn about bear behaviors, how to recognize those behaviors, what those behaviors mean, and how to react to them properly BEFORE GOING INTO BEAR COUNTRY most attacks can be prevented. Carrying bear spray and a firearm is also a very good idea because not all attacks can be prevented. Most can, but not all.
Black bears eat people. They take their time. You be alive for the first two or three days of the meal. Bear keep coming back to take another body part off you twice a day.
Bro, ud bleed out, u wouldn't be alive for days. My next door neighbors kid got mauled/eaten to death by a bear. The people that were with her when she got dragged out of the tent and away, said they could hear her screaming for around a half hour.
@@jonathonfrazier6622Dude, read Alaskan Bear Tales, read it when I was 10 and am still traumatized (47), it's a book series of stories of mauling survivors, the one I remember best involves a man crawling miles through the woods with his brain exposed. The point I'm trying to get at is just because something happens, even repeatedly, doesn't mean it's the norm.
When I was a teen we had some ferrets. We had one that we called Zorro because he looked like he was wearing a black mask over his eyes. You had to watch them close. He tried to pull a kitten of ours behind the fridge and I am assuming he was planning on eating it. Second of all a polecat is NOT a ferret is is a SKUNK.
Is a polecat and a skunk the same thing?  Striped polecats (Ictonyx striatus), or the African zorilla, are small carnivores that look like North American skunks but aren't. They're more closely related to weasels and have smaller, slender bodies. There are plenty of fun facts about this creature, like what they actually use a stink gland for, and more.
I love your videos 😍! I enjoy James, you and his mum 😄. It's always beautiful ❤️. I'm trying to watch the video of the Brits at Walmart and I can't!! I'm sorry. They are too pretentious. I know you are not, which is why I love watching anything you put up. Perhaps it's just me 😂.
Years back, I read that the reason black-footed ferrets were thought to be extinct was because they were being looked for during the day when they’re nocturnal. Don’t know if it’s true or not.
A brand new insect was discovered not too long ago in LA, oddly enough it was right next to a Roscoe’s chicken and waffles with a starkbucks right across the street and a Whole Foods right there.
I actually have a bird phobia...not sure if it has an official name but seriously...I'm scared of sea gulls. 😭 and geese....they absolutely terrify me. I live in Michigan and we have what we call Canadian Geese ....they are big and can be so mean and very Scary....to me anyway 😂
No they had their own species a long time ago dinosaurs r actually proven to have evolved into birds that we know today. Scientists discovered this not that long ago
Sharks have ZERO relation to dinosaurs! Wtf are you talking about? Hahahahaaaaa! The only thing that is more NOT related to dinosaurs are plants and vegetables! But Sharks are older than trees! The only relation crocadilaformes have is they are reptiles...and dinosaurs came from reptiles..so did mamals! T.rex is as closely related to crocodiles as we are...LITERALLY!
Shark are fish. Entirely different branch on the tree of life. Dinosaurs and crocodilians are indeed both archosaurs, that's still a broad grouping. By contrast birds are actually dinosaurs.
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The most dangerous black bears are the tiny ones, the size of raccoons - nearby there will also be a mama bear who thinks you will harm that cute little one.
I grew up in South Georgia and I can tell you from personal experience that there ARE gators in some sewers! And they get way bigger than 450 lbs!
I have been feeding a wild hawk in my backyard that was having trouble flying. We call it Tony Hawk. After 2 weeks of feeding it porkchops, it was able to fly. Only thing is, every morning it waits in a tree for more porkchops. Time to go to the grocery store, because I'm almost out of porkchops, again! 🦅
I remember when I was in Social Studies in 5th grade back in the mid 70s and I drew a picture of Black footed Ferret for an assignment on endangered species. Glad to see they're still around. Gawd I'm old, heh.
Lol @ a 450 pound alligator.... they get 3 times that size.
River otters are my favorite. Skunks are very socialble and nice as well (provided you don't annoy them).
The Black-footed Ferret is actually a close relative of the European Polecat. American Polecat is a nickname for it actually.
