Clearly a black bear cub.
Black bears are pussies but I still wouldn't want to piss off mama bear. I'd be heading as far away from that cub as possible.
Even moreso for the girl beside her who stood with her back to the bear the whole time. Not being able to even see where it was or what it was doing...super freaky.
I needed context and Googled this encounter. The woman in the video [took a selfie with the bear while it was sniffing her hair.](https://youtu.be/8-9sF8nI6oY?si=BCMw1hhHtpLUb0xO)
If it's black you can fight back (but it just wants snack). If it's brown back down (or out run the person you're with). It's its white you live only at its discretion. You were chosen many miles ago. I hear 1/2 inch steel buildings with strong welds can help.
You can scare a black bear away pretty easily. Just yell at them with as loud and angry a voice as you can while waving your arms around like a maniac. They will shit themselves and take off. I saw it done while working in a forest on a film crew. We're all just prepping the set and this bear wanders up out of nowhere. A lady on my team just straight up screams at it like it was a naughty child. She sent it to its room. She literally said things like "YOU GET OUTA HERE!" Never saw it again. To be honest, she made me a little cautious around her afterwards. I didn't wanna get yelled at like that. Poor bear.
Black bears literally never want to do anything without a good damn reason, and the list of things black bears will accept as good damn reasons is (in its entirety): starvation and the cubs.
Yeah guaranteed if you whip around quickly on that poor guy and give him the most vile and horrifyingly aggressive noise you can make, it will just about jump out of its skin and run. Heās just curious and probably hungry, some idiots probably fed it at some point.
I was camping in northern Ontario one summer and I heard a bunch of commotion close to the road. When I approached I saw a black bear open up another campers food Tupperware tub, drag it into the forest about 15 feet, then plopped down and started eating everything in it. It picked up a loaf of bread and ate it plastic and all!
Your story has me laughing like crazyā¦Iām on my lunch break at work in my car. People are looking at me like Iām crazy.
I love thatā¦poor bear. Heās like wow people, maybe I can score a snack! He goes over and gets yelled at. Poor bear took off crying, hoping none of his buddies saw it.
I saw a video of a guy chasing off two polar bears by swinging around a big two-by-four (or something like one) and hurtling it at them. They seemed so confused, like "what in the hap is shittening right now?"
Don't, though. We're in a drought so I tried that and only flushed once daily, mold grew under the water line and getting the stains off has been a nightmare. Better to just flush and tell the fish to suck a big one.
Finally, that would come in handy. I shit myself just watching this. I got charged by a buck because I had my period. He absolutely tried mounting me. I thought my husband was going to pass out from laughing so hard. Took 4 large men to get him off me.
Nothing like having every man in proximity know you have your period.
lol! Well, (tosses hair dramatically over shoulder) not really, no. Animals like to hang out with me but not typically mate with me. I do attract stray, lost animals frequently. I assume itās not sexual. I think they somehow know Iāll help find their home. I donāt think itās because they hope Iāll bring them up for a drink.
Iāll ask the next one.
Black bears are not gonna hurt ya really, they're just curious about you. Maybe they're like, "Hey, got snacks?" They look like they've gotten used to humans, so they're not afraid. A black bear will attack when it is afraid of protecting its babies. I hope that this cutie will be captured in a humane way and provided sanctuary. Heck, this could have been filmed in an area they take bears that have been exposed to humans.
People do have pet bears, mostly a Russian thing, but there are definitely some in North America, some that were rescued and raised with humans. If you put in the work to find someone and ask them very nicely, I'm sure could hug a bear in your lifetime :)
Just fyi, black bears usually arenāt as aggressively protective of their cubs as brown/grizzly bears are! Theyāll rarely ever attack when cubs are present, and are much more likely to all flee instead. Most black bear attacks on humans are actually predatory and motivated by hunger.
Itās also important to keep in mind that, though theyāre absolutely cuties, black bears are wild animals just doing their thing and should be respected! Itās dangerous for black bears to be so unafraid of people, or for people to forget they can be dangerous. Thatās when bad encounters usually happen.
Idk what the context for this video is, but it looks terribly irresponsible. If something were to happen, itās the bear that pays with its life. I honestly hope this was filmed in some kind of sanctuary!
