Every May we conduct a study on denning in wolves. This year one of the wolf dens with six pups was extirpated by a brown bear. Details are in the post - sidorovich.blog/2021/05/28/br...
Thanks a lot for so much interest to this our video. In a special post of our scientific blog we told about all the details of this interesting event (see sidorovich.blog/2021/05/28/brown-bear-attack-on-a-wolf-den-in-naliboki-forest-central-western-belarus/ ). Here we would like to explain some circumstances that led to several typical questions in the comments: (1) We did not shoot video directly. The footages with bear and wolves were taken by a camera-trap that was fixed around 10 meters far and 4 meters high (it is given in the movie, too). So, we could not scare the bear in that dramatic moment. (2) We put the camera-trap in a few days after this finding, being already convinced that the pups are normally nursed by their mother. (3) The bear came to the wolf den in a week after our last visit there. So there was not even a negligible amount of our smell at the den. We checked the camera-trap in a week after the bear attack. (4) A part of the event was not registered by the camera-trap, because the bear appeared out of the working distance of the movement detector of the camera-trap. As to bear, we put together all the video-shots, which we gained by the camera-trap; (5) We did not crawl into the wolf den to film the pups. We saw the pups from outside and took their video with putting out a hand. (6) We gained some arguments suggesting that bear’s attack led to the pups’ death (being eaten or graved with sand). However we still trying to clarify that by tracing their behaviour. In the comments given somebody said that in the movie there are more questions than answers. Zoologically (the authors are professional zoologists) it is not much important to get know how the pups died i.e. they were eaten or suffocated being under sand fallen on them or even if they were rescued by the parents. The latter is lovely, of course. The most important knowledge things from the video are: (1) A brown bear has attacked a wolf den with pups trying to kill them with a purpose (food or interspecific interference with wolves); (2) The parent wolves were afraid to approach and attack a bear destroying their den with pups. All others are of secondary importance. As to the questions about bringing human scent to the burrow den as a possible cause of driving bear to come, we will answer in several theses. First, in this forested area we live and work there are quite many people the terrain-wide particularly in the warm season. It was especially common presence of human in that place with the wolf burrow has been, because it was situated about 150 meters from a forestry road and about 1 km from a hamlet. Second, in Belarus bears being stressed by human all the time (hunters, antler searchers, tourists, forestry workers, collectors of berries and mushrooms etc.) are strongly afraid of people and avoid places recently visited by human. Third, here bears know all the burrows in their home ranges and they regularly inspect them by trying to steal up cubs of badgers or red foxes or their parents at a burrow or catch wolf pups. So, it was nothing surprising that the bear appeared at that wolf burrow-den. Forth, that bear came to the wolf burrow-den in a week after we carefully visited the burrow surrounding and almost in two weeks after we filmed the pups. So, there was no any our smell definitely.
Excellent description so sorry to hear that you received hate on the video quite honestly had you been there and scared the bear you a different group of people would be giving hate for interfering with nature. Amazing footage. Nature certainly can be beautiful and cruel in the same time. Ignore nasty comments job well done ✊
It was a great documentary for me to see the real nature environment, animal behaviors, and the danger of wild nature. I watched male bears attack and kill bear cubs, so these things happen in the real wild nature quite often. Thank you so much for uploading this video!
Thank you for your tireless efforts you went through to discover the interfacing between wolves and bears! Your work is priceless and greatly appreciated!
@@christinerose4839 I'm vegetarian, but throughout human history, people have hunted and farmed animals. Just because you happened to come along at a time where eating animals doesn't seem necessary for many, doesn't mean the ones that do are sick. It's part of nature, as you can see from this video. It's hard to understand because we're so spoiled in modern society. If you were put in a survival situation, you'd go back to animalistic tendencies. I personally don't eat animals because it's easy enough for me to live without meat, but it's not for all.
In large packs there’s usually a babysitter left behind to guard the den. Either a aunt or sister or brother. By the looks of it these parents were trying to start their own pack and it was just the two of them. I hope they’ve had better luck recently 🍀
@@jammasteracct488 he’s saying this is one example of what goes on everyday, and a narrative can be reality. I have no idea what your comment is insinuating.
Wolves will attack bears near their den if they're a larger pack. Presumably this was two young wolves trying to start a pack, so not much they could have done.
The sounds of nature here, the birds etc give off such a pleasant and peaceful vibe when at the same time the brutality of nature is underway. Nature is not a Disney cartoon. It is beautiful, inspiring and can be healing to our souls while just out of sight is the horrific but necessary reality of it all.
@@justadummy8076 Those birds may sound nice to us, but those birds are absolute monsters to the bugs and worms they consume to survive. Nature is a kill or be killed world for all!
those poor pups. omg they looked so cute. damn bear. i felt bad for the wolf couple. they came back and they were giving off “ man we were only gone a minute” energy
Don't think for one minute if those wolves were to be able to separate a bear cub from its mother that they wouldn't eat it! It's life, the food chain. Do you eat meat?
Just so you know, wolves also attack and have killed grizzly and polar bear cubs of the year. And like grizzlies, they have also dug out hibernating black bears and killed them as well.
@@raynshyn7160 actually many times. Infanticide is a reproductive strategy employed by males of several species including mice. Bears are induced ovulators so that if they can kill a female's offspring the female can be reproductive again soon after she stops lactating. There are videos of males killing cubs here on TH-cam. The long time dominant male at Brooks Falls, bear number 856 has been filmed killing cubs on more than one occasion. Use the search feature to find it.
I said the same thing. The bear was tracking their scent and came across the pups. They should have kept their distance from the den. Instead of walking right up to the entrance with a camera
@@RobertFairweatherMusic ever heard of a 12 gauge? I’d give it 2-4 shots before the bear is completely unrecognizable. With adrenaline I probably wouldn’t stop shooting until there was nothing left in my weapon to shoot 😂
It might be implied. But you should say in words that the bear ate the pups. Period so there’s no mistake and people understand that’s part of life cycle and there’s no questioning. Thanks
@@VisionCloudy well if it was a scent then yes. Technically you can’t smell pups underground I’m not a bear or don’t know everything but I’m sure the bear got the best of a human scent probably not knowing where he’s going just to check it out and sees the den. I think that’s how it went too by this footage. Dunno if bear was local but still I believe human scent over buried pups
More fascinating to me is just how far removed the human apex predator is. Inventing night vision cameras to watch other predators and the cycle of life. Humans might as well be aliens at this point
The camera not being able capture every color helps with that. It takes a lot of space to take video in hd and trail cams don’t have that much capacity. Even though they seem to blend in pretty good you definitely notice when you encounter them in real life trust me
As a scientist, I can teach you that they can change the color of their skin (this breed of wolf is hairless) to match their surroundings. Your welcom.
@@kingxray8719 when I really think about it, bears are in their own class of muscle. And as an animal. I mean, what even is it? Besides the obvious title (bear), lol. You got big cats(lions), dogs(wolves) or other animals otherwise appear like it belongs in the family of wolves, marsupials (kangaroo), etc. Gorilla maybe? 🤔
The bear appears to have come from the left, and when the people walk into frame of the same camera they came from the right, plus they are decked out as hunters so im guessing they are masking their scents either with scent neutralizer or urine. (not theirs, usually deer or whatever you are hunting, heck im not a hunter they might not even use urine anymore)
No, because the bears will tend to avoid humans. They kill wolf pups all the time just like wolves kill bear cobs all the time. The bear can smell the pup's scent from miles away. You're just an overly emotional nutjob who likes to blame fellow humans for everything. Grow up.
Reminds me of the landscape scenes in the Revenant If you have lovely warm cabin with a fridge full of food,a warm bed,a hot shower and running water,those landscapes are beautiful If not ,the wilderness is relentless and terrifying 😎
I really appreciated watching this video, though I am not sure why YT brought it up in my feed. Thank you for this snapshot of nature and also the matter-of-fact, almost journalistic style in how you presented this event.
@@wayoutside we live in a world in which the SIN NATURE dominates people. The day is coming when God will judge the world we can already see His Judgement is closer and closer. God has always used the elements of the earth to bring Judgement and all who has rejected Jesus Christ and what He accomplished at the Cross will be cast into the Lake of Fire. God will renew the earth back to perfection
You do know your scent is much stronger than that of the pups? The bear smelt that and found the pups. Although not intentional(I hope), you got them killed
Not in the least bit true. The smell of the pups deficating and leftover carrion is likely what attracted the bear. Also if you knew what you were talking about instead of pretending you would know that unless starving they will usually avoid people.
