Wild Polar Bear gets too hungry! Svalbard
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- čas přidán 5. 01. 2011
- Amazing shot taken by the Nowergian adventurer Ragnar Thorseth in a family trip to Svalbard in 1987/1988. Clip is 30 years old.
This shot shows the Norwegian adventurer on vacation with his family sharing salmon sandwiches with a polar bear.
Video was shot more than 20 years ago during a visit in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard from the North Pole.
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Fun fact: Polar bears see people as food.
Very fun 😍
Delicious 😋
100% Fact, *0% Fun*
A lot of predators see people as food. The difference is, we are on the polar bears predatory list. Like this means they view humans as food regardless of whether you provide willingly or not.
Bears are deceptively savage. They look calm even when stalking you. They’re not screaming or roaring but will eat you nonetheless
They resemble humans in their cunning and deception when hunting…tho Im not referring to this humans lol which are not so brigth
When two bears fight they will roar. But if a bear wants to eat you. It is smart enough to only take a step when you step. This way it knows you will only hear your own footsteps while it sneaks up behind you.
It seems like they understand their ecosystem. We should stop that nonsense about them being savages. They know humans are not part of their diet. He knows better not to come over board.
Freaking idiots….. this puts the polar bear at risk and other humans at risk as this bear now associates humans with food! Feckin geniuses!!! Idiots!,
1:32 did I hear "perkele"?
Ok, it is absolutly crazy to do this. But how gently one of the bears took the food out of his hand - unbelievable!
Sparren Burger Good truthful eyes
That astonished me too, SB. I kept expecting the bear to skip the appetizer, pull the man overboard, and go straight to the main course.
He/she appeared to be a Juvenile, judging by the size. Very curious, a little more gentle, but very hungry.
Bluenose352
I don't think so. Look at 1:00 there she looks tall enough to be an adult one.
Not a teen but maybe a twen. 😉
Sparren Burger Yes. Even the Bear in the beginning had a bigger, adult skull size. You're right. The one that took the Salmon seemed a bit younger. Seemed smaller. I'm still getting used to the sizes of Male vs Female Polar Bears.
I really think some people have to get eaten before they understand it's not a teddybear
+ProgamerEU just to let you know you have to wear a gun in svalbard cause the danger of polar bears its a law and people have already been killed by polar bears
what an idiot feeding that bear. Probably get shot now as it think humans mens food. well done moron.
shes like wtf wheres the hospitality?
haha are you trying to teach us norwegians about polar bears?
But the bear was so sweety
Lets encourage the bears to find food on our boat! What could possibly go wrong?
to feed a bear is to kill a bear.
They must be crazy! That's extremely dangerous.
For noen idioter.! Dere setter andre folks liv i fare med denne oppførselen og det vet dere jævla sykopater!
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They fed the wolves, now, we have a dogs.
Bear : I'm sorry I'll go back to the side of the boat for more of that salmon sirr
yaa that was cute
Like a dog.
🤣🤣🤣
@@ScottAndrew like a big big big big dog.....
They are one of the most intelligent animals.
This video really puts in perspective just how massive these bears are
And he is not even an adult
And how fast they are. Look how quickly he climbs at 1:32.
And this is a young juvenile bear no where near fully grown
Yes. Quite bigger then the brown bear
@@postiticeland8783 than, not then
The editing here makes it look like the bear fell in the water, heard them laughing, then said "Okay I'm done playing nice I'm coming up there rn."
Lmfao
😂😂😂😂😂
I was just thinking how easily this bear could jump on the boat, and then it did. They were lucky
Hi, this was filmed in 1988. At this time there were no regulations about feeding polarbears in Svalbard. Today there is another story.
Without purpose. Feeding or not, it doesn't impact the bears behaviour.
There is a ban on seeking contact with polar bears, that's all.
Try to avoid contact, if the bear sees you in the open, shoot it or get eaten alive, they often start in the stomach / back area.
It should be common sense. No matter what decade. You hand feed a wild animal, it'll expect more from that hand.
Heinrich Eggenfellner Yah but this fails common sense for their own safety.
Where’s Darwin when you need him?
Heinrich Eggenfellner
Then morons learned from their mistakes?
