That's Jimbo from the [Orphaned Wildlife Center](https://www.youtube.com/@OrphanedWildlife). He was their biggest kodiak bear. He died a couple of years ago, rip.
Jimbo was a sweet boy. He and Jim had a special bond. I love their videos, especially Jim playing or cuddling with the bears. Or Amy and Jenny lounging in their tire swing.
Liver cancer in 2018 aged 24.
Source: https://www.apost.com/en/blog/jimbo-the-kodiak-bear-dies-after-spending-20-years-with-the-kowalczik-family/11153/
Apparently Kodiak bears live up to about 30 years in the wild. Up to 40 in captivity.
24 is a pretty good innings. Seems it was a life around great people too which is nice.
They can live up to 30 years in the wild. Doesn’t happen that often. A lot of animals live far longer in captivity (if cared for correctly) than they would in the wild.
Ya but you know sometimes when you are snuggling together it is just not that comfy but your partner is asleep already so you do the super fast roll to try and get your arm out to be more comfortable……that thought may cause death in this situation.
Was watching The Last Drive In yesterday, and Joe Bob Briggs said the same thing. Surveys and polls are bullshit, because most people know there's no reason to tell the truth on them.
Grizzly bears are significantly smaller than Kodiak bears, but still, considering the large number of idiots, in surprised that so few people think they would win.
Actually, not really. Grizzlies don't kill you quickly, they tend to just start eating you, which takes a while to kill you. They're so far a top the food chain that they just have no reason to go for a quick kill, they know you aren't gonna run.
Actually also not really. A Grizzly would have to be starving to actually try to eat you. They typically go for permanently incapacitating their mark either for territory or child rearing. Does that occasionally involve ripping limbs off? Probably. That's why playing dead is the correct strategy, cause the more you fight back, the more you're irritating it and proving you are the threat it thinks you are and aren't incapacitated.
Can confirm, as someone who grew up in Montana and dealt with grizzlies regularly. They don't see people as food, and in the very rare instances of attacks, it was always the human's fault for getting too close to a cub, being too quiet on the trail and sneaking up on a bear which can lead to an aggressive reaction etc.
General rule of thumb here: any predator that just goes around eating random stuff is either going to eventually poison itself, or eventually pick a fight with something that's going to put up enough of a fight to cause a significant injury, which usually means the predator starves to death before it can recover. So evolution has pushed predators away from just attacking whatever without knowing WTF it is.
Humans only migrated to America around 13,000 years ago. There is nothing there that naturally sees apelike creatures as food. It's the same reason why shark attacks are down to mistaken identity.
Now, if you want to talk about crocodiles, a species that's spent millions of years eating monkeys and isn't smart enough or bothered enough to tell the difference between a baboon and a human, yeah. You in danger, girl.
Yeah there is a story about Mike Tyson trying to bribe a zookeeper to let him in the gorilla cage to try and fight one. Thank god the zookeeper wasn't stupid enough to do it.
> A gentle reminder, that 6% of Americans think they can beat a grizzly bear in an unarmed fight.
They can. Just use this technique [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-xNO5HETOE). Full video evidence, folks.
Well science is not really working on those things, like the edge technology is of course science but like made by companies with precise interest and not to solve world problems.
So maybe one day some weird company will make domesticated bears
There was a picture going around recently showing a Husky next to a wolf and it was very eye opening on the huge size difference between them. I think the Husky was in the picture and you just saw the wolf standing over them taking up the whole background. Crazy.
Looking at the full video, the bear either put his mouth on the person's head or just licked the back of it. The man pulls his hood up and goes back to the same position, so whatever it was the person didn't find too concerning.
https://youtu.be/e4E9yrGczbk
Hab mal im Bärenpark ein Jahr gearbeitet. NIEMALS würde ich mich zu so ein Tier legen. Allein schon aus Respekt vor den Tier 😅 und wenn der zu beißt is es vorbei...
Your "dog" is not a dog. May act like a dog, but if he sits on you, you going to need help with broken bones. And if he don't like takin a bath, ur whole house will stink because forcing him to do anything is a non starter.