That's a trap camera. No humans are actually there recording, they recorded the pups 2 weeks before this encounter and put the trap camera up a week before this encounter. I doubt the bear smelled a scent of humans from a week ago......It's literally in the description box.
@@dabrownhornet99 I am proposing to be right with god so you too can make it to eternal life and be with him with the new heaven and the new earth of what was supposed to be.
Why didn’t you show the full video of when the bear finds the pups? It might be tough for some people to watch but that is nature. And nature is beautiful! Even the hard parts! But it’s important for people to see full circle, what nature is truly like.
I agree 100%! To each their own! I hope people find peace in their lives and stop worrying about hurting other peoples feelings by acknowledging the truth! Sometimes my feelings get hurt! But I access why and figure out if I need to change something.
Ranchers hate wolves. This video is easy to see through. In the beginning of the video, they walk right up to the den but at the end of the video they state All cameras were non intrusive.
@Pat Mckinnon you understood what the person was getting at so no need to correct the spelling. Unless you personally know that person, you don't know why it could have been spelt like that. Empathy is something maybe you need to learn yourself.
Why did you cut out the part where the bear finished the mission he was on? Sort of left us wandering if some of the pups were still there. Why even post part of a video if your not willing to post all of it? Maybe the pups were not even there when the bear was, parent wolves had already moved them because of human scent. So many unanswered questions with this video.
The photographer was leaving the sad grueling part of the destruction of the cubs out of view. Frankly I’m thankful for. We seen how many were in the den, and they were much to small to leave the den. Logic and visual tells the rest of the story.
@@cathyhouseholder3729 Just because you feel that way doesn't mean other people have to pay the price for censorship. Some people want to know the truth no matter how gruesome it is.
Its incredible how the actual attack is cut out. I saw that you wrote that anything excluded from the video is irrelevant but damn that's pretentious. Most people are not researchers looking to map the pack dynamic and behaviour of wolves After a bear attack on a den, and it's certainly not what you'd expect reading the title of the video.
I find brown bears to be very intimidating and scary. I’ve always been extremely paranoid of them and to this day I have never stepped foot in brown bear county despite my love for the outdoors. I can honestly say that I hate brown bears and they are perhaps my only major fear.
I live in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, so I understand your healthy fear of brown bears, that being said there's no reason to "hate" them. They're just out there trying to survive like any other animal does. The best thing you can do is acknowledge that you're in their territory and plan accordingly. When you're out and about in the woods carry bear spray and learn to recognize potential risks, such as the time of year, or the proximity to carrion that the bear might be coming back for later. The spring and fall are when you should be on the highest alert because you can run into a mother with her cubs, or stumble upon a bear trying to stock up for winter. Brown bears don't want to hurt you, they don't see you as prey you just need to be prepared and safe when you're in their territory. Having a dog with you can be a blessing or a curse. I used to have a Shepherd/Husky cross that would actually intimidate the bear and cause it to back down, the flipside of that could be that the bear gives chase and the dog leads the bear back to you. I'm only saying this because it's completely healthy and actually smart to have a healthy fear of brown bears, but there's no reason to hate them. They're beautiful amazing animals that have been around for millions of years because of their opportunistic nature, and their omnivorous diet. They're an essential part of the ecosystem, and crucial in their role to maintain the natural environments we both love.
This maybe is the exactly the same situation as the nests videos when attacked by ground predators. People left their scent from ground to top on the tree when going up to maintenance the cameras do not use masking sprays or other methods to hide their scent and after them the predators go up and mob the nest because of the scent people left on the trunk. And then they post videos and blame on the ground predators which in other situations would never go up to that nest. I made a lot of experiments through the years the scent that people left on the trunk can stay for months even if it was raining some times.
just in case one or two were able to scurry away from the den and hide for a bit. im sure eventually they would make their way back to the den if able to, and reunite with the parents.
That bear probably was investigating your scent and it stumbled upon the den instead. Young animals in the wild don’t give off strong scents . Your scent around that area sealed their fate.
@@MrRenanHappy young animals in the wild do not give off strong scent. This is a fact mostly among mammals. I never said they leave no scent. Please recheck my first statement.
@@m7mo0o if that was so the bear would have stack the den long time ago and their would be no recorded footage of them. But since the person put his camera down the den and also was installed cameras all around the area, it is safe to conclude without a doubt that since his interference into the equation the bear picked up on the odd scent that does not fit into the equation. Remember wolves territory and bear territory overlap all the time. A non constant scent in this equation would increase a bear curiosity even more.
So I figured that if there was a big pack. That was one big family. Why no one was there to defend the dens? Because if you have a pack of like twelve or fifteen wolves, they have no hesitation of taking on a grizzly bear or a brown
If you have footage of the bear taking the pups I would highly suggest you publish it. The role of wildlife footage really should be to show things that happen in nature that would be very difficult to see. This really should complement what zoos do because this is what nature really is and the role of a zoo is different in the grand scheme of things. People need to know that nature isn’t just animals coexisting without eating each other and these types of events will never be possible at a zoo. Zoos have the role of giving people an up close and relatively sanitized version of nature and footage of what really does happen frequently, albeit unseen, helps with the broader goal of educating about nature.
I think zoos will go the way of the dodo just like circuses are. It's depressing to go to a zoo and watch a caged animal just lay there or pace back and forth. Wildlife refuges seem to be a far better option. If people want to see an animal for a few minutes they could go on youtube. An animal shouldn't have to live in a cage for observation. The property owners exploit their lives for profit.
@@Severytree you perspective on zoos is extremely inaccurate and I would suggest learning about the real issues and what zoos are doing before you carry on with that mindset
I like strip joints and zoo’s. I say we have zoo animals walk around the stage as strippers do their thing. I see an extra $1 in the “G” string for the added value.
@@baleedat8560 I go to strip clubs and don't feel "bad" for them --- it's just girls enjoying a fun job and making good money --- they like when men pay attention to them
Bears are the most terrifying land animal. That bear literally shoveled the ground with it's own hands, leaving a hole that 3 men would make using tools. I'm quickly developing a phobia of bears.
The thing that’s actually scarey is that bears are smart. There are studies that have showed that bears are better natural navigators than humans. There have really been no definitive study on the brains of bears
@@sunnyshinecreation honestly the way things are going with violence, I wouldn’t say humans are really that much smarter than bears, bears as natural predators have to kill other animals to eat, humans kill each other over hurt feelings 😂
@@sunnyshinecreationNeil degrasse with Joe Rogan did video of bear walking past a tipped over highway cone and bear straightened it up n walked off without looking back
Have you had any research done on male bears and there actual food choices? Pup make noise including breathing, noise draws attention, Bears love pup nuggets..
This is easily the dumbest comment I've read on here You don't think that the bear simply could smell the pups? You should read up on a bear's sense of smell and their actions. They actually tend to avoid the scent of humans.
@@uschurch you’re a troll. Intentionally or unintentionally you are a troll. All of your recent comments are disparaging and confrontational. Life outside of TH-cam got you down?
It's funny how the zoologist say they were there a week before the bear got there and ate the wolves, to try to throw off the fact that they are the ones who brought the bear right to the den's door/opening!
watch the behaviour. The wolves moved extremely cautiously around the aproach to the den, people forget that animal's have a far superior sense of smell to ours.
u or we don't know when the supposedly parents arrived at that spot, was it before the pups were born or was it after the bear tore up the place, was this the pups parents or was it just another pair of wolves, everything is left to your imagination, and mine's very strong
This happens all the time in nature. The only reason you are mad is because it was filmed. The wolves would do the same thing to bear cubs if given the chance.
bears have a scent tens of times stronger than humans, if the parents visited the den every night then the bear wouldve caught scent of the den even without the dudes 'intervening'. And what if the bear ate the cubs? its the fucking circle of life, the bear need food too.
You said in your blog post "plausibly, the pups were killed and, perhaps, eaten by the beat." This camera was on the whole time though right? If they got eaten by the bear then wouldn't you have seen it?
Wolves just knew pups were not there anymore because they have a sublime sense of smell and they do not actually need to see something for revealing its presence. They were just sniffing around to see if the bear was in the surroundings , they returned to check if a pup returned to the lair. The bear would usually not be able to kill all of them and some would managed to escape , still it may also be all pups died during the attack.
