Grazer Attacks Small Bear | Bear Cam Break Down (Warning Graphic)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2021
- Mike Fitz explains why mother bear, Grazer, attacked a smaller bear who was trying to steal fish from her and her family.
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Thankyou for this break down Mike.
Yes I was disturbed when I first witnessed this interaction.
I do really admire and respect Grazer for how focused and fearless she is, but was a little upset when she seemed to lose it on this poor starving young bear.
But you're right the fish are scarce and there are so many more desperate fights for food. She knows she must think about herself and those Cub's of hers and I completely respect that.
So when do the Cubs actually start fishing for themselves and maybe help feed Mom too?
Or is it a rude awakening when Mom moves on, and they end up having to take care of themselves , or becoming thieves like this poor young Bear?
Who clearly thinks Grazer is a Mom and should be sharing her food with it, like it's Mother used to do.
Or could the young Bear even be younger than we thought and its Mother died or some how it got lost and was separated from it's mother before it was really ready?
I just hope All the Bears are able to get enough food to fatten up so they can survive the winter.
It's supposed to be a really harsh so they will really need to be nice and fat.
Thanks again for sharing this video and your break down Mike.
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@@katherinehunter9526 First year cubs generally begin to scavenge dead and dying salmon by the end of their first summer. Cubs usually begin to gain more enhanced fishing skills during their second summer. Divot and Grazer's yearlings this year, for example, are doing a great job catching their own fish at Brooks Falls.
Although it is possible that the young bear I highlight in the video was separated accidentally from its mother, I think it is an independent 2.5 year-old bear. It is probably spending its first summer on its own.
@@tedfio1tedfio1 Grazer weaned her last litter in 2018 and we think one or two of those cubs are still using the river this summer. They are much bigger than the young bear in the video who I think is an independent 2.5 year-old bear. It might be experiencing its first summer alone. On the day highlighted in the video, salmon were not plentiful at Brooks Falls so many bears were forced into a small area. Under those conditions young bears who rank low in the hierarchy generally are displaced from productive fishing spots which probably exacerbates their hunger makes them more willing to take risks.
@@mikefitz6837 Thankyou for replying and once again sharing your knowledge with us!
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I noticed that some bears look little malnutrition and some bears look very fat and chubby. Are skinny bears healthy and is that normal?
Back in my day, bears would earn their keep. There wasn’t any stealing of fish. Nowadays, these millennial bears think they’re entitled to everyone else’s catches. The young bears out of frame have their faces stuck in their bear phones looking at Bearstragram and Bear-tter and don’t know the meaning of a hard day’s work of standing in the river.
That’s hilarious!
No father in their life?
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You forgot Snap-bear
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I think that bear got a good shaking by the scruff of his neck. No real damage done, and lesson learned. Thanks for breaking this down. Mike. Good video.
Lesson learned: mess with the bear, you get claw and jaw.
He was pushing his luck and mama laid down the law.
Grazer gave a great demonstration on the bear version of "(Bleep) around and find out."
That 2 1/2 year old bear looks quite small for its age, in fact Grazers yearling cubs look to be about the same size maybe even larger.
I was thinking the same thing. That youngen is small. I hope it survives, and doesn’t have to put itself at such risk just to get a morsel of food. It is a tough life in the wild!
Grazer's yearlings are quite big for their age. I would be surprised if they weighed less than 200 pounds each. They are so big in fact that right now I wouldn't be able to determine if they were yearlings or 2.5 year-olds if I didn't recognize this family individually.
@@mikefitz6837 Thank you. That adds some perspective to the situation. :)
Wow, that was intense! It really drives home how hard the struggle can be for food/life.
Don’t think single cub learned anything from mama bears scolding him. He goes right back. He’s hungry.
I missed this and thank you for putting it up. I kept hearing about Grazer giving someone a "grazing". Well, little cub is fine, in spite of the beating, but learned a valuable lesson. I know the salmon were late and not as many as previous years, that tensions are very high this year, and was surprised to see so many young bear and sub-adults fishing at the falls and often in highly desired spots. I don't sense that hierarchy as being strongly established that we see each year. Instead it is more like Hunger Games. Hungry bears, grouchy bears, bears growling, bears fighting, too many in very close quarters, whereas they are usually spread out more and the younger ones or females with cubs are in the riffles or at LR. It is certainly an interesting year unfolding! Thanks, Mike!