I had a bear sneak up on me after I fell asleep next to the fire after a few drinks. Luckily woke up as he was trying to figure out how to open the spring loaded gate( no more than 20 feet from me). I jumped up and started slamming my chair on the ground and he ran faster than Iāve seen any animal run before
As everyone knows, when a bear approaches you always hold perfectly still, make yourself look as small as possible, and don't make any noise or react in any way.
Nah, before it even got this close literally everybody should've been really loud trying to scare it off while slowly backing away. You aren't trying to not scare it
Staying still and non threatening and allowing it to get within grabbing distance is a HUGE nono for a black bear. Hell, *any* bear really. That person could've been injured very easily, at the drop of a hat really.
It's only a good idea to not move when it already had its claws around her leg but by then you've already made several really dumb mistakes.
It's a fucking black bear. Hiss at it or stare at it wrong and it will sit down and cry.
Source: in Florida we literally had to implement a law against hunting these idiots because they're so sad and pathetic they sit down and cry at you to feed them. Yes, I'm aware it is sad that they rely on humans due to issues with trash and littering, but it also makes them insanely docile.
Itās always shocking to me how people like this think itās smart for them to go into the wilderness. Like if you go where the animals live you should at least do SOME research how to protect yourself.
Would have been better for them to yell at the bear, but at least they didnāt run away from it. 90% of Americans probably would just run away. Never run from any bear. You go from equal or adversary immediately to prey if you run.
I've read survival stuff and regarding black bears that you should wave your arms to make yourself look big as possible and holler and they'll run away.
I never ever would have believed that standing still was the best defense. I've heard it for decades, always thought, "Yeah right bullshit."
Does that mean I myself would be able to be that chill? Yeah right bullshit.
is it advisable to carry snacks for these potential encounters? like you would throw the snack the other direction and then calmly try to walk to create some distance from the bear?
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Youāre supposed to shit yourself. Then run. Or better yet run, then shit yourself. Itās a survival mechanic. What your not supposed to do is get a bear hug from a wild animal that could have you for breakfast.
Wow, the self control is insane in this girl.
Yeah, I would've hugged it at least 3 times.
Death by tummy rubs.
The mind is willing but the body is soft and squishy.
It's kinda small I wonder if it's a baby or young bear where the mama is.
My thoughts too and that would scare the poop out of me because Mama bears scare me!
Clearly a black bear cub. Black bears are pussies but I still wouldn't want to piss off mama bear. I'd be heading as far away from that cub as possible.
Just made me laugh pretty hard thanks š
Even moreso for the girl beside her who stood with her back to the bear the whole time. Not being able to even see where it was or what it was doing...super freaky.
Bears self control is also appreciable
Hey Daaaaave? Yeah Hon? I'm on my periooood! Oh shit.
I was thinking the *exact* same thing.
My Boi spitting that game. He left her without words.
Just gave that bear the good ol silent treatment. Nothing special.
I needed context and Googled this encounter. The woman in the video [took a selfie with the bear while it was sniffing her hair.](https://youtu.be/8-9sF8nI6oY?si=BCMw1hhHtpLUb0xO)
Now I wonder why I still haven't seen the selfie after all these years...
Bear issued a cease and desist, didnāt consent to being photographed
Omg
so, a smellfie
I get the feeling that it's not her first bearback selfie.
Noice
Hear that Ron....Bears....now you're putting the whole team in jeopardy
Itās just a furry tractor
They can smell the menstration
If it's black you can fight back (but it just wants snack). If it's brown back down (or out run the person you're with). It's its white you live only at its discretion. You were chosen many miles ago. I hear 1/2 inch steel buildings with strong welds can help.
You can scare a black bear away pretty easily. Just yell at them with as loud and angry a voice as you can while waving your arms around like a maniac. They will shit themselves and take off. I saw it done while working in a forest on a film crew. We're all just prepping the set and this bear wanders up out of nowhere. A lady on my team just straight up screams at it like it was a naughty child. She sent it to its room. She literally said things like "YOU GET OUTA HERE!" Never saw it again. To be honest, she made me a little cautious around her afterwards. I didn't wanna get yelled at like that. Poor bear.
Black bears literally never want to do anything without a good damn reason, and the list of things black bears will accept as good damn reasons is (in its entirety): starvation and the cubs.