Upon finding out his pups were kidnapped and likely eaten, father wolf decided that moment is the best moment to hike his leg and relieve himself right on top of the den. Nature is interesting 🤔
Wolves mark their territory to keep other predators away... My guess is that the scent wasn't strong enough and the bear wasn't alarmed because it didn't smell any marking... Nature IS weird lol...
It’s crazy how smart wolves are remind you that’s a camera no one is behind it the camera been sitting there filming for hours and the wolves looking around and looked directly into the camera so aware of their surroundings
I have a question....Seeing as how U people (the makers of this video)had walked all around the wolf den even sticking the camera down into the den which of course all of that would leave Ur scents around the den...What if that bear had been trailing Ur scents which led him to that den?🤔Just curious that's why Im asking...Thanks🙂
My thoughts exactly. These two alpha predators usually stay away from one another unless force to venture far and cross paths due to winter and lack of prey
Bears are thought to have the best sense of smell of any animal on earth. For example, the average dog's sense of smell is 100 times better than a human's. A blood hound's is 300 times better. A bear's sense of smell is 7 times better than a blood hound's or 2,100 times better than a human's.
Bears and wolves are number one and two respectively on the food chain and yes I am talking meat food chain not moth food chain. Grizzlies possess no predators. So, yes, absolutely mortal enemies, but wolves do not hunt grizzlies. They know better!
@@PeaceDweller Mountain lions are tough and mean. Concurred. But the reality of the matter is that wolves almost always hunt in packs and the mountain lion under natural hunting conditions no way is #2 on the food chain in Montana. Sure if we put them in a cage one on one the mountain lion being of the same size would be victorious. They are loners and cannot top the wolf from #2. Thanks for your comment Peace Dweller!
So.... Is there footage of the pups where they went? I thought wolves were excellent trackers did they track the bear? I would of loved to see that fight? Part 2?! I need closure
Its sad and nature and all that, but man that must suck to find a den and set up a camera just in time to capture that. Did the camera capture when the bear found them? Not asking to see im wondering if you excluded it purposefully or if the camera shut off on you. Definitely don't want to see that footage.
@Buying Stuff Settle down there Sheila, the man simply stated he wished the video wasn't edited. Not sure why you felt the need for a personal attack, but it comes across as you projecting your own issues towards another. Take a deep breath, relax ... everything will be okay. 😏
I was thinking something similar. They stuck a camera down the hole. That being said, I am sure they wanted to see the wolves grow up and had no idea this would happen.
@@culcune tell me this what's more likely and this more so goes to OP damkayaker ,, the bear came because he smelled the human who's last visit was two weeks prior OR the bear came because he smelled the pups who were there at the location for weeks without leaving (meaning also the mother was coming back and forth every few day to feed them)
Nah it’s kinda obvious, animals rely on smell most of the time, if your interfering with an area and leaving all kinds of smells, well u just f kd those animals.
Clearly, you took some closeup of the den, that where not made using the cameras in the trees. How do you know this fid not giveaway the location of the den and cause the pups to be killed?
They did that a week before. These bears have been in these woods forever, they know what a den is, they know where the dens are, they have incredible sense of smell. Why are people looking for ways to blame the photographers? As if, if it wasn't for the people who do these jobs we would know so much about animals and their behavior. If you want to learn about it, this has to be done. If you don't want this to be done, don't watch it. Contributing to their views is giving them a reason to continue. Basically if you're going to complain about something, don't support it. These people did nothing wrong here though. Do you work with wildlife in any way?
"censorship is when youtube creator doesn't show me puppies getting mauled" 🤣 Yall... What wasn't shown is quite obvious... And isn't necessary to understand what is behaviorally significant about this event. You guys just seem disappointed you'll have to use 10 seconds of imagination power if you want to see wolf puppies getting mangled by predators, lol. Trail cams don't record 24/7, and even professional wildlife photographers often miss key shots. What appears to be censorship in these cases is generally just missing footage.
@@Applebottompenis not mangled, eaten. and no, we dont know what happened,bc it was not shown. did all get eaten? did one just get trapped in the dirt and die, did one get away, we dont know
@@BranGrizz Read the pinned comment. Also, I don't know what kind of table manners the bears in your area have, but most certainly aren't paying attention to how cleanly they dispatch & butcher tiny animals... So yes, mangled, esp if this behavior is more driven by thinning out competing predators from its territory than viewing the pups as a legitimate prey item.
@@Applebottompenis i shouldnt have to read the pinned comment. it is a video media. you don't watch a movie that excludes the climax and just tells you to go read some excerpt. and sure ripped to shreds and left for agony and slow death to lessen predator competition. it's just nature and people need to see shit like that to know easy their lives are
Very interesting - thanks! I've thought one reason why grizzlies have done well when wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone was that they would steal kills away from wolves, but occasionally killing and eating pups may be another (marginal) reason.
Nah, the very few pups grizzlies get is inconsequential to their population dynamics. You're also not considering the fact that wolves do attack and kill grizzly cubs and subadults.
No one should be too quick to blame the humans, or to discard there possibility going right to the entrance of the den may have left a scent for bear to pick up. They are there for days, they bring food. The den is underground for a reason, so wind doesn't carry away the smell. But if you leave scents at surface level it may bring curious visitors.
Bears are thought to have the best sense of smell of any animal on earth. For example, the average dog's sense of smell is 100 times better than a human's. A blood hound's is 300 times better. A bear's sense of smell is 7 times better than a blood hound's or 2,100 times better than a human's.
This is an interesting point. However, couldn't the smell of humans just as easily scared a bear away? A bear doesn't want people in his territory, much the same as humans don't want bears in their house.
Where were the parents? Is it usual for both or for the pack to leave the pups behind without a guard? Did they sense the bear and abandon them? I assume the wolves watched the bear do it's work at least a portion of the time and am very surprised they didnt try to chase the bear off. I doubt the bear would stand its ground for long. From video that I've seen of bear vs wolf interaction in North America, bears usually have the upper hand but they dont seem to want trouble from adult wolves. This was very interesting and eye opening.
Wolves can’t do anything to a full grown Grizzly except annoy it and maybe to the point where the bear decides to leave. If there is food in question, that normally doesn’t happen. Wolves are not dumb, they will rarely tangle with a bear, it’s not worth risking any members of the pack. I live in primetime GRiZ and Wolf country in Montana and we welcome the death of any wolves. They are terrible for the ecosystem as they have decimated large groups of deer and elk population and will also kill domestic livestock. Wolves don’t always hunt for food, but just for the sport of it. We shoot them every chance we get.
The cameras were set to not interfere with the wolf pups and their lives?? How did you get the footage inside the den (:45) of the very much alive pups?? videographer
@notsosilentmajority1 think about what you just said. If YOU wanted, for example - to film the interactions *around* a wolfcub den, would you not check that the den actually had pups in it first? (otherwise what's the point of filming an empty den?) So, having seen and filmed the existence of pups - you then set up your trailcam at a distance...to film the activity *around* the den. That's what a biologist means when they are trying to keep interference with the wolf pups to a minimum. Ok?
@@pipfox7834 Hey, if you actually believe it wasn't the human contact that brought the bear to kill those cubs, then that's up to you. Obviously, they knew there were cubs in there and they went to the den to film them, which we see on video. This is one of those situations in which you believe what you want to believe and other people are free to disagree with you.
Thanks a lot for so much interest to this our video. In a special post of our scientific blog we told about all the details of this interesting event (see sidorovich.blog/2021/05/28/brown-bear-attack-on-a-wolf-den-in-naliboki-forest-central-western-belarus/ ). Here we would like to explain some circumstances that led to several typical questions in the comments:
(1) We did not shoot video directly. The footages with bear and wolves were taken by a camera-trap that was fixed around 10 meters far and 4 meters high (it is given in the movie, too). So, we could not scare the bear in that dramatic moment.
(2) We put the camera-trap in a few days after this finding, being already convinced that the pups are normally nursed by their mother.
(3) The bear came to the wolf den in a week after our last visit there. So there was not even a negligible amount of our smell at the den. We checked the camera-trap in a week after the bear attack.
(4) A part of the event was not registered by the camera-trap, because the bear appeared out of the working distance of the movement detector of the camera-trap. As to bear, we put together all the video-shots, which we gained by the camera-trap;
(5) We did not crawl into the wolf den to film the pups. We saw the pups from outside and took their video with putting out a hand.