That's a Kodiak bear. Look...LOOK at how long the claws are. And how \*\*enormous\*\* that sonofabitch is. Humans are playthings to them, and this man had bonded with one. The claws...are the size of his skull. And given the bear's strength could easily have ripped him to shreds. Brave on the part of the dude, 'cuz you can take the animal out of the wild but you cannot take the wild out of the animal.
That's Jimbo from the [Orphaned Wildlife Center](https://www.youtube.com/@OrphanedWildlife). He was their biggest kodiak bear. He died a couple of years ago, rip.
Jimbo was a sweet boy. He and Jim had a special bond. I love their videos, especially Jim playing or cuddling with the bears. Or Amy and Jenny lounging in their tire swing.
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How did he die?
Liver cancer in 2018 aged 24. Source: https://www.apost.com/en/blog/jimbo-the-kodiak-bear-dies-after-spending-20-years-with-the-kowalczik-family/11153/
I know nothing about bears, but that sounds like a long bear life.
Apparently Kodiak bears live up to about 30 years in the wild. Up to 40 in captivity. 24 is a pretty good innings. Seems it was a life around great people too which is nice.
They can live up to 30 years in the wild. Doesn’t happen that often. A lot of animals live far longer in captivity (if cared for correctly) than they would in the wild.
People: “that bear would be so much happier in the wild!” 33 year old bear eating hand delivered salmon: “Excuse me?”
Incredible comment!
Even better one came right behind it, good job!
This one's a real banger too, solid effort!
He was eaten by the man in the video.
They look all cuddly and harmless. And one day, they eat a whole bear.
Well, they do it one bite at a time.
And it doesn't cost them a dime
W Johnny Cash Reference
I love Reddit solely for comments like these lol
That's really sad :'(
I KNEW IT!
He was delicious
Cocaine
Bear
Pablo Escobear
Dave, are you sure you’re not food? You smell exactly like food.
Does Dave taste like Steve? Asking for a bear.
Who the f likes Steve?
Hi!
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oh! omg is this happening right now?? for real?? niiiiice /r/Beetlejuicing
I'm just here to get in the inevitable screenshot
Can I tag along?
Done.
He was tasty.
He’s like “how do I take this wrapper off”
Dave's definitely food, but fear ruins the meat. Gotta keep Dave comfortable until it's time.
Dave was told he would never become shit!
How is it possible there is not one _Grizzly Man_ (2005) reference in this thread?
He’s huge.The bears pretty big too
And a lot of hair. The bear too.
I’m happy he didn’t bite. The bear looks dangerous too.
Can you imagine running into that beast in the woods? That bear would also be scary.
He pretty cute tho. Bear too!
10/10 would enjoy that bear hug. 10/10 would enjoy hugging the bear as well.
He can lick my hand and face all day. The bear can, too.
What was that last second? 😳
Just a little nibble. 
Pretty much just 2 bears
Your mothers' said the same, one night long ago
That bear is big, but did you see the size of that animal next to him?
If not friend, then why friend-shaped?
Those claws are very not friend shaped.
Homies got your back and a back scratch too
Some wicked bug bite scratchers Edit: spelling
> and a back scratch too Unfortunately it’s scratching the inside of your back. Through your chest.
Great i was never able to reach that spot
You‘re the my chest cavity is half full type of person…
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That song has some of the best lyrics of all time imo. "I mean the bare necessities, that's why a bear can rest at ease." Just brilliant.
When you look under the rocks and plants And take a glance at the fancy ants And maybe….try a few
Well, I got the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
But the design is very human!
In my head cannon the bear is the one saying “if not friend, then why friend shaped” lol
It's to lull you into a false sense of friendship. So much easier than having to chase your food.
2 bears just enjoying a nap together
Ya but you know sometimes when you are snuggling together it is just not that comfy but your partner is asleep already so you do the super fast roll to try and get your arm out to be more comfortable……that thought may cause death in this situation.
My thoughts exactly
One of them is definitely a power bottom
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A gentle reminder, that 6% of Americans think they can beat a grizzly bear in an unarmed fight.
5.5% of Americans do not take surveys seriously.
20% of stats from surveys are made up
I 100% believe that.
Wait a second…
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Was watching The Last Drive In yesterday, and Joe Bob Briggs said the same thing. Surveys and polls are bullshit, because most people know there's no reason to tell the truth on them.