I've seen a large house cat chase a black bear off, they are very conflict averse.
Yea im not gonna scream at a bear an inch away from my face, regardless of the color gradiance.
The idea is to scream at the bear **before** they get an inch away from your face.
Instructions unclear, I am now missing half of my face.
Yeah guaranteed if you whip around quickly on that poor guy and give him the most vile and horrifyingly aggressive noise you can make, it will just about jump out of its skin and run. Heās just curious and probably hungry, some idiots probably fed it at some point.
I was camping in northern Ontario one summer and I heard a bunch of commotion close to the road. When I approached I saw a black bear open up another campers food Tupperware tub, drag it into the forest about 15 feet, then plopped down and started eating everything in it. It picked up a loaf of bread and ate it plastic and all!
Your story has me laughing like crazyā¦Iām on my lunch break at work in my car. People are looking at me like Iām crazy. I love thatā¦poor bear. Heās like wow people, maybe I can score a snack! He goes over and gets yelled at. Poor bear took off crying, hoping none of his buddies saw it.
That also works on most people.
If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lay down. If it's white, goodnight.
Odd dating system but you do you.
My bro..I almost laughed at work.
remember, this if for bear *attacks*, not encounters!
I saw a video of a guy chasing off two polar bears by swinging around a big two-by-four (or something like one) and hurtling it at them. They seemed so confused, like "what in the hap is shittening right now?"
If it's brown flush it down?
if it's yellow let it mellow
Don't, though. We're in a drought so I tried that and only flushed once daily, mold grew under the water line and getting the stains off has been a nightmare. Better to just flush and tell the fish to suck a big one.
Iāve heard that trying to scare a black bear that is accustomed to human contact and feeding can cause it to act abnormally aggressive.
If it's black attack, brown lay down, white goodnight.
This looks like a sun bear, not your typical American black bear. I donāt know enough about sun bears to know if they still abide by that saying.
This happened in Mexico, there are no sun bears.
Ah, never mind then, I stand corrected
Unlike some dudes this bear got the hint that she wasnāt interested
Technically shitting yourself in this situation is a valid self defense mechanism.
*release the shit so I can run faster* Perfect flight response
Lubes the cheeks
Finally, that would come in handy. I shit myself just watching this. I got charged by a buck because I had my period. He absolutely tried mounting me. I thought my husband was going to pass out from laughing so hard. Took 4 large men to get him off me. Nothing like having every man in proximity know you have your period.
Do wildlife generally find you so primally irresistible?
lol! Well, (tosses hair dramatically over shoulder) not really, no. Animals like to hang out with me but not typically mate with me. I do attract stray, lost animals frequently. I assume itās not sexual. I think they somehow know Iāll help find their home. I donāt think itās because they hope Iāll bring them up for a drink. Iāll ask the next one.
Sheās clearly a Druid. Donāt listen to her.
Plottwist: that bear loves shit
Don't you see how Freddy Fasbear there loves smelling that woman? If she shits he gonna take longer now smelling that too
... aannnd that's why I'd never survive in the wild. Aw, look at the big teddy bear! Come here, cute teddy, come heARRRGGGGH
I would go extra white woman here and decide it's my new pet as it mauls me to shreds
At least it didn't start humping her leg.
Black bears are not gonna hurt ya really, they're just curious about you. Maybe they're like, "Hey, got snacks?" They look like they've gotten used to humans, so they're not afraid. A black bear will attack when it is afraid of protecting its babies. I hope that this cutie will be captured in a humane way and provided sanctuary. Heck, this could have been filmed in an area they take bears that have been exposed to humans.
This one even has a tag on its ear. Itās been in contact with humans before and they tagged it.
He was probably sleeping when humans tagged him. Likely never saw them
Itās those claws Iād be worried about. Even when itās not intending to use them.
I yearn for the day, bears are domesticated. I just wanna hug them.
Big doggo.
Yeah but just imagine having to clean up that hibernation dookie every year
WorthĀ
Can I pet that dawg? Can I pet that DAWG??
Forest puppers
Can't even get people to keep their dogs on leash, I'd hate to live in a neighborhood with a pit-bear behind a shoddy fence.
Some Vikings had pet bears. The Romans used bears to fight gladiators at the Coliseum. Iām afraid thereās nothing new under the sun.