(6) We gained some arguments suggesting that bear’s attack led to the pups’ death (being eaten or graved with sand). However we still trying to clarify that by tracing their behaviour.
In the comments given somebody said that in the movie there are more questions than answers. Zoologically (the authors are professional zoologists) it is not much important to get know how the pups died i.e. they were eaten or suffocated being under sand fallen on them or even if they were rescued by the parents. The latter is lovely, of course.
The most important knowledge things from the video are:
(1) A brown bear has attacked a wolf den with pups trying to kill them with a purpose (food or interspecific interference with wolves);
(2) The parent wolves were afraid to approach and attack a bear destroying their den with pups.
All others are of secondary importance.
As to the questions about bringing human scent to the burrow den as a possible cause of driving bear to come, we will answer in several theses.
First, in this forested area we live and work there are quite many people the terrain-wide particularly in the warm season. It was especially common presence of human in that place with the wolf burrow has been, because it was situated about 150 meters from a forestry road and about 1 km from a hamlet.
Second, in Belarus bears being stressed by human all the time (hunters, antler searchers, tourists, forestry workers, collectors of berries and mushrooms etc.) are strongly afraid of people and avoid places recently visited by human.
Third, here bears know all the burrows in their home ranges and they regularly inspect them by trying to steal up cubs of badgers or red foxes or their parents at a burrow or catch wolf pups. So, it was nothing surprising that the bear appeared at that wolf burrow-den.
Forth, that bear came to the wolf burrow-den in a week after we carefully visited the burrow surrounding and almost in two weeks after we filmed the pups. So, there was no any our smell definitely.
Excellent description so sorry to hear that you received hate on the video quite honestly had you been there and scared the bear you a different group of people would be giving hate for interfering with nature. Amazing footage. Nature certainly can be beautiful and cruel in the same time.
Ignore nasty comments job well done ✊
It was a great documentary for me to see the real nature environment, animal behaviors, and the danger of wild nature. I watched male bears attack and kill bear cubs, so these things happen in the real wild nature quite often.
Thank you so much for uploading this video!
How sad for the pups .
Thank you for your tireless efforts you went through to discover the interfacing between wolves and bears! Your work is priceless and greatly appreciated!
What trail camera were you using?
As sad as it looks, Wildlife don't have grocery stores to shop at.The wolves do the same thing to other creatures. Live by the tooth, die from it too.
True but if you were there you wouldn't have
As far as I’m concerned the kind of people who butcher live stock are sick individuals just like some comments on this post
I've seen a lot of animals shopping at Walmart.
@Christine Rose
So you’re vegan, I take it?
@@christinerose4839 I'm vegetarian, but throughout human history, people have hunted and farmed animals. Just because you happened to come along at a time where eating animals doesn't seem necessary for many, doesn't mean the ones that do are sick. It's part of nature, as you can see from this video. It's hard to understand because we're so spoiled in modern society. If you were put in a survival situation, you'd go back to animalistic tendencies.
I personally don't eat animals because it's easy enough for me to live without meat, but it's not for all.
In large packs there’s usually a babysitter left behind to guard the den. Either a aunt or sister or brother. By the looks of it these parents were trying to start their own pack and it was just the two of them. I hope they’ve had better luck recently 🍀
So did the bear get the pups?
@@nedee1714 I too saw the green screen! Wow!
@@StelznerGaming what green screen
If real, the human scent lead the bear straight to that den.
Doesn't matter if they had a babysitter or not...lol. I've seen videos of these grizzleys not even phased by a whole pack of wolves
You laid a scent trail leading the bear right to the wolf pups.
Yeah thought the same, agh!!!
Of course he did , how else would he be there at this exact time .. shameful 😢
i am thinking the same things...cruel
Thought the same thing. Not to judge anyone here as I don't know for sure. They better didn't attract the bear to the den or they shall burn in hell.
Pretty much.
Its absolutely terrifying how much stamina and strength a bear has
I saw a video where bear chased a deer that was miles away. Bear ran fast and for a long time, never stopped
Still they look so cute fluffy huggable friend shaped 🐻💋
I know right? Blizzard need to nerf it and buff warriors and paladins.
@@unconscious1076until they start trying to eat u
@@SuperYtc1 LMFAO!
This is one footage of the zillion whose narrative is: "the chance of reaching adulthood in the animal kingdom is close to nothing".
There’s literally THOUSANDS with that narrative .. what r u talking about ? LoL
..and it’s not reel a narrative, it’s just REALITY.
@@jammasteracct488 he’s saying this is one example of what goes on everyday, and a narrative can be reality. I have no idea what your comment is insinuating.
This is clearly staged just like how a arson will watch the fires he lights while the people that live inside burn alive
I thought the wolves were gonna come back and fight the bear. This video was alot more sad than I thought it'd be :(
Nature is cruel. Life is cruel.
Wolves will attack bears near their den if they're a larger pack. Presumably this was two young wolves trying to start a pack, so not much they could have done.
@@jonnyw82 dayum nature you scary.
Ye I was hoping for a death battle
yes in a movie, but IRL nature this thing happened for millions of years
Crazy how much the wolves blend in! Looks like the forest floor is moving. Especially at 4:55. Absolutely insane.
wow, that is amazing. 4:57 especially, when he looks away into the forrest. Almost impossible to see him.
That’s honestly insane! True perfection of nature
ThNks for sharing.
I’m pretty sure it’s just the quality of the video. In real life it’d still be hard to see but way easier than on video
Most of the time you won't see wolfs in the forest. It's almost impossible. @@NillyNolly
yeah, just like in Predator
The sounds of nature here, the birds etc give off such a pleasant and peaceful vibe when at the same time the brutality of nature is underway. Nature is not a Disney cartoon. It is beautiful, inspiring and can be healing to our souls while just out of sight is the horrific but necessary reality of it all.
Bird sing to communicate, so they’re probably telling each other about the bear
@@justadummy8076 Those birds may sound nice to us, but those birds are absolute monsters to the bugs and worms they consume to survive. Nature is a kill or be killed world for all!
Yes , it's beautiful but also brutal and sad(only from our perspective, nature doesn't see it as we do)
Well said.
I think behind the scenes of Disney is much scarier than a bear. Those poor kids.
those poor pups. omg they looked so cute. damn bear. i felt bad for the wolf couple. they came back and they were giving off “ man we were only gone a minute” energy
Damn bear. How dare you eat to survive. Big jerk. Should just starve.
@@thewickedone2676 oooouuu good point.
what pups..? i didnt see no damn PUPS..!!!!!
Lmaoo probably arguing like “damn I told you to stay back but nooooo u just had to come”
Don't think for one minute if those wolves were to be able to separate a bear cub from its mother that they wouldn't eat it! It's life, the food chain. Do you eat meat?
Just so you know, wolves also attack and have killed grizzly and polar bear cubs of the year. And like grizzlies, they have also dug out hibernating black bears and killed them as well.
Male grizzlies will eat grizzly cubs also. That has also been documented a few times.
@@raynshyn7160 actually many times. Infanticide is a reproductive strategy employed by males of several species including mice. Bears are induced ovulators so that if they can kill a female's offspring the female can be reproductive again soon after she stops lactating. There are videos of males killing cubs here on TH-cam. The long time dominant male at Brooks Falls, bear number 856 has been filmed killing cubs on more than one occasion. Use the search feature to find it.
@@snappingbear , yes, thank you 👍 for the reply🌞. I just didn't want to be "overbearing".😂😂😊🌞.
This bear only had luck because it was a new family whithout any older pups. No help for pups only the 2 parents.
@@snappingbear I’ve seen male lions do this same thing. Kill the cubs so the female will want to mate.
You basically led the bear to the pups.
Wrong, you think that bear can’t smell wolves and humans and every other thing out there? Fool.
Maybe.
You demonstrate how little you know and how lazy you are. Read the pinned comment to clue yourself in...
I said the same thing. The bear was tracking their scent and came across the pups. They should have kept their distance from the den. Instead of walking right up to the entrance with a camera
Don't you think the parents also leave a scent trail.
Has it occurred to you that your scent investigating the wolf den probably led the bear to it?
I think the scent of the wolves would be much greater than that of the humans, to lead the bear to that location.
@@landonshores7004 I probably disagree....maybe the wolves mask the scent by rolling around some soil/grass.