I saw Hawaiian monk seals on the island of Maui as recently as 2017. As soon as they were spotted a state official came to the beach to cordon off the entire area. Similar thing on the other side of the island where a native Hawaiian was looking after some rather large sea turtles!
A friend of my dad's brought three female bison and one male to our small area. The male escaped and impregnated surrounding cows. Dad bought some of the some of the meat from this. Know the farmers weren't happy at first, but they did make money from selling the calves.
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Even though American Bison/Tatanka aren't the focul point of the film, Dancing with Wolves has some cool bison shots. (And is a good movie nonetheless.)
Also the mini-series "Into the West"
POW Spruce grouse are not the only grouse living in temperate rain forest. I am from the west coast of Washington state, surrounded by temperate rain forest, and ruffed grouse are plentiful.
I lived in south Louisiana and RJ from Swamp People is related to my wife by marriage Gators get way bigger than that!
We are also moving into their home.. Not the other way around.. They are running out of places to call their own..
You can cuddle any animal… once 😂😊
Can you, though? I feel like being able to cuddle a bear once depends on if it wants to swat you as you run toward it arms-out.
I agee bats are creepy looking, but they are nice to have around to eat all the mosquitos we get in Ky.
I would love a few bat caves out here in Kansas or in East Texas where I used to live. Mosquitoes are the spawn of Satan.
@HistoryNerd808 Very true. I could definitely live without mosquitos. Growing up, we had a bat that got in our attic. It wasn't fun getting it out to set it free. 😂
Bats don't eat very many mosquitoes. That's a myth that originated when a scientist said bats ate the *equivalent* of "X" number of mosquitoes. People left out the "equivalent". "X" is made up of many types of insects, including many that are meatier than mosquitoes, such as moths and wasps. Mosquitoes comprise only 1% of a bat's diet.
He said male alligators can weigh up to 450 pounds but he might want to do a little more research because the heaviest on record weighed nearly 1,400 pounds.
And saying black bears only eat vegetation and fish, or totally mispronouncing many words, etc.
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He mixed up pounds and kilos several times. I think he meant 450 kilos which is 992 pounds?
@@ohmyme96679 the guy is American, Kilos is NOT used in the U.S.
...which doesn't happen, anymore.
Although I have a bad back, I helped a guy for a couple months feeding his buffalo. I watched them carefully. A couple even let me pet them.
There's a place near Springfield, Missouri (Strafford, MO) called Wild Animal Adventure. You can drive yourself or take the tour bus. I recommend the bus as the driver knows the animals. You can hand feed many of them, including the Bison in the park. Many different types of deer, cattle, even ostriches. They will all approach the bus looking for a handout, literally from your hand. Be sure to wash afterwards.
@@merlinathrawes746 Is that where all the videos of people in cars freaking out because bison and ostriches stick their heads into the car come from?
Pretty much ANY wild animal, and more than a few domesticated animals, can be dangerous if they feel they or their young are threatened.
There are many species of BATS in the US. While generally harmless to humans, they can carry rabies, so best to leave them alone. But the big advantage of having bats around is that most species of bats eat insects, including the ever pesky mosquito.
Chickens can fly into trees . They only can't fly when their flight feathers are trimmed.
I remember guineas at my grandfather's home in the mountains roosting in trees. They make good watchdogs.
Another Rare Animal that is in America is the Wolverine Which Michigan is known for.
Now there's one you don't wanna run across!
Well, that's not entirely true. Michigan Territory of the early 1800's is known for the Wolverine. Which included Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and parts of the Dakotas. Most of the populous in the territory was in the most developed areas along Lake Michigan. Being the source of various recourses and shipping. Their Militia that defended the Territory was primarily based in what is now the state known as Michigan and Wisconsin were known as Wolverines. In 1837 (? I think) Michigan applied for state status, which created the State of Michigan and renaming of the remaining land the Wisconsin Territories. It was at this point where things take a turn. The state of Wisconsin holds most of the Wolverine population with very few if any residing in the state of Michigan. Only depending on migration over food supply. What makes this interesting is the Badger in the family Mustelidae (wolverines belong to the same family)which is common in Michigan and rare in Wisconsin. The story I was told is that once Michigan became a state, those on the other side of Lake Michigan (Wisconsin) started to be referred to as 'those pesky Badgers.' So to finish this up, There are very few Wolverines in the state it's known for, and very few Badgers in the state they are known for. It's actually the reverse in population of the animal.