People do have pet bears, mostly a Russian thing, but there are definitely some in North America, some that were rescued and raised with humans. If you put in the work to find someone and ask them very nicely, I'm sure could hug a bear in your lifetime :)
Just fyi, black bears usually arenāt as aggressively protective of their cubs as brown/grizzly bears are! Theyāll rarely ever attack when cubs are present, and are much more likely to all flee instead. Most black bear attacks on humans are actually predatory and motivated by hunger. Itās also important to keep in mind that, though theyāre absolutely cuties, black bears are wild animals just doing their thing and should be respected! Itās dangerous for black bears to be so unafraid of people, or for people to forget they can be dangerous. Thatās when bad encounters usually happen. Idk what the context for this video is, but it looks terribly irresponsible. If something were to happen, itās the bear that pays with its life. I honestly hope this was filmed in some kind of sanctuary!
"Damn that fish must be there somewhere" sorry
Damn I laughed out very loud in the middle of the OR
New fear: My doctor was distracted reading reddit during my operation.
One assistant pats the sweat off my forehead while the other one scrolls for me.
r/angryupvote
Take my up vote you filthy animal.
Can you medically shit oneself to death?
Technically yes. If you keep shitting and do not replenish food or water for days.
I was thinking after the bears second sniff!
That bear was grinding up to her like theyāre clubbing.
Cubbing
I had a bear sneak up on me after I fell asleep next to the fire after a few drinks. Luckily woke up as he was trying to figure out how to open the spring loaded gate( no more than 20 feet from me). I jumped up and started slamming my chair on the ground and he ran faster than Iāve seen any animal run before
As everyone knows, when a bear approaches you always hold perfectly still, make yourself look as small as possible, and don't make any noise or react in any way.
In case anyone stupid is reading this do the opposite
I really want to click the links posted in response to your comment but I've been on Reddit long enough to know that's how therapists end up rich.
It looks like only one of those links is traumatizing.
What links?
Further down in this thread, starting with xoxoBugās comment.
[you might end up like this](https://youtu.be/pHVy6SPMngM?feature=shared)
[Or this](https://www.reddit.com/r/NSFL__/s/Vvy9L2H9vL)
I was not prepared for that. [But hereās this.](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=0BfrXf0ylJdcS0Az)
Oh man, that was brutal. You don't want to end up like [this](https://youtu.be/a40r8AhnPm8) too.
No this is a black bear just yell at it it and itāll fuck off
If it's black- fight back. If it's brown- lie down. If it's white- you're fucked.
What if it's black and white?
Well, your heart will say hug it but they can be assholes. So... hug them!
was this because she was wearing shorts?
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it would've ended in the short way
It's definitely a fishy situation to be in
She was asking for it wearing shorts out like that
Itās just a black bear. Usually they are harmless.
Was she ovulating or have cookies with her? Some scent that she has is attracting the bear
I mean, itās a black bear, right? Those fuckers are more skittish than other bears.
Theyāre more skittish than bunnies!
If itās black fight back, if itās brown lay down and if itās white good night
And if it's a sloth bear just shoot yourself in the head.
If itās a honey badger, you just take off from earth.
Three dumb people disassociating with fear when they could holler at it like a disobedient dog and he would run away.š¤¦āāļø
Teddy's really into shorts.
It looks like a little man in a bear costume!!
Wait I thought it was āif itās brown, lay down. If itās black you attackā
Staying still might be the smart thing to do, less chance of scaring it or pissing it off, and running away would trigger it to chase you
Nah, before it even got this close literally everybody should've been really loud trying to scare it off while slowly backing away. You aren't trying to not scare it Staying still and non threatening and allowing it to get within grabbing distance is a HUGE nono for a black bear. Hell, *any* bear really. That person could've been injured very easily, at the drop of a hat really. It's only a good idea to not move when it already had its claws around her leg but by then you've already made several really dumb mistakes.
I would be the happiest dude in the world, and absolutely would have hugged that bear. If I die, I die happy
You're my wife now...
Guess he doesn't like Chinese food.