@@landonshores7004humans have a scent found nowhere else in nature, a distinct sent that the bear know exactly what it is.
Unless he directly touched the wolves, it’s far more likely the bear picked up on the scent of the parents
And I'm sure the bear appreciated it
Wolves would surely kill and eat Brown bear cubs as well, it's just nature.
Parents don't leave your kids at home alone.
Word
😂
Or if you go on a " hike " take the kids LOL
🙌🙌🙌
😥
Yeah the wolves should of took the kids in the Volvo to the grocery store 🤦🏾♂️
Damn you can’t fight a bear, you can’t climb a tree, and now apparently you can’t even bury yourself. These bears are unstoppable
Would a rocket launcher work? They are like furry tanks so I think rocket launcher best weapon for shooting bears.
Bear spray is all you got.
If you stop and flex on them do a back spin move and drop it like it’s hot you can confuse them
Wolves are hell of a smart predators. So there should be a strong counterforce to keep the balance.
@@RobertFairweatherMusic ever heard of a 12 gauge? I’d give it 2-4 shots before the bear is completely unrecognizable. With adrenaline I probably wouldn’t stop shooting until there was nothing left in my weapon to shoot 😂
It might be implied. But you should say in words that the bear ate the pups. Period so there’s no mistake and people understand that’s part of life cycle and there’s no questioning. Thanks
I always wondered who is actually dumb enough to follow things like candace owens
they could smell that bear's scent everywhere - so they knew what happened!
you said that enough
Yeah but the guy left his scent all over the den and the bear checked it out
@@trav2190 You think the bear was more intrigued by the mans scent instead of their natural prey 😂😂😂
@@VisionCloudy well if it was a scent then yes. Technically you can’t smell pups underground I’m not a bear or don’t know everything but I’m sure the bear got the best of a human scent probably not knowing where he’s going just to check it out and sees the den. I think that’s how it went too by this footage. Dunno if bear was local but still I believe human scent over buried pups
Bad chad video is over came here to check out the bear 👉😎😎😎😎😎😎🤣🤣🤣
Judging by the wolves behavior and insistence on visiting multiple nights, I highly doubt any of that litter made it.
Nope, they were like a bag of fun sized snickers.
The circle of life. The food chain is crazy
I know it's the circle of life, sad to see nonetheless
More fascinating to me is just how far removed the human apex predator is. Inventing night vision cameras to watch other predators and the cycle of life. Humans might as well be aliens at this point
@@rickm6076 Fascinating comment.
Why was the video cut, did the bear drag each one of those pups out? How quickly did the parents get back and were there any survivors
I like how the pups instinctively know to stay in the den. Unfortunately the bear still dug them out.
Did he really get em???
😢😢😢
@@fawtycal6708 What the fuck do you think happened? Nature isn't a Disney movie, bud.
@@zekayman bro don't comment on my shyt like that... fuck what you think
@@fawtycal6708 And you're going to do what, exactly?? 😂😂
Amazing how effective the wolve's natural camouflage is....they blend right in with the surrounding environment!!
yeah, I was amazed by that as well
The camera not being able capture every color helps with that. It takes a lot of space to take video in hd and trail cams don’t have that much capacity. Even though they seem to blend in pretty good you definitely notice when you encounter them in real life trust me
Too bad it wasn't enough...
And we have amazing color vision! To most of the animals besides birds and some predators they are almost invisible!
As a scientist, I can teach you that they can change the color of their skin (this breed of wolf is hairless) to match their surroundings. Your welcom.
Wow. The close up at the end with the claw marks…Imagine just ripping through 5feet of earth like it’s nothing.
The bear is just built different
@@kingxray8719 when I really think about it, bears are in their own class of muscle. And as an animal. I mean, what even is it? Besides the obvious title (bear), lol. You got big cats(lions), dogs(wolves) or other animals otherwise appear like it belongs in the family of wolves, marsupials (kangaroo), etc. Gorilla maybe? 🤔
@@chrisoher Tigers eat bears.
@@wayneegli8379 I don't doubt that as I'm sure bears will eat tigers as well. That's besides my point.
@@chrisoher According to a quick google search, bears evolved from small, tree climbing mammals similar to raccoons in the Miacidae family.
Ever wonder if your scent trail may have lead the bear to the wolf den???
The bear appears to have come from the left, and when the people walk into frame of the same camera they came from the right, plus they are decked out as hunters so im guessing they are masking their scents either with scent neutralizer or urine. (not theirs, usually deer or whatever you are hunting, heck im not a hunter they might not even use urine anymore)
No, because the bears will tend to avoid humans. They kill wolf pups all the time just like wolves kill bear cobs all the time. The bear can smell the pup's scent from miles away. You're just an overly emotional nutjob who likes to blame fellow humans for everything. Grow up.
Exactly what I was thinking
Just read their comment, they explain very well why that was not the case, it won't take more than a minute.
Of course they are going to say what they have to say to get rid of the guilt!
That's awesome! I'm glad it popped up on my feed worth the watch for sure
Reminds me of the landscape scenes in the Revenant
If you have lovely warm cabin with a fridge full of food,a warm bed,a hot shower and running water,those landscapes are beautiful
If not ,the wilderness is relentless and terrifying 😎
I really appreciated watching this video, though I am not sure why YT brought it up in my feed. Thank you for this snapshot of nature and also the matter-of-fact, almost journalistic style in how you presented this event.
Well said.
TLDR: cool vid
The algorithm has brought everyone here
That’s right Phillip encourage those who are going out and taking wildlife out of the wild really smart
@@wayoutside we live in a world in which the SIN NATURE dominates people. The day is coming when God will judge the world we can already see His Judgement is closer and closer. God has always used the elements of the earth to bring Judgement and all who has rejected Jesus Christ and what He accomplished at the Cross will be cast into the Lake of Fire. God will renew the earth back to perfection
I think your human scent which the bear associated with food led it to the den. Good job.
Try not to hurt yourself with all that critical thinking.
You do know your scent is much stronger than that of the pups? The bear smelt that and found the pups. Although not intentional(I hope), you got them killed
Not in the least bit true. The smell of the pups deficating and leftover carrion is likely what attracted the bear. Also if you knew what you were talking about instead of pretending you would know that unless starving they will usually avoid people.
Yeah sure bears avoid people right???? Thats why there are NO videos of bears and humans having contact no where near woods.
That's a trap camera. No humans are actually there recording, they recorded the pups 2 weeks before this encounter and put the trap camera up a week before this encounter. I doubt the bear smelled a scent of humans from a week ago......It's literally in the description box.
Wow a TH-cam biologist!! 🤩
It's nature. No need to edit nature.
But this is not the way the world was meant to be. Chaos ensued because of the fall of man.
@@iffymarashi7700 what are you proposing?
@@dabrownhornet99 I am proposing to be right with god so you too can make it to eternal life and be with him with the new heaven and the new earth of what was supposed to be.
@@iffymarashi7700 you think god is thicc?? If so I’ll make right
my god is a thicc girl that helps me sleep by smothering my mouth with her feet
Damn, you don’t see this view of nature often: a bear digging up and eating a whole litter of little puppies. So brutal.
Apparently we didn't see it either. The camera guy edited it out.
I don't think they got eaten?
Kinda like people raiding department stores these days with no recourse.
@@myrtlelittle4130 ???? What's that got to do w the video? Get some help.
@@myrtlelittle4130 validated. Bunch of animals that need to be kept in check
Why didn’t you show the full video of when the bear finds the pups? It might be tough for some people to watch but that is nature. And nature is beautiful! Even the hard parts! But it’s important for people to see full circle, what nature is truly like.
That’s in the eye of the beholder. For me, nature is indifferent.
@@Khav.Kalash.Vendor facts
Too many snowflakes on TH-cam.
I agree 100%! To each their own! I hope people find peace in their lives and stop worrying about hurting other peoples feelings by acknowledging the truth! Sometimes my feelings get hurt! But I access why and figure out if I need to change something.
It would have been unpleasant to watch, but I agree, it would have interesting to watch the whole scene unfold.
Anyone else think the youtuber led the bear to the pups? Bears have incredible sense of smell and might’ve picked up on their scent in that area.
Ranchers hate wolves. This video is easy to see through. In the beginning of the video, they walk right up to the den but at the end of the video they state All cameras were non intrusive.
