Rock Climbing Bears
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 เม.ย. 2014
- Mommas with children or cubs - don't try this at home!
Endangered Mexican Black Bears (momma and cub) climb Santa Elena Canyon wall, March 21, 2014. I spotted them while I was kayaking and want to share with you my nature loving, rock climbing, suspenseful satisfaction.
Stephanie Latimer
Nature Enthusiast
Hit an impassable spot, held on, looked back down, showed no panic, AND RETREATED for an alternate route - now that is pure intelligence.
@Mike L -- Yes, Baby bear was the intelligent one between the 2, momma bear didn't seem that bright scaling canyon walls; survival of the fittest in action; endangered Mexican Black bears? o_O
More intelligent than a lot of today's humans, sadly.
@@SubNano144 More intelligent than all humans.
@@EarthIsFlat456 Idk bout that lmao
or instinct
Little bear tried to follow mom's route, but he wasn't long enough to reach the next steps. So he 'remapped' the route in his brain, and took a different path, where he could reach the crevices to make it. That is intelligence.
This is a feat of strength and balance much more than it is an intellectual achievement. Certainly a pretty awesome display of one of God's creations doing what it was created to do. Thanks for the video, video poster person.
and people are out here shooting them for sport. Should be illegal
@@jimg2735 Tell that to a professional climber, that it is all about strength and balance, much more than it is about intelligence...
@@jesper9622 Certainly intelligence is required, but one will climb higher with diminished intellectual ability than with decreased physical prowess.
Well you all eat pigs and they are more intelligent than bears or dogs. So there's that. You are all hypocrites
Cub is using legit climbing techniques, straight arms, around two foot placements per arm movement, hips close to the wall. Incredible.
Half expecting him to dip his paw into a chalk bag 😂
He ain’t climbing the camera man is climbing and filming the bear crawling
Alex Hon old taught these bears their climbing skills 😅😂🤣😮😁😄😃
@@hexel7313lmao
@@hexel7313 Lmao, underrated comment 😂😂
The climbing effort by that cub was pretty impressive! You could see it looking for the best route/line.
It was fleeing from humans and thinking that there's no choice but to climb a wall...
@@meyearsago-lc8bq lol glad you were there and know EXACTLY what was happening.... dont know where you got that information from but dont just assume shit and then spread that assumption around as if its fact.
"But grizzlies are known to climb the highest ridges in Glacier in search of army cutworm moths, and polar bears will ascend cliffs to munch on bird eggs."
simple google search shows that your probably wrong, they were looking for food.... not to mention a bear will defend itself if cornered before they try to climb a vertical wall..... but when its food they need to live its a different story.
According to recent science, some believe bears' intelligence is on the level of primates. If that's not both terrifying and cool, idk what is. 😅
watches goats climbing the wall.
Bear: Hold my bear
Lmao i just got this video recommended afert watching the goat one
very underrated comment
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@@numarkaz yah really original
@@fastfootedone silence, incel.
These animals struggle a lot for survival. Respect wildlife.
Lmao I could do what the bears do in my sleep. Not that hard to survive in the wild animals just dumb af frfr 😂 😂 😂
@@Angeltitsss yeah u can do it with shoes and harness a bottle of water and maybe potato chips when u get hungry.
@@Angeltitsss yeah you can do it in your sleep, it’s called dreaming
@@alexdzabeniuc2185 kml
@@Angeltitsss not that hard to survive In the wild until a whole ass bear rips you into pieces.
WOW. The practical, strategic intelligence, the hand-eye coordination, the muscle strength, the WILL.
who cares
@@corneliusthecrowtamer1937 Me. I care.
@@jonrixbus me too; and I am the bear.
I’ve only seen them climb trees. Had no idea they could climb vertical rock faces.
Very impressive.
now lets see Paul Allen climbing a vertical rock face
Human with camera: "Common little guy please don't fall. Please you can do it."
Momma bear: Hurry up! The damn honey getting cold!
P L 🤣❤️🙏
Lord have murcy😭😭
They start doing this after watching ibex climbing on youtube
That was incredible footage. What a moment to capture and share! Thank you.
Check out mountain goats on a reservoir looking for salt.
It's just animals climbing calm down
@@imsoniceee how boring are you
@@imsoniceeeHow often did you or anybody you know experience a wild mother bear and her cub climb a rock wall? This is an incredible thing to experience, and even cooler that they uploaded the video. I totally get why people would say thank you.
Some people witness the most amazing things.. and to share it with us like this.. a decade later.. "wow" does not thank you enough.