Why would a person need regulations to tell them hand feeding wild animals is a bad idea?
the bear was like he understood where he needs to stay to get the food and he went back to his first position
1:18 Quite possibly the most bravest and most stupid thing I've ever seen
My dad always said, "there's a fine line between being brave and being stupid".
1:38 *Bears like* "look at me, look at me.... I am the captain now"
This made lol
😂🤣😆💀
I'm not an expert on polar bears, but something seems wrong, and very dangerous, doing this.
Not ”something”... Everything!!!
@@soja9305 Yep.
So that's why you should leave it to the experts
They eat humans. We are an item on their menu.
They're all lucky to be alive.
Sad
They pros unlike u
1:39 lol that confused look after he got hit
Probably the first time in his life he got slapped by a prey lol
Glad to see a youtube comment section full of actual sense. I was expecting all these "omg aww that feeding is cute, I now want a bear" comments
LMFAO! I love how he smacks the bear in the face when it sticks its head in the window. How DARE you climb aboard my boat?! *Smack*
the bear jumped on the boat looking for dessert now
scary how fast it can move 1:29
He was trying to get in.
Unless they were armed,it would have been a SLAUGHTER.
STUPID HUMANS
It’s the polar bear’s version of a food truck. “I’ll have another helping, sir... and... I think I’ll help myself to it...okay, fine, I won’t.”
Polar bears are numerous and increasing in numbers. It seems they have no problem getting enough food yet.Even humans if they get lucky.
That bear is fast, imagine if he stumbles onto a KFC
P T In this time and age he would need two jobs just to survive
I have never seen a polar bear bitch slap, that was sort of amazing!
One thing I learned from this video: Norwegians are crazy 😄
Swedes I think, love from Scotland 🏴 ❤
@@scotslassie6991no its norwegians says in description
"okay okay, I'll get off the ship and beg for food over here.. can I have pizza now?"
*Direct Translations NOR to ENG:*
1st Man: "It is a bit dangerous, a bit dangerous."
1st Female: "It is a beautiful teddy."
2nd Man: "When you start to tell a story, it becomes a little bit like,...it tops most stories."
3rd Man: "It happens several times. This that we feed polar bears. But this has to do with the ability to judge the polar bear by the same manner one judge people, wild animals or other situations. A polar bear sends signals, is it aggressive, is he hungry, does it want to do you harm and what you generally know about polar bears. That is does not have any natural enemies. So it doesnt generally know what it means to be scared other than the fear of other polar bears. Her, my wife also feeds the polar bear with cured meats and... later did I feed it later with, a younger polar bear I feed it with cod sandwich with mayo."
Slightly background towards polar bear: "Ohh so good it was, so good it was. You enjoy Norwegian cod." inaudible similar (Polar bear lunges hes head towards the plate and grabs the bread in hes hands) "One more? One more... oufh"
3rd Man continues while slightly background (same person background btw): "...I showed it in hes mouth. No drama in it, but it looks pretty dramatic" (Polar bear lunges hes head towards the plate and grabs the bread in hes hands)
....
(Polar bear on deck)
4th Man: "Steak it!" (Slang similar to "Oh my God.") ... "Huh, huh, wisszzz."
4th Man: "Devil in hell" (Slang similar to "F me that was close"), laughter, "That was torturing good." (Slang for the polar bear leaving being a good thing while it was exciting).
END :D
@Tradin War Stories LoL, np. :)
Thank u I was struggling to find a way of getting subtitles
@@wildcathill Yeah, there is no way google translate can get this because it is so much front and background aspect to the speech and a ton of slangs that isnt properly communicated via just translating the words. :)
Thank you very much for the translation.
"Wild polar bear is trained to seek out humans and demand or steal food and to see humans as harmless, something 'ordinary', and probably tasty." Cute!
Dude I know enough of animals to tell the Bear was pretending to play nice in the end to trick them to go out and give him food. Thats a predators inteligence right there
That's amazing. I thought the bear would kill them, but it looks all cute and cuddly.
The worlds top land predator ,very dangerous but so cute . I think these men were lucky they did not become lunch !
