Which Bear Is Best?
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FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this topic, here are some handy keywords to get your googling started:
- Bering land bridge: an ancient land bridge that connected Asia and North America at various times during the Quaternary glaciation, allowing Homo sapiens and other species migrations.
- The Holocene extinction: (also referred to as the Sixth extinction or Anthropocene extinction) is the ongoing extinction event of species during the present Holocene epoch (since around 10,000 BCE) mainly due to human activity. The Holocene extinction includes the disappearance of large land animals known as megafauna, starting between 9,000 and 13,000 years ago, the end of the last Ice Age.
- Atlatl (spear-thrower): is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart-throwing.
- Bile bears: sometimes called battery bears, are bears kept in captivity to harvest their bile, a digestive fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder, which is used by some traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, though there is no evidence that bear bile has any medicinal effect, and no plausible mechanism by which it might work.
Species featured in this video:
- American black bear (Ursus americanus)
- Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
- Black-footed Ferret or American polecat (Mustela nigripes)
- Steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii)
- Humans (Homo Sapiens)
- Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys)
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Credits (and Twitter handles):
Script Writer: David Goldenberg (@dgoldenberg)
Script Editor: Emily Elert (@eelert)
Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar (@eversalazar)
Video Director: Emily Elert (@eelert)
Video Narrator: Henry Reich (@MinutePhysics)
With Contributions From: Alex Reich, Kate Yoshida, Peter Reich and Rachel Becker
Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: / drschroeder
Image Credits:
Mustela nigripes - USFWS Mountain Prairie
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Mustela eversmanii - Andrei Kotkin (used with permission)
Ursus americanus - Ryan E. Poplin
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Ursus thibetanus - Guérin Nicolas
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References:
Schieck, B., McCown, W. (2014). Geographic distribution of American black bears in North America. Ursus, 25-1(24-33). Retrieved from www.bearbiology.com/fileadmin/...
Pappas, S. (2014).Humans Blamed for Extinction of Mammoths, Mastodons & Giant Sloths. LiveScience. Retrieved from: www.livescience.com/46081-huma...
Feng, Y., Siu, K., Wang, N., Ng, K., Tsao, S., Nagamatsu, T., Tong, Y. (2009). Bear bile: dilemma of traditional medicinal use and animal protection. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 5:2. Retrieved from www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...
Biggins, D., Hanebury, L., Miller, B., Powell, R. (2011). Black-footed ferrets and Siberian polecats as ecological surrogates and ecological equivalents. Journal of Mammalogy, 92(4): 710-720. Retrieved from www.fort.usgs.gov/sites/defau... - Věda a technologie
Dwight: Well that`s debatable
IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE, JIM
bears, beets, battlestar galactica
There are basically two schools of thought
-Question which bear is best?
-That’s a ridiculous question.
-False. Black bear.
The question is rlly dumb
-Fact Bears eat beets.
@@calliebui8709.
@@calliebui8709 this phrase is from "The Office"
@@calliebui8709 czcams.com/video/wYk2i070I2I/video.html
Bears eat beets. Bears beats Battlestar Gallactica.
I came to this vid, just to see this joke. Thank you
Made my day :D
It's Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica
What are you doing?
Michael
That’s funny, Michael
@@gergheffey5450 same
Short answer: *It’s the humans fault as always*
thats my tought after every minuteearth video...
It's plausible, if you think about it. Almost every extinction presupposes some transformation in habitat or supply of resource, too rapid to adapt. This can be a cataclysmic event, the sudden appearence of a superior competitor or predator, or whatever humans are doing to the face of earth.
True
Lone Starr this is just false, extinction has been happening sense the beginning of life on earth and almost 98% of all species throughout the history of the earth are extinct. I’m not saying we’re not speeding it up but people like to put all the blame on us instead of accepting that things can have multiple causes
@@Human-gu2cx well were basicly speeding it up you know
Fact. Bears eat beets.
Jim: Question, what kind of bear is best?
Dwight: That's a ridiculous question.
Jim: False. Black bear.
Dwight: Well, that's debatable. There are basically two schools of thought.
Jim: Fact, bears eat beets. Bears, beets, battlestar galactica.
Dwight: Bears do not..what's going on? What are you doing?!
the office is fucking awesome
Michael!