They are not using safety equipment, how much irresponsibility.
They are.. Their giant balls
@@DaveA7 lmaao
Lol
OSHA Bear is not impressed 🤨😅
40 years after being introduced to rock climbing at the NC Outward Bound School, this video had my palms sweating. Some things you just don't forget.
Knees weak arms are heavy
@@fuziontonygaming lose yourself like eminem lmao
Hard to tell from this Distance but it looks very steep
Heart in Throat!
Benjamin button much? Lol
first time see bear climbing mountains, absolutely amazing
Потрясающе!! Сколько самообладания и воли, он не пошел шаг в шаг за матерью, а выбрал свой путь и справился с задачей. Потрясающе! Спасибо за видео...)
Да ладно уж.. Там тропа медвежачья. Они какать вниз с горы спускаются, а потом на верх к людям за чипсами. И так каждый день. Все камни когтями обтесали.
My heart was in my mouth watching this. Such relief when they both made it!
Oh my goodness. I had no idea that bears could rock climb. Trees? Yes. Cliffs? Whoa. It's been ages since I've been so enraptured with something I saw on my screen. So glad the cub made it!
Well the thing is, brown bears can't actually climb trees, but black bears can very well.
Arahorn brown bears can actually climb trees. Nowhere near as well as black bears, but it’s a common myth that climbing a tree will make you safe from a brown bear.
Actually, these two bears were both attending community college at the time of this video. Both have driver's licenses and one is acting in a porn version of Winnie The Pooh.
This might be the most incredible wildlife thing I have ever seen.
Have you see this? th-cam.com/video/GgDHvl1wD20/w-d-xo.html
The man that punched that kangaroo in the face to let go of his dog on Ozzie man reviews.... now that’s bitchin
I like the footage of a certain type of geese chick that falls from rock cliffs and still survive the fall. Got eaten by a bird of prey though.
@@johnlucas6683 wildlife is good to watch 😅
keep watching
I knew bears were tree climbers, but not rock climbers.
Thanks for the footage!
🐻🌲
incredible. The technic of climbing is perfect and the intelligence of the small bear, deciding to give up first trial and choose another route to succeed is just amazing.
I saw the same 25 year ago in the Eastern Sierra Madre, but nobody believed me...
I had no camera.
Thanks for share and help to recover my word. Now I've the proof in video.
Thanks a lot Stephanie Latimer
that's the famous actor from Mission Imbearable.
Lmao he’s about to get a call that will give him his next job
ngl I laughed out loud XD
Did you means Next Tom Cruise?.
Mission Impawssible
Hahahahah
So emotional this video❤. Thanks for the lovely lady taking the shots for cheering for the little bear without shouting in happiness.
Yeah I thought the cheering in the background was annoying as hell ,
Baby bear has been paying attention in Class! And has tons of natural talent. Master Climber already as a cub. You could see his little gitty-up happy stepping once on the ledge 👍
When bears learn to parkour, we're all in trouble.
"Unfortunately" they are naturally very good on parkour for several thousands of years at least... Just check how fast and how long a bear can run, or how fast they can climb trees, swim in torrents, fish with their bare paws... Bears are already "supermen"...
Garry Iglesias True. They are one of those animals that we can be truly helpless against.
Laughed so hard. Something Steven Colbert would say.
Parkour is the advanced French art of running away
LOL just imagine that.
Thank you for your enthusiasm and posting this inspiring footage. Through this kind of task, this cub learned essential skills from his/her mother.
"If a bear can do it, so can I!" I'm inspired!
my palms are sweating. so glad momma, and especially little baby bear, made it.
Respect to the cub, and THANKS!!! to Stephanie for posting. That was amazing to watch. That cub is a legit climber.
not going to lie, my palms were sweating for that cub.
me too.
Knees weak?
😭👍😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍
K. A moms berries...
John Allen likewise.
Слава Богу - залез! Сердце сжималось, боялась, что он оборвётся со скалы))
Тоже самое и у меня🙏
I simply adore this video. When the little bear looks for holds with his back paws it's fantastic.
Amazing ❤my heart is broken when i see the little bear climb over the rock. Great guy 👍
This is how I talk when I watch people rock climb. It's why I lost my gym membership.
...then opened a fast food restaurant to seek revenge
Like a russian bear? :P
DrZergling
Vladimir Putin bears.