@@bettyrose959 You're Not Wrong Everything You Said is True, Truth Be Told It's Due to Not Just Food But Breeding Habits Since Their Territory Between is VAST like 600 miles.
We think there are black bears on my brother's farm. We know they are in the area. Sometimes, they are even seen in town.
Every one of these lists always has black bears because they are literally everywhere LOL. We have them right at the edge of town.
That's because man has destroyed their hunting grounds. Unfortunately, they now have to hunt for food in towns like mine in the Smoky Mtns.
@@mtnmagic1998 Whatever. We have them at the edge of town because that's where wilderness begins. Black bears are not endangered, they are thriving all across the United States. The amount of land in the USA that is wilderness is astounding. We have cougars at the edge of town too... but not for lack of wilderness areas. There's a plague of wild turkeys in town, and the big cats come in looking for them.
@@phoenixmichaels lol I hope you grow up one day
Every heart they have to have a few tranquilized and taken out of town here. They are usually just hanging out in a tree somewhere, not really bothering anyone.
@@lavenderoh Non sequitur. Just the plain facts kiddo. As I live right here in the middle of what I described above for 66 years, I likely know those facts better than you.
If you don’t want bears when camping don’t keep food in your tent. If you don’t want your vehicle destroyed don’t keep there either. Secure it separately. Supposedly there are bear proof ice chests, not so sure about that though.
I had a black footed ferret,they are awesome,but get into everything,they get along great with cats and dogs.My house was very busy.
The only one of those animals I've seen as an American is the bison. We have a bison farm around here. I have seen a few others in zoos, though, particularly the alligator. Here in northeast Indiana the common wild animals are raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, whitetail deer, coyote, fox, pheasants, turkeys, groundhogs, moles, skunks, mice, rats, snakes, frogs, turtles, muskrats and possums.
Rob er t on a residential street in ore I came face to face with a female cougar! Fortunately I knew not to run!
@@oldfogey4679 I think I would carry a pistol if we had such animals here. One of my friends was with a group of guys who pranked some deer once and got trampled by them, though. I suppose they can be dangerous if you are a young fool who intentionally frightens them into a stampede. I guess they anticipated the deer turning around and running back the other way. Wrong. They ran at the guys blocking their path and trampled one of them.
Gators are extremely dangerous animals. They are ambush predators and will eat anything they can catch including people.
I agree about the black bears - they look so fluffy and cuddly! I saw a mom black bear with a cub with her last week. Very exciting to see from a distance, but I wouldn't want to get in her way.
Here's a great thing about most bats here in America, they can eat their weight in a night hunt of mosquitos. Great to have around especially by fhe Mississippi River close to Missouri. Cute too
I live on the Mississippi River in Iowa but I hate bats! Yes, they are good for the bugs but, cute? They scare the you know what out of me LOL
@@DonnaLueders better than the Terodactyl skeetes that are on that river
" Arkop-pa-lay-go" ?
I'll be happy when these AI videos get pronunciation correct.
Hahahaha, it's so obvious, but I enjoy a good laugh.
Meh, until a couple of years ago I thought it was pronounced Arch-i-pull-AH-go.
@@mage1439I still think that every time I see the word. I know it's the acceptable way but I hate hearing archipelago pronounced as ark i pell ago 😂
He's mistaken about the vodka. Yes, it does exist, but not in the US. It's from Poland and includes a blade of grass from the grasslands where the European Bison roams.
Dang, and I wanted some so much.
When I went to Hawaii in 2016 there was a dedicated monk seal response team. If a seal came ashore they’d rush out and erect barriers around them to protect them from dogs!
I wrestled a Bear in High School. It was at the Coastal Carolina Fair.