First thing I thought of:-)
Funny and original
MICHAEL
That’s basically two schools of thou- WHAT ARE YOH DOING?
The answer is easy: Ice Bear
K
They are called polar bear in english.
Lmao we bare bears
I'd say gummy bear
Da Dragon Durp False, Black Bear.
"Shot the cute little fuzzy wuzzys into near extinction"
best explanation ever.
Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica
Oh that's funny, Michael!!!
beat me to it lol
"bears do not- what's going on? what are you doing?! MICHEAL!"
XD black bear
i don't get it
I was gonna put in a reference from The office but someone already did it
and the comment on top of you is called "offrce"
same
A wise man once said “bears eat beets;bears beets battle star galataca.”
Well there are two schools of thought
And the rest of the schools are shit
+Smerlin especially Trump University
Techno Creeper OOOHH DAT BURN
False. Black bears.
Surprised nobody else got that
FALSE BLACK BEARS ARE BEST.
BEARS EAT BEETS.
BEARS BEETS BATTLE STAR GALATACA
IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE JIM MILLIONS OF FAMILIES SUFFER
Moter I've married
Tell foter
Russian bears must be best.
JIM: MICHAEL!
DWIGHT:OH THAT'S FUNNY, MICHAEL!
lpstwizzlers productions Michael! Wait no Miachel!
Fact: Black bear
Said Jim.
Cool to have pronunciaton writen in your nick so we can know how to pronunce it.
How could you miss such a big opportunity to make a reference to The Office?
I finally know where it comes from
What is The Office?
+J-sUn It's a comedy tv show that went for nine seasons and "Which bear is best?" Is from one of the most famous scenes.
+J-sUn It's a comedy tv show that went for nine seasons and "Which bear is best?" Is from one of the most famous scenes.
Bear beats battle star galactica
what-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Bear beats battle star galactica
+Aravind Selvam Michael!!!
+Jason Cunningham
that's SO funny.
MICHAEL
+Alex White (aSaaadPanda) It is a reference to tv series called "The Office".
Overpopulation by humans weren't mentioned explicitly. Asia is the most densely populated place on Earth while North America is one of the least. In forests in National Parks for examples, the Asian Black bears don't do too horribly, its just that these habitats are few and far between.
Also, most of the developing parts of Asia are also very rural(poor) which also further fucks up potential habitats for the bears. Japan for example, while very densely populated, live primarily in cities and thus manage to have huge amounts of forests despite its insane population density. Parts of America too!
There is also the issue of environmentalism and general societal rhetoric on conservation and how it differs between the West and the East. The East in general(especially the poorer parts) is far less interested in having animals around 'just because'. Far more people are okay with not having animals around if it makes them feel better, compared to the West. Very few people that I've ever spoken with here have actually been interested in nature and conservation. Not wanting something extinct or struggling isn't alone reason enough for the vast majority of people here.
But yes the bullshit superstitions and 'alternative' medicine in Asia does incredible damage to the already fragile bears/animals. But also, partly thanks to these idiot superstitions we have 100,000s of Asian black bears in captivity in Asia alone so its extremely unlikely they will ever be properly extinct. The captive ones are treated beyond horribly though.
Good post, although Asia probably has more suitable habitat for bears than North America does simply because of it's size. Wildlife populations in North America are infinitely better managed through hunting for example than is the case in Asia where hunting is rarely regulated. It's simply not enough to have suitable habitat, otherwise Asia would have more bears. Conservation of prey and predator populations is equally, and often more important in increasing a species' population and improving an overall animal and plant ecosystem than habitat acreage is.
"Asia probably has more suitable habitat" well i disagree with that.
Simple awnser huge mountains/ air polution/ lots of rural buildings./ lack of primary food.
Population Density in NA is ridiculously low.
USA has 32/km²
Netherlands has 501/km²
False. Black Bear
Except bear biles have actual medicinal properties and is proven by science. I am not saying it is ethical lol but it isn't as superstitious as you claim it to be.
In my opinion they are all the beary best
preoklenthe .................... why ?
preoklenthe truly unbearable
lololol XD
False black bears are best
False. Black Bear.
Bear... Beats Battlestar Galactika.
They said black bear.
I thought of this before i even clicked on the video lmao
WHAT IS GOING ON!!! MICHAEL!!!!!