@@isheetfromaswhole3657 Deer and Moose hunters too.... as much as people try to hide the fact, wolves have had a big impact on those numbers
Can't jump in the water, can't run, can't out climb, can't even hide in a small cave. If a bear wants you, it's not a good day.
This is why you should always carry a firearm in the woods.
@@quest4adventure495 Or, here's a novel idea, stay out of the woods.
I didn’t think grizzly’s could climb?
@@rob7385oh buddy, you’re on TH-cam. Might as well search some videos now. Bears are so good at climbing trees
A wolf can deff outrun a bear
This is the first time I see this point of view from nature. As a parent, I feel empathie for the wolfes ...
*Wolves
Thank you guys for correcting my gramar. English is not my first language. Greetings from Slovenia!
@@thebalderthor4884 *supercilious
@Pat Mckinnon *supercilious
@Pat Mckinnon you understood what the person was getting at so no need to correct the spelling. Unless you personally know that person, you don't know why it could have been spelt like that. Empathy is something maybe you need to learn yourself.
This is why you never leave your kids home alone, you will always return to a trashed house.
Anyone else feel bad for the Cubs? They were all just tiny lil pups. 😔
When apex predators meet, someone must pay the price
Nope, bears have to eat
i do but thats called nature
Nope, I hope the cubs go another century before they win a series!
Yes Mac I do feel bad for the cubs! Can't you see the trouble I am in over it! Absolutely!
Why did you cut out the part where the bear finished the mission he was on? Sort of left us wandering if some of the pups were still there. Why even post part of a video if your not willing to post all of it? Maybe the pups were not even there when the bear was, parent wolves had already moved them because of human scent. So many unanswered questions with this video.
If a bear takes a dump in the woods...
I agree
The photographer was leaving the sad grueling part of the destruction of the cubs out of view. Frankly I’m thankful for. We seen how many were in the den, and they were much to small to leave the den. Logic and visual tells the rest of the story.
@@cathyhouseholder3729 I disagree since its nature we wanted to see the destruction of the little wolf pack!🤷
@@cathyhouseholder3729 Just because you feel that way doesn't mean other people have to pay the price for censorship. Some people want to know the truth no matter how gruesome it is.
Incredible footage. Thanks for sharing.
Its incredible how the actual attack is cut out. I saw that you wrote that anything excluded from the video is irrelevant but damn that's pretentious. Most people are not researchers looking to map the pack dynamic and behaviour of wolves After a bear attack on a den, and it's certainly not what you'd expect reading the title of the video.
I find brown bears to be very intimidating and scary. I’ve always been extremely paranoid of them and to this day I have never stepped foot in brown bear county despite my love for the outdoors. I can honestly say that I hate brown bears and they are perhaps my only major fear.
Same, Bears terrify me especially Brown ones.
Firearms are much more useful than cameras. 45-70 govt and larger.
@@hekter2364 If they didn't, I'd say there is something very wrong with you.
@@hekter2364 racist
I live in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, so I understand your healthy fear of brown bears, that being said there's no reason to "hate" them. They're just out there trying to survive like any other animal does. The best thing you can do is acknowledge that you're in their territory and plan accordingly. When you're out and about in the woods carry bear spray and learn to recognize potential risks, such as the time of year, or the proximity to carrion that the bear might be coming back for later. The spring and fall are when you should be on the highest alert because you can run into a mother with her cubs, or stumble upon a bear trying to stock up for winter. Brown bears don't want to hurt you, they don't see you as prey you just need to be prepared and safe when you're in their territory. Having a dog with you can be a blessing or a curse. I used to have a Shepherd/Husky cross that would actually intimidate the bear and cause it to back down, the flipside of that could be that the bear gives chase and the dog leads the bear back to you. I'm only saying this because it's completely healthy and actually smart to have a healthy fear of brown bears, but there's no reason to hate them. They're beautiful amazing animals that have been around for millions of years because of their opportunistic nature, and their omnivorous diet. They're an essential part of the ecosystem, and crucial in their role to maintain the natural environments we both love.
No pups were going to survive that. Great footage, R.I.P pups.
They lived a good life for mama and papa. RIp little ones ❤ this will make your parents even tougher.
The suspense was killing me. They didn't officially say what happened so i assume total decimation. Wow that is nature! Ditto to this comment.
@@michaelcorrigan6577 they're just living in the bears stomach instead of the den thats all.
My heart was pounding in fear. Ya nature is brutal.
A friend of mine use to have a simple saying, “The bear don’t care”.
I feel like your scent and going near and into the den intrigued the bears curiosity.
This maybe is the exactly the same situation as the nests videos when attacked by ground predators. People left their scent from ground to top on the tree when going up to maintenance the cameras do not use masking sprays or other methods to hide their scent and after them the predators go up and mob the nest because of the scent people left on the trunk. And then they post videos and blame on the ground predators which in other situations would never go up to that nest. I made a lot of experiments through the years the scent that people left on the trunk can stay for months even if it was raining some times.
This is very likely, unfortunately 😕
I agree and was thinking the same thing when I saw the camera lurking into the den. Camera person indirectly killed the pups.
exactly my thoughts
If it can smell human it can smell dinner pups were going to be eaten regardless
This made me shed a tear. The fact that they kept coming back each night to look for them…
just in case one or two were able to scurry away from the den and hide for a bit. im sure eventually they would make their way back to the den if able to, and reunite with the parents.
@@Gizziiusa
bear ate them all
Would you cry for the rabbits that the wolves would mutilate?
@@heehooheehaa8350
and would you cry bout Saddami whos was executed like a homeless in unknown cotacombs?
@@heehooheehaa8350
When? U r sitting on kitchen and do nothing since 2006. BHAHAHAAAAHA
15 years... bla bla bla, kitchen warrior
BHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
Life can be cruel or kind depending on if you're eating or being eaten.
Is there a link to see the whole video??
Fascinating film. Thank you for posting!
That bear probably was investigating your scent and it stumbled upon the den instead. Young animals in the wild don’t give off strong scents . Your scent around that area sealed their fate.
Agree completely.
Do you have proof that the wolves themselves leave no scent?
@@MrRenanHappy young animals in the wild do not give off strong scent. This is a fact mostly among mammals. I never said they leave no scent. Please recheck my first statement.
@@alvinjames470 how do you know that the bear wasn't going after the grown-up parent wolves scent?
@@m7mo0o if that was so the bear would have stack the den long time ago and their would be no recorded footage of them. But since the person put his camera down the den and also was installed cameras all around the area, it is safe to conclude without a doubt that since his interference into the equation the bear picked up on the odd scent that does not fit into the equation. Remember wolves territory and bear territory overlap all the time. A non constant scent in this equation would increase a bear curiosity even more.
So I figured that if there was a big pack. That was one big family. Why no one was there to defend the dens? Because if you have a pack of like twelve or fifteen wolves, they have no hesitation of taking on a grizzly bear or a brown
Nice work capturing that on film guys 👍🏻
You do realize that 5 or 6 years old is ancient by wild animal years. You try and live outside with just your wits.
If you have footage of the bear taking the pups I would highly suggest you publish it.
The role of wildlife footage really should be to show things that happen in nature that would be very difficult to see.
This really should complement what zoos do because this is what nature really is and the role of a zoo is different in the grand scheme of things.
People need to know that nature isn’t just animals coexisting without eating each other and these types of events will never be possible at a zoo.
Zoos have the role of giving people an up close and relatively sanitized version of nature and footage of what really does happen frequently, albeit unseen, helps with the broader goal of educating about nature.
I think zoos will go the way of the dodo just like circuses are. It's depressing to go to a zoo and watch a caged animal just lay there or pace back and forth. Wildlife refuges seem to be a far better option. If people want to see an animal for a few minutes they could go on youtube. An animal shouldn't have to live in a cage for observation. The property owners exploit their lives for profit.
@@Severytree you perspective on zoos is extremely inaccurate and I would suggest learning about the real issues and what zoos are doing before you carry on with that mindset
Going to the Zoo is like going to the strip club; you want to have fun, but you just end up feeling bad for them.
I like strip joints and zoo’s. I say we have zoo animals walk around the stage as strippers do their thing. I see an extra $1 in the “G” string for the added value.
@@baleedat8560 I go to strip clubs and don't feel "bad" for them --- it's just girls enjoying a fun job and making good money --- they like when men pay attention to them
Bears are the most terrifying land animal. That bear literally shoveled the ground with it's own hands, leaving a hole that 3 men would make using tools. I'm quickly developing a phobia of bears.