The bear was 8 foot tall and weiged over 600 lbs.
I was 6'5" and 245lbs...
I didn't win...
Clearly you didn't. His paw print hit you so hard it's even on your pfp.
@mage1439
I'm a big boy.
I was a center/long snapper in college.
I was 3rd in the State in SC High School Wrestling at unlimited weight class.
I tried to get behind the bear and pick it up.
Turns out bears don't like being picked up.
The bear knew 14 Wrestling moves.
It flipped me UPSIDE DOWN 6 feet into the chicken wire cage.
Then it sat on me.
I smelled like old bear, urine(bears... I think) and old beer.
They gave the bear Miller Lites between matches.
He had a good 12 pack in him by the time it was my turn.
I was lucky, the bear Puked on the guy behind me....
Aaaah, Good Times
Black bears do look sweet and cuddly until you have a too close encounter with one that weighed 400 lbs! It’s a whole story that I’m not going to get into but I’ll just say they’re cute until you’re terrified
They wander into my neighborhood in western North Carolina every now and then. Make no mistake,they are very much wild animals! They can break into both cars and houses if the mood takes them! Thankfully, they're usually looking for food so they go on their way quickly enough.
@@mtnmagic1998 absolutely! The one that was on my porch that night had been getting fed by a new person in a neighborhood a street over! Some northern transplant who thought it was cool to feed it
I was in Yellowstone last year and some Bison walked around my van. These things are massive and awesome to see in person.
Check out some videos on the American Loon. 😅 No seriously. Gorgeous birds with a haunting call.
#9, I see these now and again. They're cute but can be ferocious as well, don't have small cats nearby.
I'm 77 & grew up in Texas. As a kid, I had a pet alligator. I kept it in an outdoor pen most of the yr. In winter, I set up a large tub in my bedroom until Spring. I moved to Idaho in 1998. I saved a 6 wk. old black bear cub that had been hit by a car. I knew a lady that rehabbed black bear cubs for the state of Idaho. She had me take it to an emergency vet clinic as it had a broken frt. leg. I found a black footed ferret killed by a car on the highway near the Utah/Idaho state line. I live up in the mountains so I seen bears, wolfs, mountain lions, wolverines, & river otters. I've seen lots of bison during trips to Yellowstone Nat. Park.
Alligator Snapping Turtle.
Turtle is delicious! Deep fried or chowder!
I'm not a fan of birds either. Many years ago I knew an antiques dealer who had a flock of about 12 geese that roamed free around his house and adjacent shop. They were great "guard geese". Whenever a stranger approached the house or shop, either on foot or in a car, the entire flock would honk out a warning and swarm the car and peck out at anyone who tried to exit it. Someone on foot would be in real danger of being bitten. The antiques dealer would have to come out and scatter the geese to let his customers enter his shop. And navigating through goose droppings on his lawn and walkway was disgusting. Nasty creatures, if you ask me, but he thought they were great.
Ferrets make great pets. Unfortunately they don't live vey long - about 6 years.
I heard ferrets are illegal to own in some parts of Calif. Cuz they are smart and can be used as jewel thieves!
I have been in Michigan, West Virginia, North Carolina, SC and GA. Living close to and in the woods I have never once seen any scary wild animals. Deer, skunks and muskrats but all these not once. Heck not seen a bear no have my pals.
There is a simple saying for bears - black then fight back, if brown, lay down - but if white - good night.
My daughter once had a pet ferret she named _"Frodo."_ He was a cute little guy.
I haven't actually seen a black bear in the wild. Know people who have. They just yell "get go on get" and the bear runs away. House cats have even been known to chase them off. However a momma with cubs would be a different story. However typically it's a juvenile wandering into someone's yard to raid the bird feeder. They scare off pretty easily.
Loved the video! Thanks!
Ferrets are fairly common pets, not wild ones of course. I had a friend in middle school that had 2. They can be litter box trained like cats but because they chew and get into things typically you'll keep them in a cage similar to a rabbit. They are sweeties but they are kinda stinky!