The office!!
Wrong. Black Bear. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galtica.
YESSS I THOUGHT OF THAT ONCE i SAW THE TITLE
What is with all of these Battle Star Galactica references?
YujiUedaFan Its The Office (US) reference.
Well basically, there are two schools of thought..
IDENTIFY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE JIM. MILLIONS OF FAMILIES SUFFER EVERY YEAR
I just wanna know how they knew exactly how many bears were there when they first discovered America
ok so i know everyone already beat me to it but
BEARS. BEETS. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
beet me too it*
Macaroon_Nuggets no his grammar is correct
@@candydragon8883 I know. I was making a pun. Because it had to do with beats
Macaroon_Nuggets The to I mean
@@candydragon8883 Oops I didnt even notice that!
False... Black Bear!
What
+Cowy Toone The Office
L
Bears Beets Battlestar Galactica
That's debatable.
False. Black Bear
Fact, Bears eats beets.
BEETS, BEARS, BATTLE STAR GALACTICA
I was too late
Bears do not eat beats... What is going on here? What are you doing????
MICHAEL!
THAT'S NOT FUNNY! MICHAEL!
IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE, JIM
Thank you for making this comment. It's perfect. But remember, IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE!
I'm a fan of grizzlies. They're big, strong, and the mothers care a lot about their cubs to where they will attack anything that will be seen as a threat. I like a lot of bears, but the grizzly bear has got to be my favorite. And one might take my life in June NGL...
my favorite kind of ferret is the black footed ferret. i even once dressed up as one for Halloween once. im glad that one was spotted again and that they are now helping them come back from extinction!
1:39 I'm pretty sure Asian ferrets eat with chopsticks, not forks
true
Right cause Russia, India and Turkey isn't Asia and Asia = China
+Pavel Burtsev it kind of is now...
+Pavel Burtsev it is part of Asia
It doesn't live in India or Turkey, so there's that...
I was going to make a reference to _The Office_
But I see that literally *everyone* beat me to it.
same oh my god
You're using literally wrong.
Yeah I literally hate when people do that,
I clicked the video just because of The Office
beet* you to it
That's debatable. There are basically 2 school of thoughts.
"This has decimated the ... population, which has been cut in half"
so it's been halved, not decimated
Commissar Markhov Deci, 0.1, 1/10
1/2, 0.5, half. Deci means tenth which the bears were not reduced to.
@Commissar Markhov I mean it's all semantics but there are two definitons one (from dictionary.com) is "to select by lot and kill every tenth person of."
@Commissar Markhov Dumbass
Stop trying to stay with archaic definitions, languages change
@@gnomsrepnay there are still multiple definitions that are still used so, until it is completely dead it isn't really gonna change.
-That's a ridiculous question.
-False. Black bear.
Bears.
Beets.
Battlestar Galactica
@@thewaffleman2689 That made my day 😂😂
The Office is da bes
Black bears
Cause TierZoo said so
"What are you do... whats happen... you know what no, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery so thank you"
**puts bobble head on desk**
"IDENTITIY THEFT IS A CRIME JIM!!"
The smol bears in party hats melted my heart, so cute.
Omg, I love how you actually made the humans throw with atlatls instead of spears!
Jim (impersonating Dwight): QUESTION! What kind of bear is BEST!
Dwight: That's a ridiculous question.
Jim: False! Black bear.
Dwight: That's debatable. There are basically two schools of thought.
Jim: Fact! Bears eat beets. Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galatic
Dwight: Bears do not....WHAT is going on??
MICHAEL!!!!
BEARS BEETS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
I was looking for this comment
Funny and original
MICHEAL!
Frag
+Jake Hill oh that's real funny
So to save bears make a cute bear cartoon show.
Omg. Living for the puns at the end.
Oh Henry
Me: POLAR BEAR!!!!!1!1!!
MinuteEarth: *Talks about random extinction shit*
False, black bear. Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
That's debateable. There are basically two schools of thought.
same, kinda disappointed they went the clickbait route
+Nimble Funny and original
Forests aren't popping, and if they are its not due to farmers just leaving, its rather because of the state creating national parks and increasing the existing ones.
Exactly
Still looking for Dwight's answer where he mentioned about two school of thoughts
I've met a bear ,like 10 years ago ,when I was 10 .