After Grazer lets go of the bear, keep your eye on Grazer and she warns off that other big bear on top as well.
Thank you, very much, for your warning and description! I love your voice and tone; extremely easy to understand. You didn't sensationalize the degree of violence, and was empathic toward your viewers. You correctly assumed that many of us wouldn't have understood what was happening during the, likely disturbing, interaction While a huge number of people enjoy observing bears fishing at this famous feeding location, which you you understood doesn't necessarily mean we are highly knowledgeable about bears.
It was hard to watch and your reassurance about the amount of injuries and suffering the young bear incurred made me feel less emotional. I took the risk of getting extremely upset because you sounded trusting and compassionate, and watched this incredible.video until the end. I love to learn and you taught me a lot. I especially liked your slo-mo, play by play narration after seeing it without pauses.
Thanks, again, for your patience. Your passion for bears came through loud and clear, which was fantastic!
Take care and stay safe (Covid),
Jennifer
Well said!
Mike that was an exquisite explanation for this violent situation! Thank you!
Poor little guy got a beating but i hope he will be ok and get strong. Love all bears
Oy! I happened to catch this the other day. I popped on the channel the other day because it's enjoyable to have these animal cams on, and I was hoping to see a bear catch a salmon mid-air while jumping up the falls. I thought it'd be neat to see it "live", so to speak. Never did I imagine I'd see this!
Glad you went through the interaction step by step, because admittedly, I only had half an eye on it, and when I looked with full attention, I saw the little bear being shook like a rag dog; I didn't know what precipitated the interaction. Thanks for clipping and reposting this! I talked about it all night to my husband--HE was out doing an errand and missed it.
Mike Fitz thank you. Great to connect these great channel videos to a voice!
Great narration. I wonder if her own cubs learned anything from that incident.
As usual, another great play-by-play, @Mike Fitz! Thanks for all your information and dedication. :)
Thank you for the break down! I hate seeing them fight but it is so interesting to learn why.
Poor little baby bear!! I sure hope that he or she is alright! 😣
I was at scene witnessing this by my eye…the small one tried multiple times stealing the catch…
Thank you very much! Such an awesome video and explanation of what was taking place here.❤💚
The bears closest to the action looked like they were looking but trying to not get caught looking. No direct eye contact. Sideways glances.
Very interesting, thank you for the analysis!
Grazier has ALWAYS been ferocious!!! She is a good mom, but she DOES NOT PLAY!!! The young bear is lucky Grazier let it live.
I had watched that fight today several times without narration and was in awe. I could not believe that younger bear was warned so many times yet kept coming back. He's going to be a frisky one as he grows older. Thank you for the narration. It really explained so much.
He's obviously very hungry to keep risking stealing
same scenario was played again 2 times
Thank you Mike for this talk❤️
Live and learn
Thank you for the detailed explanation, very fascinating indeed
The young bear looks like it could be one of her older cubs that has been sent out on its own. It knows this is where mom fishes so trying to get the salmon the way it used to be with mom, thus would be why it has shown up in both areas.
Wonderful explanation. Thanks for sharing. Are there stats on how many bears don't make it through the winter or do they just not have the "rest" and have to hunt even in the winter? I have heard that bears don't actually "sleep" during the winter but can't hunt as much because food is scarce. I recently found these videos and am really enjoying watching them. Also, I am sharing with my grandson. He is truly an animal lover - any animal - and is asking to watch the videos whenever we are around a computer!
Thanks
I saw this when it happened and it was intense. Do not mess with a mother bear and her cubs and this sub adult learned his lesson the hard way.
Thanks for the analysis 😊
That bear is lucky he still has an ear.
Enjoyed the commentary!
The bear that was attacked doesn't look any larger, if not smaller, than the "yearlings". Could it be a cub of equal age that has lost it's mother? I'm curious how you age bears? Not saying this from ANY point of reference or knowledge, just wondering.
Grazer's yearlings are quite big for their age. I would be surprised if they weighed less than 200 pounds each. They are so big in fact that right now I wouldn't be able to determine if they were yearlings or 2.5 year-olds if I didn't recognize this family individually.
We don't have a conclusive ID on the young bear. Young subadult bears are the hardest to track from year to year because they grow so quickly. While it's possible that the young bear was separated early from its mother, it seems more likely that it is just a small 2.5 year old. We might see Grazer's cubs in a similar situation next year. She separated from her previous litter when they were that age. Her current yearlings are reaping the benefits of mom's protection now, but that won't last forever.