"LOOK AT THE GROUSE!!!!". "THERE MUST BE A MILLION OF EM!!!" (If ya know, then ya know)
Millie- I love this solo video! Nicely done! 🤗
There are 11 kinds of ungulates in Canada; you can find 8 of them in the Province of British Columbia.
5:00 If you enter a Black Bear's territory, they tend to flee rather than fight unless you surprise one, or you get close to a cub.
Buffalo 🦬 meat is delicious. It’s more lean than beef, chicken or turkey.
I never knew of the black footed ferrite. Once day while I lived in Las Vegas a ferret walked into the apartment behind me and it looked like that one. I thought he was a pet that had gotten out but no one around us said he was there so my roommate kept him. This little sucker was able to get out of any cage with any lock. I wonder if it was really a wild ferret that followed me into the apartment because someone had been feeding it.
Polecat is usually used to refer to skunks.
Black bears sometimes consider people food . In fact if a black bear attacks, it is usually predatory.
No, you wee right the first time sweetie...the grouse is a prairie chicken...literally, it's a wild type of chicken. Ironically, it doesn't taste like chicken.
Chickens belong to a specific genus of fowl originating from South and South East Asia. It is by no means a chicken.
Grouse and chickens are in the same order and family, but different tribe, genera and species.
Chickens are domesticated from the red junglefowl of SE Asia (genus: gallus, species: g. gallus. Chickens are species; g. gallus domesticus). Turkey, pheasant, partridge, peafowl and old world quails, are also in the same family, so if grouse are chickens then so are they.
Grouse are several different genera of the tribe tetraonini, of which "prairie chickens" are one genus (tympanuchus). Spruce grouse, sage grouse, ruffed grouse etc., are not prairie chickens.
"Prairie chicken" is a common name for two species of the genera tympanuchus (the third species being the sharp tailed grouse), so called because they are chicken-like. It does not mean they are actually chickens.
There's an enclosure with a herd of bison less than a quarter mile from my house.
i want one of these ferrets
Good to see you again! Hope you are doing well. 👍❤
We had two Girl Scouts killed when a black bear tore into their tent because they had Oreo cookies in it . Then bear was after the cookies.
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I love birds. I wish we had seen a nene while we were in Hawaii. I saw several buffalo at Custer State Park in South Dakota. I hate to say it, but they're also quite tasty 🙂 You should try a bison burger next time you're in the U.S.
Black Bears…fight like Hell
Grizzly Bears…lay down on your stomach, cover your neck and head spread your legs apart to try to prevent the Grizzly from flipping you over.Side Note: I took care of a patient who had been attacked by a Grizzly Bear. The scratch gouging marks on his thighs and back was absolutely horrendous. Just the span was impressive! The scratch marks of one swipe was 20 inches wide. He survived and was grateful to be alive.
Polar Bears…they only eat meat as opposed to the other types of bears. The Polar bears will eat you. Say your prayers because if those absolutely huge Polar Bear’s is attacking you, you will not survive.
And polar bears will track humans.
Attacking polar bear + Smith & Wesson .500 magnum = me surviving (🤞) .
@danieljohnson2349 Sorry, my money's on the bear. No offense! 😧
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The black footed ferret can't be that unusual. It's related to stoats and those are pretty common in the UK, aren't they?
Black bears don't scare me. Back in the time I used to do a lot of backpacking in the Sierra Nevada mountains I had close encounters with many black bears and they all left when I stomped my feet and yelled at them.
I've seen o monk seal come up on a beach and make it self at home on a lounge chair.
I fought a Canadian geese before there so mean.
Depression turkeys are mean too!
@@oldfogey4679 Yea well we eat them so they should be mean to us.
Ummmm, the black bear " zone " is everywhere. The Florida sub species is smaller than its Northern cousins. That's true of many wild animals in Florida. Being smaller keeps them from overheating. When we traveled up to see my Dad's family in Boston I was surprised to see how much bigger squirrels are up there. Nearly twice the size of our gray squirrels and flying squirrels. To my knowledge the flying squirrels are much more deep woods creatures. I've seen them gliding about there, but they leave the suburbs to their cousins.