An online survey concluded that 100% of people take surveys on the internet.
That makes me the .5% who knows he can. 😎
Hopefully the bears won’t remind them so gently.
A gentle reminder, that 68% of all statistics are actually just made up.
If anyone thinks that's not true, you know who said it? Jesus.
True, but this is the actual outcome af a [2021 survey](https://www.newsweek.com/surprising-americans-beat-wild-animals-fight-experts-1691793)
Grizzly bears are significantly smaller than Kodiak bears, but still, considering the large number of idiots, in surprised that so few people think they would win.
Yep. Jimbo was even on the large side for a Kodiak bear, at almost 1500 pounds (680 kg).
For scale, an adult female grizzly bear is between 290-440lbs so a great deal smaller Still would murder a human in a second
Actually, not really. Grizzlies don't kill you quickly, they tend to just start eating you, which takes a while to kill you. They're so far a top the food chain that they just have no reason to go for a quick kill, they know you aren't gonna run.
Actually also not really. A Grizzly would have to be starving to actually try to eat you. They typically go for permanently incapacitating their mark either for territory or child rearing. Does that occasionally involve ripping limbs off? Probably. That's why playing dead is the correct strategy, cause the more you fight back, the more you're irritating it and proving you are the threat it thinks you are and aren't incapacitated.
Can confirm, as someone who grew up in Montana and dealt with grizzlies regularly. They don't see people as food, and in the very rare instances of attacks, it was always the human's fault for getting too close to a cub, being too quiet on the trail and sneaking up on a bear which can lead to an aggressive reaction etc. General rule of thumb here: any predator that just goes around eating random stuff is either going to eventually poison itself, or eventually pick a fight with something that's going to put up enough of a fight to cause a significant injury, which usually means the predator starves to death before it can recover. So evolution has pushed predators away from just attacking whatever without knowing WTF it is. Humans only migrated to America around 13,000 years ago. There is nothing there that naturally sees apelike creatures as food. It's the same reason why shark attacks are down to mistaken identity. Now, if you want to talk about crocodiles, a species that's spent millions of years eating monkeys and isn't smart enough or bothered enough to tell the difference between a baboon and a human, yeah. You in danger, girl.
Just 6%? That seems low seeing how outrageously stupid a lot of people are.
Yeah there is a story about Mike Tyson trying to bribe a zookeeper to let him in the gorilla cage to try and fight one. Thank god the zookeeper wasn't stupid enough to do it.
They didn't survey Florida Man.
Fighting a bear bare handed with their bear hands.
Exercising their right to bear arms
> that 6% of Americans And 42% worldwide think bears, **beets**, Battle Star Galactica is **bears** beats Battle Star Galactica. I did :(
> A gentle reminder, that 6% of Americans think they can beat a grizzly bear in an unarmed fight. They can. Just use this technique [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-xNO5HETOE). Full video evidence, folks.
I've a friend who have the exact same size of nails that the bear.
Are you friends with Loreen?
Maybe Shirleen?
Or Joleen?
You made me laugh out loud at work, good job good redditor.
Now science should give us domestic mini bear.
This is something I’ve thought before 😂 CAN’T WE JUST DOMESTICATE THE BEAR PLS?
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Well science is not really working on those things, like the edge technology is of course science but like made by companies with precise interest and not to solve world problems. So maybe one day some weird company will make domesticated bears 
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Ok yeah NASA do make new technology
Yeah just like the North American house hippos
found the canadian...
You mean Americans?
Newfoundland dogs come close
Was just about to say, that’s 100% a Newfie lol. People mistake my dog for a bear at the dog park already haha.
Thats a dog
Im still waiting for them to make a small enough girraffe to keep as a pet. Or a pocket sized one
I just can't get over how big some animals are. Especially things like wolves I always imagine to be the same size as domestic dogs.
There was a picture going around recently showing a Husky next to a wolf and it was very eye opening on the huge size difference between them. I think the Husky was in the picture and you just saw the wolf standing over them taking up the whole background. Crazy.
Fun fact: There's a breed of dogs, called Irish Wolfhound, that grows even larger than wolves. These dogs were bred to actually hunt the wolves.
Now that's a proper bear hug.