@@mikefitz6837 Thanks for the feedback.
This was really entertaining - Enjoyed it a lot (I just joined your channel fam).
Many years ago, I watched a video narrated by Sir David Attenborough about salmon, their duration to get to spawning grounds, etc. Exquisite documentary. Precise nature providing food for wildlife. Such disrespect by humans who would destroy this phenomenon and let the creatures starve who rely on salmon for food. I'm so sad. Hoping enough people are able to protect the food for animals to eat.
Grazer seems even more aggressive this year
Very interesting Mike. Thanks.
He keeps saying there weren't many fish that day despite the constant stream of fish jumping up the falls. This group seems hungry but the rest aren't even trying to catch the numerous fish and the falls are basically empty.
Id just like to add , the behaviour from the small bear at the bottom of the falls and also while that interaction was happening, another small bear at the top of the falls was trying to take the fish from the cub. The fact they were both willing to risk Grazers attack could indicate they may have been her previous litter. I don't know this as this is my first time watching this channel, but you will notice there behaviour was similar to the 2 younger cubs try to take the fish from grazer. Generally young animals are more comfortable taking from the animals they know. They risk being punished but not killed.🤔😊🌏
That first one, the young one, looked to be the size of her cubs!
That little bear is a tough little one . He sends that bigger bear away after this encounter with Grazer .
That's the bad thing about being a 🐻 they are ruthless animals. I do feel sorry for these sub adults because they are still small, still learning about how to live in the 🐻 world. Some mom's will keep cubs longer, some will throw out very young. Sad bear was clearly hungry, he almost got himself killed. Sad the fish aren't plentiful enough for all the bear's. Hopefully this sub has learned not to mess with bigger bears. Good luck buddy
This is fascinating ! Hard to watch but this is life in the wild ! Thank you very much for your explanations. I hope the young bear is ok today..
I went home after watching this video at work. I hadn't eaten all day. I knew I had this COOK's ready made roast beef dinner with vegetables and mash in an onion gravy in the refrigerator. I put my meal into microvawe for 3 minutes. I then started eating and my wife walks in. She must have been alerted by the microvawe ping sound effect. She glanced at my meal. I don't know if this is normal, and I didn't want to do this, but my animal instincts kicked in and I started making these growling sounds and showing my teeth. She backed off and I could happily finish my meal.
Grazer took that mothering to the next level and scruffed that bearling within an inch of its life
this was a scary sad video and I am greatly appreciative of your description of this situation. Have you been able to identify this young eager bear?
Thank you so much Mike, for your excellent knowledge
Absolutely great video of nature
It looks to me that Grazer wasn’t quite finished teaching the younger bear a lesson when she dropped him. Another bear was approaching her cubs at the top of the falls. There is a moment when she checks over her shoulder and see that this is happening. Then she quickly decides to drop the young bear and turns back to the adult bear to assert herself, likely to defend her place at the lip? Or maybe there are still some scraps of the salmon being held by one of the cubs. Great video. Thanks for this!
Wow I can't believe it didn't lose part of its scalp
As the old saying goes, what doesn’t kill ya makes you stronger 🐻
Or cripples you
Learning a lot from the video’s and the explanations. I do have to ask though, the fight in the previous video, was the Momma bear able to save her cubs? Was she ok?
I couldn't believe how willing he was to fight instead of fish for himself. I wonder if he lost his mom before learning to fish?
The bear is small, probably 2.5 years old based on its size. This is likely its first summer alone, and this is also a typical age for bears to separate from their mothers in Katmai National Park. At this stage in its life, fishing can be a difficult task. It hasn't developed the skills of older bears and it doesn't have the body size to occupy the most productive fishing spots. The bear's small body size does give it an advantage, however. It can survive and gain body mass on vegetation easier than the large adult bears. Salmon will also become more accessible in the area as they begin to spawn, so even though it faces challenges the small bear has the opportunity to overcome them.
@Bobb Grimley I think it was because we rarely see fights of that duration on the cams, and when we have seen long fights they have been between two large adults. Grazer clearly had the advantage too, and many viewers were concerned the smaller bear was going to be seriously injured. Witnessing this event was a learning opportunity for many of us, myself included.