The thing that’s actually scarey is that bears are smart. There are studies that have showed that bears are better natural navigators than humans. There have really been no definitive study on the brains of bears
@@forw4rdp422 If you take a look at the brains of bears you can see they are similarly well developed as human brains, they must be intellige t
@@sunnyshinecreation honestly the way things are going with violence, I wouldn’t say humans are really that much smarter than bears, bears as natural predators have to kill other animals to eat, humans kill each other over hurt feelings 😂
@@sunnyshinecreationNeil degrasse with Joe Rogan did video of bear walking past a tipped over highway cone and bear straightened it up n walked off without looking back
I need to see wolves eating bear videos now for the balance
The bear probably smelled the camera man more than the wolves. You should have stayed the hell out of the den.
Not probably.. it did... they wanted them gone...
Have you had any research done on male bears and there actual food choices? Pup make noise including breathing, noise draws attention, Bears love pup nuggets..
@@thumper62973 The bear smelled human scent miles away before it heard or smelled the pups....Human interaction caused this tragedy.....
@@jedidiah5131 how can you be so sure
Stop blaming humans everytime
@@jedidiah5131 this tragedy is called nature, the only thing the humans did was let you see it in action.
you guys setting up the cameras and walking to the den in the first place brought extra attention along with it
Exactly 🤔🙄🎯
Imagine blaming someone for nature taking its course
No,,LOL, bears do this, they can smell something from a mile away. Quit being a hater.
@COLTON AKA SNOWATIM do you know this bear? Did it tell you that?
This is easily the dumbest comment I've read on here You don't think that the bear simply could smell the pups? You should read up on a bear's sense of smell and their actions. They actually tend to avoid the scent of humans.
Can’t help but feel like the humans discovering the den and then surveilling it ultimately led the bear to the den.
You can only blame yourself for your own thoughts that don't reflect reality...
@@uschurch you’re a troll. Intentionally or unintentionally you are a troll. All of your recent comments are disparaging and confrontational. Life outside of TH-cam got you down?
So what happened to all of the cubs? Did they all get eaten?? run away?
This is like 1/2 a story with no ending….
I saw the full video posted elsewhere. As soon as the bear uncovered the pups, the beat dropped and they all did the Harlem Shake. Best one yet.
@@Whelmed. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oregon Motorcycle,
You REALLY couldn't figure out the ending?
story needs a revenge arc bad!
@@Whelmed. I love reading comments. I'm always amazed at the sense of humor us humans have. Love your comment.😁
Hmmm makes me wonder, however, if the human scent had not been brought to the den, would the bear have ever gone in to investigate.
I never watched the rest of the video. What happens to the wplves?
Trying to find someone to blame.......this happens in nature and wildlife every day. Human around or not .....
Exactly, human scent all over the area and leading to the den intrigued the bear and made him want to investigate
Humans are allowed in natures aren't we aniamals?
@@3ShadesBlack5 no shit. But in this particular situation it’s probably the cameraman’s fault
I prayed for the Man for strength a very touching photo
In the toughest of times
Amen
It's funny how the zoologist say they were there a week before the bear got there and ate the wolves, to try to throw off the fact that they are the ones who brought the bear right to the den's door/opening!
They knew what occurred as soon as they arrived.
How do you know? Maybe they didn't?
watch the behaviour. The wolves moved extremely cautiously around the aproach to the den, people forget that animal's have a far superior sense of smell to ours.
u or we don't know when the supposedly parents arrived at that spot, was it before the pups were born or was it after the bear tore up the place, was this the pups parents or was it just another pair of wolves, everything is left to your imagination, and mine's very strong
@@JomoDaMusicMan Totally. It is a crappy video.
Helloooo wolves have amazing scent capabilities and would know it was a bear as soon as they saw it
looks like this bear found this den because it followed the scent of the human with the camera.
Unlikely..... Bears find wolf dens all the time, just like how wolves find and kill bears when they are hibernating
This happens all the time in nature. The only reason you are mad is because it was filmed. The wolves would do the same thing to bear cubs if given the chance.
bears have a scent tens of times stronger than humans, if the parents visited the den every night then the bear wouldve caught scent of the den even without the dudes 'intervening'. And what if the bear ate the cubs? its the fucking circle of life, the bear need food too.
You said in your blog post "plausibly, the pups were killed and, perhaps, eaten by the beat." This camera was on the whole time though right? If they got eaten by the bear then wouldn't you have seen it?
Grizzly " ima bout to order 5 price mcolf wolf" smells the air " uh oh! Gotta bounce!"
It's crazy how smart wolves are the one didn't wanna stick its head in the hole so it got to high ground to see if the predator was still there
Wolves just knew pups were not there anymore because they have a sublime sense of smell and they do not actually need to see something for revealing its presence. They were just sniffing around to see if the bear was in the surroundings , they returned to check if a pup returned to the lair. The bear would usually not be able to kill all of them and some would managed to escape , still it may also be all pups died during the attack.
High ground? It was the same height🤣
They were also smelling and trying to here the predator.
@Big Shoes! A six year old wii be, i guess. But why are you comparing them to us?
Upon finding out his pups were kidnapped and likely eaten, father wolf decided that moment is the best moment to hike his leg and relieve himself right on top of the den. Nature is interesting 🤔
The bear came in like “Oooh puppy veal, Imma monch on their cronchy lil’ bones!😋”
If the cubs left they would sniff their way back home to poppa wolf...my thoughts
I totally noticed that and felt that was very odd response too
Watch the Human Behavioral Biology lectures by Sapolsky
Wolves mark their territory to keep other predators away... My guess is that the scent wasn't strong enough and the bear wasn't alarmed because it didn't smell any marking... Nature IS weird lol...
It’s crazy how smart wolves are remind you that’s a camera no one is behind it the camera been sitting there filming for hours and the wolves looking around and looked directly into the camera so aware of their surroundings
How are the kids? Are they alright?
@@SaulTeeMeatare you allright?
@@openminded-jm2oc HEY... BEHAVE
@@SaulTeeMeat only if you promise me to take your medication pills
@@openminded-jm2oc CORK IT
You cut out a lot of the video it seems. Is there somewhere to watch all of the footage?
I have a question....Seeing as how U people (the makers of this video)had walked all around the wolf den even sticking the camera down into the den which of course all of that would leave Ur scents around the den...What if that bear had been trailing Ur scents which led him to that den?🤔Just curious that's why Im asking...Thanks🙂
Thats exactly what i thought.. he should of never went near it
My thoughts exactly. These two alpha predators usually stay away from one another unless force to venture far and cross paths due to winter and lack of prey
Bears are thought to have the best sense of smell of any animal on earth. For example, the average dog's sense of smell is 100 times better than a human's. A blood hound's is 300 times better. A bear's sense of smell is 7 times better than a blood hound's or 2,100 times better than a human's.
@@paddington1670 so you go around copy and pasting it everywhere huh...
Bears try to avoid humans whenever possible so I doubt it, more than likely the bear caught the scent of the wolves and followed it back to the den.
So _that's_ why bears and wolves are mortal enemies...
Bears and wolves are number one and two respectively on the food chain and yes I am talking meat food chain not moth food chain. Grizzlies possess no predators. So, yes, absolutely mortal enemies, but wolves do not hunt grizzlies. They know better!
@@robertsteffes5487 Wolves are more like number 3 to be honest. A Good size Mountain Lion would handle a Wolf one on one unless the pack is around.
Sadly this is just what all animals, birds, and reptiles do.
@@PeaceDweller Mountain lions are tough and mean. Concurred. But the reality of the matter is that wolves almost always hunt in packs and the mountain lion under natural hunting conditions no way is #2 on the food chain in Montana. Sure if we put them in a cage one on one the mountain lion being of the same size would be victorious. They are loners and cannot top the wolf from #2. Thanks for your comment Peace Dweller!
You mean wolves and vampires
So....
Is there footage of the pups where they went? I thought wolves were excellent trackers did they track the bear? I would of loved to see that fight? Part 2?! I need closure
Its sad and nature and all that, but man that must suck to find a den and set up a camera just in time to capture that. Did the camera capture when the bear found them? Not asking to see im wondering if you excluded it purposefully or if the camera shut off on you. Definitely don't want to see that footage.