Disney and Universal, in Florida, have bat houses all around their property because they eat mosquitos.
We arw starting to have population growth of the Black Bear here in Missouri. The numbers have grown so quickly, our state has a season to hunt them i shot one last year during bear season. They have almost run off our deer and some of our small game here hopefully we can get a handle on them soon.
I've tried to get close to gators in Florida. They quickly escape to the water and swim away. Just be aware of your surroundings.
And sometimes they escape into the swimming pools! Look before you leap!😮
I seen a baby black bear in purse. And its mother and siblings with up in the woods
Talking about black bears. About a week ago, walking down my sisters street, was a black bear. My sister live in a town that is part of the Denver Colorado metro. No where near the wild. It was just strolling down the street having a good time.
That's sad. We've taken their home.
IT'S A FROG WITH MONEY. NOTICE THE FUR COAT.
Black bears are intelligent enough to avoid categorizing. While some animals run mostly on instinct, bears learn their habits and behaviours. They still have their own personalities, but their behaviours are largely driven by environment and experience. For some years I used to live in a small mountain town, where most people worked out in the bush and bears were around constantly. For some years, I used to commute to a tourist town for work - where bears are also around constantly. People who live and work in the bush have very different attitudes towards bears than tourists do. In the former, there is level of mutual understanding, and certain rules are generally observed by both humans and bears. Tourists are generally thrilled to see bear and can behave quite stupidly. They also see no long term effects in their behaviour. As a result the bears have little to no fear, they take incredible liberties and have no real respect for humans. As someone who spent my day in the two separate areas - 65kms apart. I basically regarded the bears as two separate species, with two completely different personalities and behaviours.
Sadly the area I lived in has gone from a spread out community of 800 people, to a town of 17,000 since I left. Despite being heavily built up, the people who are there now are people who come from cities for the lifestyle and recreation, and the town is loaded with tourists. From records, it looks like at least 11 bears "had" to be shot there this year.
Sounds very close to the town I live in WNC.
@@mtnmagic1998 I think the bears in NC in general are doing well? We have a similar number where I live - though I'm on an island less than a quarter the size of your state. I'm living in a small town, total population for the town and surrounds is about 1000. We are surrounded by forests and bears are never far away, and quite often in town. I've been here almost twenty years and don't know of one being shot.
@@adrianmcgrath1984NC is extremely built up, you can't drive more than 5 miles in any direction without seeing a business or home. So bears can definitely be a problem even in a state that size because there's not much room for them. They're also mostly in the mountains and the coast, not so much in the middle. I live in southwest Virginia now and I see bears every week since we moved in April, but I only saw a bear in person 1 time when living in NC for 15 years because I lived in central NC. The one I did see was on the coast, lol. My uncle in coastal NC has a trail cam and he sees them every night in his back field.
Nene (Nay-Nay). The official bird of Hawaii.
Trust me, even if bears were friendly and cuddly you wouldn't want to. They smell pretty bad. A cross between rotten meat and wet dog if you can imagine.
Many people in the US have ferrets as pets you can buy them at a pet store one of the few "wild" animals that are allowed to be domesticated
Yep I've had a few ferrets over the years, very kind sociable creatures, they don't smell the best though.
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Remember that most animals are opportunistic carnivores, even if they are veggie.
For the record, on occasion black bears will hunt humans. In fact, 80% of human fatalities involving a black bear occur as a result of predatory attacks, i.e., the black bear hunted a human, killed a human, and fed on a human. The good news is that if the human has taken the time to learn about bear behaviors, how to recognize those behaviors, what those behaviors mean, and how to react to them properly BEFORE GOING INTO BEAR COUNTRY most attacks can be prevented. Carrying bear spray and a firearm is also a very good idea because not all attacks can be prevented. Most can, but not all.
Black bears eat people. They take their time. You be alive for the first two or three days of the meal. Bear keep coming back to take another body part off you twice a day.