BinkieMcFartnuggets hehehehe
BinkieMcFartnuggets 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Oh my goodness, thank you all for sharing the excitement of this moment with me. I enjoyed reading your commentary, and love that so many of you are nearly as moved by the experience as me. I have more photos and footage taken of the bears that day (all of which I left with Big Bend National Park), and some of which I may post here at some point. For those of you who didn't enjoy my commentary, please understand that I recorded this footage at about 200 to 300 feet from the bears, in a relatively narrow canyon, while alone, with no way out but a kayak on maybe 2 foot of water (which was between me and the bears), and the whole encounter was extremely intense for me. For those wondering about the height at which the bears were climbing above the canyon floor, I actually do have footage showing that, but it needs to be slowed down before sharing, as it was taken in too much of a hurry. I would just estimate that the bears were at 150 to 200 feet. They were high enough, that the ground and the bears were too much to fit on my screen at once at my distance. I can say that if they had fallen to the rocky crags, below real damage would have been done, probably to me and them. I don't know anything about rock climbing terms or lingo, so I cannot answer those questions. I am just so very glad and grateful to have lived the experience and survived to share it. Happy watching, and may you all have many merry and equally moving adventures of your own!
I was glad you didn't show the height of the bears. I am terrified of heights and just imaging that cub falling was scary enough, lol! Great video, how amazing you were able to see/capture that!
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Thanks for sharing this made my day! Never give up.
I loved your commentary!! Wish every commentary on NatGeo were like this.
+Stephanie Latimer that's awesome. Thanks for sharing this.
I actually had my fist clenched, and was on the edge of my chair...this is actually amazing
Well damn. .I’ve never seen a bear scale a mountain until now. That was amazing 🤩
Wow!...you can literally see the bear's thought process deciding which path is best.
Almost looks like a young kid doing it
No, I literally can't see the bear's thought process. I can literally see the bear's physical actions.
I can see his thought processes, but figuratively, not literally.
No you can’t, literally
Its almost as if bears have brains.
@Kramer Poker No.
to be honest, i had no idea bears could climb that good.
Zarcon night in
....."climb that 'WELL'...not that 'good'....
A person can be feeling "good"....but they can't be feeling "well"....conversely, a person can do a tack "well"....but not do a task "good". One can finish a task...and be told,..."you did that task 'WELL',....not 'Good'.
Words matter. Cheers,....Blessings.
"A person can do a 'task'," is what I believe you meant to type. ;)
What?!? It’s a bear it has FKN HUGE ASS claws!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Frank From Upstate NY you're like half right
You did a good job.
Good describes job, which is a noun, so good is an adjective.
You did the job well.
Well is an adverb describing how the job was performed.
I don't think I could handle the stress of filming that..! Great work.
“Who knew bears could climb!”
*Quote of the year.*
I imagine i'm not on my own when I heaved a big sigh of relief when Little One made it on to the ledge. I'd never considered bears as being capable of rock climbing before so this was fantastic for me to see.
Only JESUS CHRIST can save your soul from the flames of hell!
@@bekennejesusdeinesundenund2427 lol he can't even save himself
This proves to me that bears are highly intelligent problem solvers from a very early age, thanks for sharing
abberanti woman also tend to live longer cause there's where the knives are
***** This proves trolls are unoriginal.
***** Further down the rabbit hole you go.
Goats must be highly intelligent problem solvers as well.
unenslaved2012 mountain goats can run up. they are superior. ive seen on climb up a dam.
Everyone knows bears are incredibly climbers when it comes to trees, being able to dig their claws into the tree smaller bears can literally run up tree's extremely quickly. But this is so much more impressive! I like how you are quietly rooting for them the whole way too
Victorious that lil guy
Adorable, hope he continues to reach great heights
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger 💪❤
the mother giving the cub harsh training for survivel in harsh world, this cub will be a true alpha
Well, the baby has a whole bunch of dangerous situations to get out of safely first, including constantly being on the radar of adult males. The first hurdle is infancy, but then many more are lost after the age of 18 months, when their mothers are ready to mate again and chase them away. Very few cubs make it to adulthood, and an alpha personality in and of itself isn’t going to save this one.
What a fantastic experience it must have been to capture this! How extraordinary!
Thank you for sharing with the rest of us.
Matthew Wilson you so welcm ..
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Какой умненький)))понял,что там не залезет, отступил чуть в сторону.Чудо-мохнатый народ🤗
Переживаю, как будто я лезу.
Such resilience. I've learned something new today.
Show mercy to all animals.
Господи!.... Пока смотрела, аж вспотела.... 🙏
My dad and I have the same color circle like yours.