It was the best bear .
😊
Bears eat beets
Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica
wtf is that?
Dwight Fart Schrute
Michael!
+castrocalifornia ME TOO 😂😂😂
It's dwight..
False; Black bear.. Bears, beats, Battle Star Galactica
Ayyyy I just posted that lol
Funny and original
I was just about to post that. GG :)
why the fuck is everyone saying that
Identity theft is not a joke, Jim. Millions of families suffer every year!
I literally said "stop it!" when you made the puns
every video
OMG
THEM PUNS ARE TOO MUCH
I can't BEAR it
I was going to write a comment about how "the office" jokes are overused but everyone beat me to it.
False, black bear... Bears. Beats. Battlestar Galactica...
Funny and original
i saw the video title and that was the first thing i thought of
Ice Bear is best Bear.
#IceBear4President
Polar Bear is best Bear
#PolarBearBeatsIceBearEveryday
Ice bear avoids comment sections.
oncemoreuntothebreach What, are the flame wars too hot?
+Smerlin Ice Bear believes you don't get the reference.
Ice bear has innocent eyes
I love how the question in the title is never addressed nor answered
I thought it was the bear with fur around the neck vs. the one with no fur around the neck. I thought after seeing that that the bear with fur around the neck would be better because the fur protects its neck from attackers, like the male lion with the fur around their neck to protect them from attackers. guess i was wrong lol
What about Bear Grylls, Isnt he the best species of bear?
Gummy bears are the best bears.
#Truefacts
ice bear is best bear or bear grills.
So true
Water bears are best bears
agreed gummie bears are awesome
Easy. the FUNNIEST one is the sloth bear at the Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida. one time i saw him putting his front paws on his fake log and just started swingin' his head XD
The little animations are SO cute!
Uhhhh yeah,i can answer you that question. Grizzly-Polar bear hybrid is the best bear. Grolar bears hype!
Pizzly bear.
Man, when I get too much money I open a Pizzaria, name it Pizza Bear and every employee has to wear a bear suit. Customers can even have the person delivering their pizza wear a certain costume, and they all make bear puns :)
***** I hope you never get too much money.........
Darius O Why not? Can´t BEAR the thought? :)
+Hidden Shadow
then you get arrested and your new cell mates name is papa bearx
"Mommy, I don't feel so good..."
"Just drink some bear bile, honey. You'll feel better."
Beautiful narration.
Is it just me, Or is North America doing relatively well in conservation efforts overall compared to other continents. Most of the threatened or endangered species I can think of here have recovered to some extent, and I can really only think of the Passenger Pigeon that went with the Dodo here in terms of well known ones.
Jigglypuff's bair is best.
Falco's Bair****
But honestly both KO stupidly well.
Buff Puff
bair
If HungryBox was in the woods, and had to fight a bear, who's B-Air would win?
Gorgia Mallich I mean, can bears even play smash
Where's Dwight Schrute when you need him...
you are so cool i love MinuteEarth
0:37 ”yeah it's big brain time”
The best bear is Karhu III Olut.
Bear beer, to finnish the joke.
Karhu A ja 8% on parempii
false. bear beats Battlestar Galactica
Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
+Maggie Newman Yes! I was looking for this! One of the best Jim moments.
+Soybeanz Meng AGREED! One of my favorite moments on the entire show!
MICHAEL!!!
Bears do not beat... What is going on?! What are you doing?!
This was BEARy informational!
I clicked on this video just to see all the Office references
This video is great, and it's always important to know what sad things we do to animals for no real reason... even though learning about it makes me super super sad myself.
False! Black bear!
So many people in these comments have no idea what "Which bear is best?" comes from. That makes me sad. :)
it makes you sad so you put a smiley face.
THE OFFICE : BEARS BEETS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Identity theft is not a joke Jim!
+RedRooster1012 Millions of families suffer every year!
I like how you added Teddy Roosevelt who was a big game hunter who would later become the founder of cuddly Teddy Bear Toy. Named after him.
MICHAEL!!!!!!
Came to make a "Office" joke. Saw that it was already top comment. DAMNIT JIM!
bears, beats, Battlestar glactica
The animals in your video that thrived, all had party hats. Based on this finding, we should commence at once to hand out party hats to species on the verge of extinction. Perhaps some Govt money can be set up for additional studies on the effect of other party devices: Party Horns, Disco Balls, Punch Bowls, Tequila, Lamp Shades, Beer Bongs...