That little guy looks like the same size as Grazer’s cubs. I’m wondering where is his/her mama?
wow - appreciate the narration to understand behaviours
Dang, Grazer got maaad. I feel bad for the little dude, but everyone was behaving according to their instincts and hunger. Plus Grazer had a bigger challenger behind her too. It isn’t fair to “blame” her for trying to defend and feed her family. Also isn’t fair to “blame” little dude for trying his luck as much as he could. He’s learned now :/
I agree. This was a learning curve for little dude. He's a determined little rascal.
@@shelberwelber yep, lesson learned, make the wee one a bit wiser for next time
Great video
She let go when she realized the cubs were being eye-balled by another adult.
Fascinating …. Love watching these guys.
This is Nature as it is, and not idealized as we sometimes happily imagine it. Hunger and self-preservation (extended to offspring) have always been, and always will be, violently powerful instincts.
Great explanation of bear behavior Mike! And particularly, of this instant at the falls. Bears, just being bears in the wild. Happy there were no serious injuries though.
To be fair, he had it coming for him
Sometimes, you have to learn the hard way
I’m glad I’m not on the receiving end of grazer’s wrath
My stars how insane.what a protectant parent! So how big is Grazer.
That was viscous but that’s survival in nature. A day in the life for sure. While watching over the last weeks I’ve noticed a few battles for position in the falls. And I’m surprised there wasn’t more battles like this. Nature isn’t it fascinating and beautiful!
Well when you look at some of the bears at Brooks falls they show up with all kinds of gruesome injuries and scars. When I'm able to watch the Brooks falls live cams I haven't seen a whole lot of intense fighting with bears getting injured. Maybe it's because they are concentrating on the fish so intensely.
I imagine the battles over mating rights would be much more violent and hard to watch especially if the bears are some of the crowd favorites from Brooks falls. I've seen Grazer go after other bears in the past and she kinds of "steamrolled" her targeted bear while giving them a bite or two. Then her targeted bear "gets out of Dodge" so to speak 🤓. The length of time that Grazer had the smaller bear by the neck while the falls pulled downward on the bear's neck really had me, as an animal lover, distressed but I'm glad he/she seems to be okay. Whew!
Thanks for the analysis, Mike.
Thanks for the analysis. I found this channel while looking for some new kind of nature since the Iceland volcano is hidden by so much vog/smoke/fog these days. I'm new to this so maybe this is an obvious question. Why aren't the trio of bears below the mid section of the falls going after all those salmon that are leaping but not getting over the falls
The bears below the falls in the video are fishing as well, but they understand they can't catch the leaping fish from those locations. Instead, they are waiting for salmon to swim into easy reach. The plunge pools and shallow areas below the falls often have salmon swirling in them and bears have learned to stand or sit in certain positions where the salmon are vulnerable. Bears use the waterfall's topography to their advantage.
@@mikefitz6837 , thanks so much for the explanation. I was surprised that none of the salmon that landed back in the water after leaping, ended up in a spot that the bears could get them. I'll have to keep watching and learn to see patterns like the bears can :D
That was a really interesting analysis, thanks, Mike. Could it also be the young bear that looks like it could even have been emancipated this summer have felt ‘safe’ approaching an older female? So still with a cub mentality that the ‘mother’ with cubs not much smaller than it would be more ‘forgiving’ so it felt more emboldened?
The young bear is small enough that I think it was recently separated from its mom and it is experiencing life on its own for the first time this summer. Subadult bears face a lot of challenges and competition from other bears for food. Even so, they are sometimes willing to push the boundaries around other bears to see what they can get away with, especially when they are hungry. Some mother bears at Brooks River are tolerant of the close proximity of young bears, yet Grazer doesn't seem to be one of them.
I would have broken up that fight with my bear hands
I flew over Brooks river in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Brooks River has to be one of the shortest rivers in the world.
Wow she really gave him a thrashing! How serious were his injuries? 🥺 I am concerned about 708's darker cub. I heard they were disoriented two days ago and then the next day no where to be found, and I am wondering if she could have fallen prey (something like this) from a bigger bear! I see babies take the fish that their Mamas just caught, so I am wondering if they tend to do that with other adults before they are "taught a lesson" so to speak!
The young bear didn't seem to sustain any serious injuries, at least none that we could see. As for 708's cub, it was separated from mom for a few days but the family eventually reunited.
@@mikefitz6837 Thank you for replying! ☺️
Cool Video cool TH-cam 👍🏻
oh no, how was the younger bear? injured? hope she is ok.