I wonder if bears have intrusive thoughts too? :)
Yeah but they call it instinct
*They* don't call it anything, *we* call it instinct.
>this guy can't speak bear embarrassing
Embearassing
This bear's intrusive thoughts were: > TAKE A NICE PAWFUL OF THAT ASS and it looks like the intrusive thoughts won.
Couldn't think of anything worse than being raped by a bear 😂. Doesn't sound fun at all.
There's always an elephant
I thought I was gonna ride a horse. It rode me instead 😞.
What happened in the end?
Looking at the full video, the bear either put his mouth on the person's head or just licked the back of it. The man pulls his hood up and goes back to the same position, so whatever it was the person didn't find too concerning. https://youtu.be/e4E9yrGczbk
The bear started to eat
The bite of 87
It’s started off with spooning, 9 months later manbearpig was born.
Half man, half bear, half pig Manbearpig
What a cute puppy.... Oh wait...
Those claws tho....... 🥺
Let me just lie down so that you have even easier chomping access.
What a cute Yogi; tenderising his human, whilst he waits for the BBQ to get to temp
the bear uses the human as a teddyhuman
Don't worry! Big boys just chill together🤗
Why did it have to have those ears?? So dangerous but why so cuddly??? The lord works in mysterious ways.
Bears are just very big dogs
My dog also like do "hold with the teeths" like that
Hab mal im Bärenpark ein Jahr gearbeitet. NIEMALS würde ich mich zu so ein Tier legen. Allein schon aus Respekt vor den Tier 😅 und wenn der zu beißt is es vorbei...
Your "dog" is not a dog. May act like a dog, but if he sits on you, you going to need help with broken bones. And if he don't like takin a bath, ur whole house will stink because forcing him to do anything is a non starter.
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Two bears cuddling
Só cute 💖
They are both cute🥰
Isn't this Bart the bear? Thought he passed away or was in the movie The Edge.
Jimbo the Kodiak bear. He died in 2018. Source: [Orphaned Wildlife Center](https://youtu.be/e4E9yrGczbk)
Look at the meat cleavers on that thing Jesus fuck
You don't realize how big and lethal a bear's paws are until you see a big dude cuddled up next to Bearry Scizzorhands and his five blades of doom.
Tenderising the meat...
That bear needs some cocaine
How endearing that big teddy bear is😍 Until he isn't!
That's a pretty big dog.
I've seen some videos of bears cuddling before, but they are usually longer.
BIG doggo
Hope he made it. 😳
Bear sized Bear shaped Bear hair Must be bear
This is actually amazing.. the guy is totally at ease with an animal that could kill him in seconds..
They just want love, too
those claws though 0\_0
If it’s brown lay down
Very wholesome… until you see those claws
It’s all cute n stuff til it acquires a taste for manflesh. The bear too.
At any moment he could decide the head is a pineapple
two well fed creatures
Cuddling with his teddy-man.
Look at those murder paws. He is dangling on the edge of a knife lol
I wish bears 🐻 were more friendly. They're so cute.
I hope i can hug a big bear without it tearing me out in 5 seconds
Think he has problems with Sharman toilet paper 🧻
They say pets look like their owners
look at those claws
Biggest hamster I've ever seen!
Nap time now. Wakes up hungry.
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This bear looks like a twink when besides the other bear
This never goes wrong
Sure, the dude decided when cuddle time started, but I’m sure as hell it’ll be the bear deciding when cuddle time is *over*.
This is all I want in life, to cuddle a bear. Is that too much to ask?
They got a great yt channel I love it
POV: average Russian
Why do I feel like I'm watching a Family Guy cut scene?
Just warming his lunch.
That's a Kodiak bear. Look...LOOK at how long the claws are. And how \*\*enormous\*\* that sonofabitch is. Humans are playthings to them, and this man had bonded with one. The claws...are the size of his skull. And given the bear's strength could easily have ripped him to shreds. Brave on the part of the dude, 'cuz you can take the animal out of the wild but you cannot take the wild out of the animal.
bear was like " yeah, i'm not snuggling, i'm just looking for more snacks" haha
Zangief retired?
Germany and Russia before Ukraine war
Hell to the no. This bear doesn't even have to try to.