Best bear is Mr. Cuddles
He is a teddy bear 🧸
He’s sitting in my room 🥰❤️❤️💖🎀🎈
What is it with asia and eating strange body parts of animals for health reasons?
They clearly need to have their scientists step up and call out all the bullshit beliefs. Heck, we need more scientists to do that here, as alt med quackery beliefs are spreading in the US as well.
Might need to narrow down those details, as Asia is a large continent with many countries besides China and India.
Cultural and historical reasons. Please don't judge.
***** When it causes environmental damage and drives species to extinction, we should TOTALLY judge.
*****
This could be sarcasm. It is really hard to tell when written down...
Which bear is best bear?
My bear is best bear, because...
you can ride it?
It says "I wuv u!!!!" when you squeeze it(I spelt the words inside the quotes wrong on purpose)
Here's my toy bear
Atleast *someone* got it :D
Tobias Weiß
There is still another bear species living in Eurasia, the Eurasian brown bear, which is flourishing. This is due to the fact that the Eurasian brown bear lives much further north and in a wider area than the Asian black bear, whose habitat is limited to the south and southeast of the Himalayas and Gobi desert.
Well, that's debatable. There are basically two schools of thought.
Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica.
bear population was DECIMATED and cut down in HALF. 1/10 = 1/2
decimate: kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of. But, hey, how often do you get to be all pedantic and also let people know that you read up that one thing on the Romans... you do you, boo.
Waste away peasant... the world hath no place for an urchin like you.
One half was cut down in the last 30 years ONLY. Long time ago there were millions of bears so in the last ~50000 years their population was decimated.
Oh my gosh so many office references jeez you don’t need to say it when somebody already do.
The video bear so many pun that I cannot bear too long..
Good job guys...
well there's basically two trains of thought
Thanks but you still didn't answer the question
Polar bear is best bear
No they didn't answer it, because it isn't the right question to ask.
They started off with the question people would ask but then explained that the common question is asking the wrong thing.
Alright, but which bear? In particular? Which individual bear is the best bear in the world?
+Smerlin
polars bears came from grizzly bears so grizzly bears are best
see my logic?
lol jk
both grizzly and polar bear are equal
they are both the sane just made for different climates
Grolar bear is made for both climates. Grolar bear is superior to both.
It's kinda sad, but that last photo of the sad Bear and weasel looking up at the happy cousins was pretty funny, haha.
The Office reffrence
Anybody else think of Dwight?
Bears eat beets!
MartianMayo heyo ur the first one who made a reference to the office in the comments
MartianMayo heyo ur the first one who made a reference to the office in the comments
I have to say this as a Texan, it's not as much that prairie dogs are killed now because of competition over food, it's because of the holes. Non-native hoofed animals like cows and horses never had to worry about holes in the ground and worrying where they step. Quite a few cows and horses at ranches in Texas have to be put down thanks to breaking legs in prairie dog holes.
Wow as soon as I clicked on the video I cried. I didn’t read in the title about ferrets in here and I didn’t mean to be reminded of my ferret who died a week ago!
So I am to blame, what a surprise. I can't bear this. Pun intended.
The video got unbearable with the accusatory tone
(☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞
Basileus Sarkly I love me some bear bile. Oh mama. But when I was saying "I" i was reffering to me as "human".
Does anyone know where/how Henry got the American black bear population for the 1500s?
Fossil records and research?
It's an estimate that we have
Hey Andrew, it's David from MinuteEarth. Check out this National Geographic article from last year: news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150626-black-bears-animals-science-nation-conservation/
That particular fact has the smell of having come from someone's anus.
I mean there are two trains of thought...
0:20 really? There is a ferret living in my back yard
@Raptorex Corcovatus wut if not
Interesting video, but what about Man-bear-pig?
You just triggered The Office button.
That would explain why the black-footed ferret is endangered. That's why there are so few. There are only about 750 of them left in the wild.
Other Bears: Humans are killing us!
Cave Bear: gid gud noobs
how do you know the estimate for number of bears in 1500? Was there a record or is there a way to calculate it even when it's in the past?
Yes, we can make estimates about past populations.