Bro, ud bleed out, u wouldn't be alive for days. My next door neighbors kid got mauled/eaten to death by a bear. The people that were with her when she got dragged out of the tent and away, said they could hear her screaming for around a half hour.
@@suzz1776 It happened to one woman.
@@jonathonfrazier6622Dude, read Alaskan Bear Tales, read it when I was 10 and am still traumatized (47), it's a book series of stories of mauling survivors, the one I remember best involves a man crawling miles through the woods with his brain exposed.
The point I'm trying to get at is just because something happens, even repeatedly, doesn't mean it's the norm.
Of all animals, birds freak her out.lol.
When I was a teen we had some ferrets. We had one that we called Zorro because he looked like he was wearing a black mask over his eyes. You had to watch them close. He tried to pull a kitten of ours behind the fridge and I am assuming he was planning on eating it.
Second of all a polecat is NOT a ferret is is a SKUNK.
Is a polecat and a skunk the same thing?

Striped polecats (Ictonyx striatus), or the African zorilla, are small carnivores that look like North American skunks but aren't. They're more closely related to weasels and have smaller, slender bodies. There are plenty of fun facts about this creature, like what they actually use a stink gland for, and more.
@@mtnmagic1998 A Polecat is American slang for a Skunk because they have black stripe in the middle of the two white stripes on their back.
I love your videos 😍! I enjoy James, you and his mum 😄. It's always beautiful ❤️. I'm trying to watch the video of the Brits at Walmart and I can't!! I'm sorry. They are too pretentious. I know you are not, which is why I love watching anything you put up. Perhaps it's just me 😂.
In the wild.
I agree, if I saw this in the wild, I’d say chicken.
most time if you come across a black bear, the bear will run from humans most the time.
If only we could number them so we’d know which ones would attack.
Years back, I read that the reason black-footed ferrets were thought to be extinct was because they were being looked for during the day when they’re nocturnal. Don’t know if it’s true or not.
It's the ones that don't run away that will ruin your day!
I was a poet and didn't even know it.
@@larryprice5658 True. Although they are significantly less dangerous than we are.
Unfortunately, it's the ones that are the exception to the rule that can be a problem.
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A brand new insect was discovered not too long ago in LA, oddly enough it was right next to a Roscoe’s chicken and waffles with a starkbucks right across the street and a Whole Foods right there.
you should react to the movie called .... never cry wolf . a very interesting movie .
Do Not Feed Any Of These Wild Animals!!
Jus' Sayin'.😂 You've been warned.
I actually have a bird phobia...not sure if it has an official name but seriously...I'm scared of sea gulls. 😭 and geese....they absolutely terrify me. I live in Michigan and we have what we call Canadian Geese ....they are big and can be so mean and very Scary....to me anyway 😂
Canadian geese are aggressive little b@sterds.
It's called ornithophobia.
@@mtnmagic1998 ahhh thank you! Im going to do a bit of research now 😉
My one-and-only encounter with a black bear in 2008:
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Well gators are indeed distant reliatives of dinos. So are sharks. To clarify since people are mad, I mean to say shark are ancient.
No they had their own species a long time ago dinosaurs r actually proven to have evolved into birds that we know today. Scientists discovered this not that long ago
Gators and sharks have lived for a long time and even were alive when dinosaurs roamed the earth they r just really good at adapting
And they were bigger
Sharks have ZERO relation to dinosaurs! Wtf are you talking about? Hahahahaaaaa! The only thing that is more NOT related to dinosaurs are plants and vegetables! But Sharks are older than trees! The only relation crocadilaformes have is they are reptiles...and dinosaurs came from reptiles..so did mamals! T.rex is as closely related to crocodiles as we are...LITERALLY!
Shark are fish. Entirely different branch on the tree of life. Dinosaurs and crocodilians are indeed both archosaurs, that's still a broad grouping. By contrast birds are actually dinosaurs.
Well birds can be okay if eating them
Thats arka pell uh go not arca pelaygo.
Try reacting to the In-N-Out documentary.
Gators ARE dinosaurs
I like talking birds but can do without the rest! Thats cuz im into cats ! Cats birds usually shouldnt mix!