Let me guess after the parents came back the mother wolf blamed the dad wolf
Yep, “I gave one thing to do, just ONE !!!…….”
Dad wolf: "Ma, I'll call the boys. We'll take care of it!"
NO They blamed Trump!!
@@ronbonick4265 ...not a bad guess
@@scottvaj4434 "nows you can't leave" the wolf who played
Chazz Palminteri in a Bronx Tale
From Texas. This is what the internet is supposed to be. Fascinating.
I agree.
yes true but who gives a shit where you from
Alexas Texas?
@@fullmeddljacket8486
So you repeat what people use to say to you ?
@Naust Eco Station what camera did you use?
Omg 😭😢 they're new parents. They had no older pups to babysit. Omg. I cried when they came back and found out their babies were gone
Omg 🤯 .
Show the whole video man ! Why cut it ? Just put a warning up for the squeamish .
I kinda thought i would see the whole thing too smh
@Buying Stuff "Inbred," said the man who lacks a basic understanding of grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.
@Buying Stuff Settle down there Sheila, the man simply stated he wished the video wasn't edited. Not sure why you felt the need for a personal attack, but it comes across as you projecting your own issues towards another.
Take a deep breath, relax ... everything will be okay. 😏
@Buying Stuff go eat your W.A.P. somewhere else. Nobody gives AF that you like being censored
@Buying Stuff beta!
You led the bear to the den with your stench.
I was thinking something similar. They stuck a camera down the hole. That being said, I am sure they wanted to see the wolves grow up and had no idea this would happen.
@@culcune tell me this what's more likely and this more so goes to OP damkayaker ,, the bear came because he smelled the human who's last visit was two weeks prior OR the bear came because he smelled the pups who were there at the location for weeks without leaving (meaning also the mother was coming back and forth every few day to feed them)
Nah it’s kinda obvious, animals rely on smell most of the time, if your interfering with an area and leaving all kinds of smells, well u just f kd those animals.
Clearly, you took some closeup of the den, that where not made using the cameras in the trees. How do you know this fid not giveaway the location of the den and cause the pups to be killed?
They did that a week before. These bears have been in these woods forever, they know what a den is, they know where the dens are, they have incredible sense of smell. Why are people looking for ways to blame the photographers? As if, if it wasn't for the people who do these jobs we would know so much about animals and their behavior. If you want to learn about it, this has to be done. If you don't want this to be done, don't watch it. Contributing to their views is giving them a reason to continue. Basically if you're going to complain about something, don't support it. These people did nothing wrong here though. Do you work with wildlife in any way?
Did you really edit out the bear attack? What are you? Disney?
The censorship is so strong you're just missing 70% of the story.
"censorship is when youtube creator doesn't show me puppies getting mauled" 🤣 Yall...
What wasn't shown is quite obvious... And isn't necessary to understand what is behaviorally significant about this event. You guys just seem disappointed you'll have to use 10 seconds of imagination power if you want to see wolf puppies getting mangled by predators, lol.
Trail cams don't record 24/7, and even professional wildlife photographers often miss key shots. What appears to be censorship in these cases is generally just missing footage.
@@Applebottompenis not mangled, eaten. and no, we dont know what happened,bc it was not shown. did all get eaten? did one just get trapped in the dirt and die, did one get away, we dont know
@@BranGrizz Read the pinned comment.
Also, I don't know what kind of table manners the bears in your area have, but most certainly aren't paying attention to how cleanly they dispatch & butcher tiny animals... So yes, mangled, esp if this behavior is more driven by thinning out competing predators from its territory than viewing the pups as a legitimate prey item.
@@Applebottompenis i shouldnt have to read the pinned comment. it is a video media. you don't watch a movie that excludes the climax and just tells you to go read some excerpt. and sure ripped to shreds and left for agony and slow death to lessen predator competition. it's just nature and people need to see shit like that to know easy their lives are
@@Applebottompenis For some reason we shouldn’t be allowed to see how nature REALLY is because, your feelings?
Very interesting - thanks! I've thought one reason why grizzlies have done well when wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone was that they would steal kills away from wolves, but occasionally killing and eating pups may be another (marginal) reason.
Wolves are competition & could possibly put a bear cub at risk tho rare.
Nah, the very few pups grizzlies get is inconsequential to their population dynamics. You're also not considering the fact that wolves do attack and kill grizzly cubs and subadults.
They've actually been documented as hunting together in Yellowstone
Wolf pack and bear
I hate bears
Alligators s too.
@@BUBBLESPOGO me toooooo!!!!
Bear picks up on human scent and follows it to a hole in the ground "hello what do we have here?"
So is the pups dead from get ate or no or did they got crushed by the den
Your smell all around the place may have interfered.
You may have attracted the bear to the den.
They explained in description that it was a week after they installed the cameras. So its unlikely they caused this.
@@popenieafantome9527 you're underestimating their scent
@@markymarco2570 So are you, bears can smell pups, a bears nose is more sensitive than a dogs.
People like you are so quick to blame the people without fully understanding the behaviors of the animal you're talking about.
No one should be too quick to blame the humans, or to discard there possibility going right to the entrance of the den may have left a scent for bear to pick up. They are there for days, they bring food. The den is underground for a reason, so wind doesn't carry away the smell. But if you leave scents at surface level it may bring curious visitors.
You took out the most interesting part
Yeahh men that was more sad than what hapend jajajaja
@@oscarcortes8973 a
Yeah right! It's nature you should have showed it
Bad taste.
Yeah there was an obvious jump cut.
God damn it I thought pups were gonna survive because of the amazing engineering of the wolves den construction!
so did you record the bear eating the pups or what what happened
you 100% guided him with your scent
I clicked on the comments to say just that. When a bear is tracking they're going to hit every inch of the trail with those insane noses they have.
Bears are thought to have the best sense of smell of any animal on earth. For example, the average dog's sense of smell is 100 times better than a human's. A blood hound's is 300 times better. A bear's sense of smell is 7 times better than a blood hound's or 2,100 times better than a human's.
@@paddington1670 Turkey vulture has to be up there.
Nope.
This is an interesting point. However, couldn't the smell of humans just as easily scared a bear away? A bear doesn't want people in his territory, much the same as humans don't want bears in their house.
Amazing footage-thanks for sharing this!
4:55 the wolf is perfectly camouflaged with the background
Where were the parents? Is it usual for both or for the pack to leave the pups behind without a guard? Did they sense the bear and abandon them? I assume the wolves watched the bear do it's work at least a portion of the time and am very surprised they didnt try to chase the bear off. I doubt the bear would stand its ground for long. From video that I've seen of bear vs wolf interaction in North America, bears usually have the upper hand but they dont seem to want trouble from adult wolves. This was very interesting and eye opening.
Wolves can’t do anything to a full grown Grizzly except annoy it and maybe to the point where the bear decides to leave. If there is food in question, that normally doesn’t happen. Wolves are not dumb, they will rarely tangle with a bear, it’s not worth risking any members of the pack. I live in primetime GRiZ and Wolf country in Montana and we welcome the death of any wolves. They are terrible for the ecosystem as they have decimated large groups of deer and elk population and will also kill domestic livestock. Wolves don’t always hunt for food, but just for the sport of it. We shoot them every chance we get.
Poor pups had to watch their own brothers and sisters ruthless demise with no parents around. R.I.P. pups.
@Dave Wolf Pup Slayer psycho!!
Funny that wolf looked right into the camera , they knew they were being watched.
The cameras were set to not interfere with the wolf pups and their lives?? How did you get the footage inside the den (:45) of the very much alive pups??
videographer
@Will Umberger
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@notsosilentmajority1
think about what you just said. If YOU wanted, for example - to film the interactions *around* a wolfcub den, would you not check that the den actually had pups in it first? (otherwise what's the point of filming an empty den?) So, having seen and filmed the existence of pups - you then set up your trailcam at a distance...to film the activity *around* the den. That's what a biologist means when they are trying to keep interference with the wolf pups to a minimum. Ok?
@@pipfox7834
Hey, if you actually believe it wasn't the human contact that brought the bear to kill those cubs, then that's up to you. Obviously, they knew there were cubs in there and they went to the den to film them, which we see on video. This is one of those situations in which you believe what you want to believe and other people are free to disagree with you.
This is a great vid to show just how persistent bears are when it comes to food. Sometimes even a hole or a tree isn't safe refuge from a bear
So what happened? Were cubs buried alive?