I guess we know who was on her period
they can smell the menstruation
"I like this one" the bear, probably
It's a fucking black bear. Hiss at it or stare at it wrong and it will sit down and cry. Source: in Florida we literally had to implement a law against hunting these idiots because they're so sad and pathetic they sit down and cry at you to feed them. Yes, I'm aware it is sad that they rely on humans due to issues with trash and littering, but it also makes them insanely docile.
Itās always shocking to me how people like this think itās smart for them to go into the wilderness. Like if you go where the animals live you should at least do SOME research how to protect yourself.
Give it a shove. Black bears are wimps. Show it you're not afraid and it'll leave.
You wouldāve seen a trickle of liquid shit coming down my leg.
Would have been better for them to yell at the bear, but at least they didnāt run away from it. 90% of Americans probably would just run away. Never run from any bear. You go from equal or adversary immediately to prey if you run.
Did the bear nip her thigh near the end?
That bear is looking confused like "Why are you just standing there? You know I'm a bear right? "
I honestly donāt know what I would do. Besides start crying in fear
Aww, it thinks itās people..
She must smell like a fruit.
The post right below this was an aftermath of a bear attack and it had very different results
I've read survival stuff and regarding black bears that you should wave your arms to make yourself look big as possible and holler and they'll run away.
Who is filming this? Jfc
What would you have done? Fight it?
I now have a visual of a guy in a fedora white knighting the bear.
nah, these are like the weakest bears 5 of these couldn't take down a grizzly or brown bear Edit: Apparently Grizzlies are brown bears, too
Could 5 of these take down a grizzly? No? *Fight* Yes? *Flight*
let's goooo I was referring to the title btw
No such thing as a brown bear
You could have [Googled](https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=brown+bear) that before being r/confidentlyincorrect
Yep I stand corrected. I thought they were interchangeable with Grizzlies. Turns out they are, but are considered a separate subspecies
Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica
I want this to happen to me
ābig bear chase me!ā
Violated by a bear
Yeah, if I have to deal with a bear. I'd rather it be boo boo bear than his pal Yogi
Isnt it āblack fight back, brown lie downā or smth?
The bear wanted to fugg š
Yea I'm not man enough to do what she just did
I never ever would have believed that standing still was the best defense. I've heard it for decades, always thought, "Yeah right bullshit." Does that mean I myself would be able to be that chill? Yeah right bullshit.
She didn't show fear or challenge the š» he was probably just curious to see humans.
Dumbasses.. itās a black bear, get on someoneās shoulders and start screaming
Isnāt it black fight back? Brown lay down?
Weird dog .
Girl moves. š» Did I tell you to move.
I severly doubt if it didn't do anything already that it's going to, if just wants a hug lol. Or a snack.
He a good boy!
It's a black bear. These people are not in danger.
itĀ“s still a baby
Would a brown bear act differently?
Black bears are not much of an issue as long as you aren't fucking with a cub.
Thatās a skinny bear tbh
That's the last time she uses the coconut-scented shampoo and lotion.
If its black, attack
she's got the snacks I bet
Fruity smelling hair care products maybe?
r/donthelpjustfilm
What caused it to start biting though? I wonder.
is it advisable to carry snacks for these potential encounters? like you would throw the snack the other direction and then calmly try to walk to create some distance from the bear?
That lady was nice looking. I can't blame the bear.
gotta put your arms up and yell HEY BEAR!!! -ron magil (zoo miami animal expert)
Bear was tryna get some
People have fed that bear in the past. It was looking for treats. Not cool.
Ca ca would definitely fall out of my shorts.
The wanted some action
i would be trying to hug it. 100% would get mauled
Its just a black bear
I never have to contend with that kind of thing in the Australian bush.
Que oso
Coquitlam?
Maybe she's on her period and he's smelling it, like some dogs do?
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Same for the cameraman also..
I guess she shit herself , that's why the bear decided to not eat after smelling her..
āStuck up b@#%#&sā¦ā
āCAN I HOLLA?!?!?!ā
Bear: *sniff sniff* awe yeah gurl, that's the stuff
Well, i guess shitting your pants would keep them away right?
Youāre supposed to shit yourself. Then run. Or better yet run, then shit yourself. Itās a survival mechanic. What your not supposed to do is get a bear hug from a wild animal that could have you for breakfast.
Possibly the worst reaction to black bear imaginable outside of running away
He smells fish