"Who said bears can't climb?" No one ever. They're well known as excellent climbers, though this footage is really impressive.
yeah they are definitely not 'well known' as excellent climbers
Lol they definitely are well known climbers
@@larryfoster8820 maybe they are best known for climbing trees, not just a wall of rock
@@stippystips9418 "Tell him that bears can climb faster than they can run. Jim, tell him!!" - Dwight Schrute
@@RonWuerch the person filming this is clearly quite a windy distance away, how could she possibly be forcing either bear to climb? It appears that she is on the opposite side of a canyon, using the zoom on her phone camera.
Wow, never seen rocks climbing onto bears, thanks for this video, it has enlightened me.
My dad and I have the same letter W in a color circle like yours! Different color circle!
Мишутка, ты молодец!!!! ЖИВИ ДОЛГО и СЧАСТЛИВО, Очаровательный Малыш!!!!🐨💖🤗🙌🙏
Потом они напали на этих туристов
Sorry I don't speak vodka
@@biscot2179 brilliant joke, peak comedy.
@@DaG00t ik thx
Люди этому учатся,кучя экиперовки. Малыш в своей стихие.!!!
Spider-Bear, Spider-Bear,
Does whatever a Spider-Bear does.
Can he swing from a web?
No, he can't, he's a bear,
Look out, he is a Spider-Bear!
Very cool footage! I did not know bears would free climb like that. I know they can climb trees, but I never suspected they would climb a sheer cliff face. Thanks for sharing the footage! 👍
Браво малыш! Как за тебя переживал!
Did Mom just take off without waiting for her cub? I see that a lot at WalMart.
best joke
😂😂😂😂😂 this comment had me laughing bro👍
Bri I 🤣👍
Mom was thinking I can’t go back to help so your on your own kid. Best of luck to you
Bri I LMAO!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Absolutely amazing, thanks for sharing.
Absolutely no one said bears can't climb. Black Bears are especially known for being amazing climbers.
Spiderbear!
gold!
Nah, that was actually lame as hell. Just like me calling a dog that swims "dogfish".
Does whatever Spider bear wants.....
Look out! here comes Spiiideer Beeeaaaarrrr!
Im pretty sure homer would prefer spiderbeer
Рад за мишку,что он не сорвался
Crazy how good they can climb
Her whispering : "c'mon you can do it little guy"
My little guy : 🥵🤥
What, you telling me that climbing a steap rock won't save me from a bear?
@@JMARVELZZ I saw that and I am not feeling well
@@rimacalid6557 hahahaha
I don’t think there’s a single thing any human alive can do to save themselves from a bear if it really wants to kill you 😆 good thing most bears aren’t aggressive
That's okay. You can climb faster scared than a bear can slipping in shit.
My heart was POUNDING for the little bear! So happy he/she made the climb!! Thank you for posting a great video.. NATURE AT IT'S BEST.. :-)
How brave of that bear to free solo that route. What a Gigachad! 💪
Look at the total zen those bears exhibit, the calm calculation of the best route. Free solo legends!!
I was waiting for the zoom out. The cubs judgement is spectacular.
Baby bear has a sophisticated mind, she changes her climbing strategy 30' when it dosent work and choose a new path.
yes it was like watching a human , he was consonantly looking down as if he was scared of the height somewhat
@Fenrir Berserkerz Yes,Baby Bear has a sofisticated mind! Bravo!
@Fenrir Berserkerz but mostly trees
@Fenrir Berserkerz there are tactics to every activity. this is where the phrase work smarter not hard comes from. some people waste time or risk their lives not applying simple strategies to virtually anything in their lives. im guessing you fit into this category and im not trying to be mean. i recommend learning chess it will help you realize hw applicable things are to eachother
@Fenrir Berserkerz a bear is good at climbing because it climb all the time. people who are good at chess, play chess all the time. Whatever a human is good at, it's about practice. You can't say chess is more complicated than climbing a steep rocky surface. Ask a human rock/mountain climbers, I assure you it requires a lot of mental prowess and a high level of concentration.
Like how the mother bear just keeps walking as if it's a given that the cub is following along
I know bears can climb tallest trees but rocky mountains.... What!! 🥺🥺 So amazing! 👌👌
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You have to give the little Black Bear a hand, for being awesome!!! Glad you captured it on video. Thank you for sharing!!