The younger bear has been seen at the falls after this event fishing. Mike does not think it will have any long term issues
@@ExploreLiveNatureCams Is this the same little guy that was seen with the bad limp?
Mike your book was fantastic!!!
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it.
Little bear dropping in on Big Bear's wave, on their home surf.
*Zoinks*
Fascinating interaction capture. Including the lack of interaction as well as reactions. ✅
Adolescent bear needed to learn his place. Hopefully he/she learned valuable lesson.
You say there’s hardly any fish in the water but I’m literally watching seven or eight salmon every two seconds jump up trying to get over to the top up stream and any of them can grab them in the air as they’re jumping for an easy meal.
same scenario of the 2,5 year old bear returning back was played again 2 times. he actually didn’t return back!
Is the best position at the top of the waterfall? And what happens when a bear of that smaller bear, (which is newly on their own) run across it's own mother while fishing? Will the mom show any recognition to it's now older child? Will she allow the younger bear to get close to her if she has new little cubs? I'm just wondering what family is like for bears that are newly on their own. When the mom kicks them "out the house" do cubs usually leave and stay together for a while before parting ways, because I know it's usually more than one cub in a litter. This a lot of damn questions...I'll go find a documentary but any answers yall have would be helpful
Wow…That was wild on every level. Thanks for the enlightening commentary. Very interesting and informative . 🐻❣️
Excellent work breaking all of this down. We can see a decent amount of fish jumping. You stated a couple of times that it was a day when the number of fish in the river was down. I would have thought by the number of fish I can see jumping that it would be a pretty good fishing day. Not so, huh? Thanks!
Look at the video, there's almost none jumping at that time. They are very hungry.
While there were some fish jumping, the volume of fish at the falls at that point in the day wasn't great enough that the less-than-dominant bears (such as subadults and smaller adults) to get their fish. The most productive fishing spots were occupied by the large adults for the most part, which left a lot of the other bears hungry. Later in the day, we saw the dynamic shift. A big wave of salmon pushed through and more than 200 salmon were jumping per minute. During that time, all bears were able to get their fill and small bears didn't need to take such great risk to get salmon.
@@mikefitz6837 Appreciate it, man. Sometimes it is hard to fathom just how many salmon there are during peak times. For myself having grown up in a town where salmon spawn, to see even twenty jumping a minute is a lot.
@@illuminotmereloaded6896 The salmon runs in Bristol Bay are truly on another level compared to most other places in North America. It's an amazing sight and hopefully serves as an inspiration to restore and protect salmon populations elsewhere.
Young bears are used to being fed or given food. Very glad he is ok but he learned a lesson that day.
That's a good point.
mmmm… this looks even more risky to cross than the crocodile crossings back here in Australia.
Wonderful clip. Thank you for sharing.
I'd like to know more about the "Other bear" that came to the cub after the cub (sub-adult?) shook it off.
I'm not sure, but I think it wanted to fish. The splashing of the other bear might've caught its attention and it might've thought there were fish nearby.
I watch this cam all the time and there are plenty of fish in that water just watch them jumping up the falls !
My god I didn't think that young bear would survive.
I absolutely love watching these bears 🐻
Very fascinating 🧐
Do not mess with Mama Bear.
Poor young bear!
is it possible to know if this little sub adult I've seen nicknamed lil bit has been seen this 2022 season?
Poor little bear.
Amazing!
The scruff of the neck, bears, dogs, cats, scruff of the neck
I’ve noticed bears watch other bears, but from the side, much like dogs do….they don’t look directly at another if they don’t want a confrontation. That’s what the other older bear behind the family was doing.
What was the outcome of the mama bear protecting her two Cubs when she got into a really bad fight with a really big bear. I don't know if she survived her Cubs survived ??
how long do the Cubs hang out with Mom while she still feeding them
Fascinating! Thanks for the great play by play… I’m feeling Mama Grazers’ frustration… I’ve had those kinds of days myself!🤣
They look cute from a distance but behave like psychopaths and have a killer look in their eyes...very impressive animals...
Not even Boo-Boo should interrupt Yogi's "pick-a-Nick" lol
You see there are consequences for theft. If only humans would understand that lesson.
I'm betting that the young bear is a offspring from years past.🤷♂️
He’s not. The rangers know all of Grazer’s offspring.