So glad this lady was smart and respectful enough to not be all loud and scare those animals in such a tense moment. Kudos for her and the bears😊
Best comment 👏
You don't need to applaud someone for performing common sense. It's just overkill
@@Ryan-eu3kp i know but believe it or not alot of people nowadays dont even have common sense
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@@Frankie-he1uu he he common sense is not so common these days …
Sincerely Stephanie Latimer:. I just loved your video 📸📸,and short clip? IN reading the comments I loved your explanation and story even more!! That was a once in a lifetime experience, possibly, cherish it forever !! Congratulations 👏👏🎉👏, I thought it was fantastic, and totally awesome? IT truly showed another facet, of just how smart, intelligent, and clever those animals can be. Thank You for sharing with us, and may God Bless You.
Wyoming, Robert, 🙂😜🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸👀👀👍👍🐻🐻🐻🐻👏👏🌈🌈
The more I've read, scene, and mildly studied, about Bears over my lifetime? I truly believe there is not a single thing they couldn't overcome, problem solving wise? Given the time and Opportunity!!!! So Long.
Your awesome cheer energy must have gotten this cub up there, for sure!
Cant believe they did it bear-feet!
foot
Brandon McCartney thank you basedgod
np
doctamic ...and bear naked! :-)
The little guy bearly made it
Wish you would have panned out so we could see how high he actually was, glad he made it!
Some people are never happy.
Just shows these wonderful animals do AMAZING things and we have no clue. They survive, no thrive in areas and conditions thats u cant even imagine. They show power, intelligence and everything u dont think about for a wild animal.
Free styling rock climbers! I never seen or knew about those adrenaline junkie sport bears! Great video!
So you can scratch "scaling up a rock wall" as a way to escape a bear.
Lol
@chris smith Desperate black bears will sometimes eat humans
@chris smith Well you acted like there was no plausible situation where someone would have to escape a bear by running up a rock wall. Humans killing other humans to eat them would be humans hunting humans. There are situations where bears hunt humans. I never used the term man-eater to describe anything.
@@almostskater3210 Let's recap to your original post of desperate bears hunt and eat humans. I will just respond in a different and more civil way. How is that? Even a desperate bear wouldn't hunt or eat a human. A deranged or sick bear would unknowingly eat anything. But, from a biological and scientific standpoint, no black bear would hunt or eat a human. Remember, we're talking about black bears. Polar bears are more prone to attack and possibly eat a human. But a black bear? There's nary a recorded case of a single human feasting in North America.
@@christophersmith2470 No, check this article by the Smithsonian. Hungry black bear males are known to occasionally eat humans because they are hungry, not because they are deranged or sick (though I'm sure that happens too):www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-to-avoid-being-eaten-by-a-black-bear-179225111/
Вот это альпинисты, без страховки - надежда только на себя и судьбу!
Да там когти десять см
Мать с низкой социальной ответственностью.
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Wow.. The bear stretches his body so much, its power and resilience is incredible. They are a natural climber 😁😂
Wow, Super scenes. Thanks for this Coverage 🙏
Incredible how this cub find his own way.
Amazing climbing ability. Salute to the bears!
So, Mom goes up the stretch with a lot of flat surfaces and the few notches and holds present are not too far apart for an adult bear to utilize. Now, the cub reaches that stretch and says hell no, I'm going to my left where the rock is more fractured and the paw holds are more numerous and closer together. It's not so much that it knows the way up from there. It's that it knows that it's possible on that different looking surface. Incredible footage! Thanks for sharing.
Wow you are so lucky to beable to witness such a thing. Thanks for sharing with the world too
I know bears climb trees but rocks??????? Truly incredible!
No safety gear? These bears need a serious talking to. They are setting a bad example. They could come to a grizzly end.
I like the pun at the end. I could hardly bear it.
nancejo I’m sure it gave you paws for thought.
*groan*
Good pun but I couldn't watch it all, I was clawing my eyes out in anticipation.
Purple Rain I know what you mean. Not an easy watch.
A very strong and great bear...
❤ Filmato incredibile,ma alla c'è l' ha fatta👏❤️
The bravest of all baby bears! I love the encouraging ♥️ commentary.
Helo
"Who said bears can't climb"
Nobody.
Аю
Very smart Bears!
My heart was pounding!
Nobody: “Alex Honnold is the most famous free soloer in the world”
Bear: “Hold my beer..”
Hold my bear
😀😀😃😃😃
Hold my honey
@@Boognish_ ok
Респект!!Тому кто "снимал"!Уникальные кадры!
я переживал за них.. особенно, за маленького медвежонка.. они замечательные ♥
Great footage!
Black bears being able to climb is common knowledge. Look at the shape of their claws.
I can’t bear watching this!
Hahahaha!!
Only JESUS CHRIST can save your soul from the flames of hell!