Alot of people commiting that these humans are teaching this bear they're a source of food. But these particular bears already see humans as prey. It's not the same as a grizzley bear.
@Jonathan Thomas Grizzlies *show* outwards aggression, polar bear don’t because they are not concerned by you. They will hunt you and eat you with total calm.
@Jonathan Thomas Um, because polar bear don’t live close to humans like other bears? This is common sense, dude. I’m really trying to not be insulting, but common.
@Jonathan Thomas They are one of the few species of animal that will actively hunt a human being as a source of food. Do you not understand that when you’re 700 to 900 pound carnivore and you live in the barren Arctic anything with meat is food for you? Grizzlies will simply not do that.
@Jonathan Thomas I said one of the only, not the only. Maybe changing only to few will make it more obvious. And thank you for admitting that polar bears do indeed actively hunt humans; therefore, being more dangerous than grizzlies if ever encountered.
i cant believe how the first thing the guy said was «its not dangerous its not dangerous»😆
1:22 So he falls in the water and you think, "Well, that's that." But then all of a sudden he's ON THE BOAT!!!!!
Missing reel, anyone? :)
Yeah missing reel cuz they all ran inside instead of casually filming the bear while he climbs on top of the ship 😁
Naw it wasn't missing, the bear fell as a diversion then used instant transmission to surprise them
That man was shooing the polar bear like it was a bird.
The bear was doing a screen test for the leading role in an upcoming production of Oliver Twist. "Please sir. I want some more."
You can tell by the polar bears body language that it was not aggressive nor did it try to attack anyone,it simply was just too hungry and go for easy meal....
Polar bears don't show any signs of aggression when hunting, why would they? If given the chance, the polar bear would have absolutely attacked the humans because as you said, it was too hungry and looking for an easy meal.
This is an apex predator. It’s accustomed to seeing living beings as either food or an adversary (ie; another polar bear). Just because it’s big and furry doesn’t mean it’s in any way “being nice.” It’s curious… about how you taste.
This one just happened to decide that this potential meal wasn’t worth the hassle. That’s all.
I nevertheless find, that it is a really really cute bear, especially considering that this his maybe first confrontation with humans. (So you have also a positive comment now)
Breaks my heart to know how much they struggle to survive
They are actually thriving, stop believing all the lies.
Oh did you believe the skinny starving polar bear on a tiny piece of ice story?
@@progmetalJorge No, he's talking about those poor humans.
Stop believing the propaganda.
Breaks my heart to know these fuckers still exist
I'm speechless...
"Let's feed this wild polar bear our lunch, what could go wrong."
~last known communication with idiots on a boat
The bear is very hungri 😤😤😤
Stfu the bear is hungry
Everywhere else: Don't feed the bears.
Arctic: Feed the bears before they feed on you (and while it's at it, YOU LEAVE).
Arctic
He fed him that nasty Scandinavian mayo that comes from a tube. Animal cruelty. LOL
And I thought he was feeding him homemade crostini!
Oh come on. We polarbears like that stuff. Especially when it's hand fed to us. Sometimes we take the hand.
Oleander Pink you know i was almost going to defend the scandinavian tube mayo right now but then i stopped and thought about it, after living in canada since 89. danm that stuff is some gross thick shit. but i remember when i didnt know any better i put it on most my sandwiches.
@@TigerMeadows I'd rather just give you a Coke.
All mayo is nasty.
OMG the size of that first polar bear is very intimadating. The head is the size of her upper torso and she is feeding it like a puppy dog.
That’s just mind blowing
When a polarbear has outstayed its welcome.
He sure is a friendly bear.
Yes, Feed the wild bear thats a good idea.
Jean Hoffman
Yes the humans are the wildest n strongest. Gfys pussy
Um, isn't that how our kind domesticate and tame wild animals, by feeding them?
@@elvondrago96 you'd have to be an idiot to think you can domesticate there's animals. This isn't a dog dood lll
@@jakethedog2934 think about how strong and wild humans are when you’re getting torn apart by a polar bear, one of the few animals that actively hunts humans
@@elvondrago96 it’s kind of hard to domesticate a bear that views humans as food
Hey internet. Chill bruh. Ya’ll so triggered
Медведь мой любимый зверь из всех существующих на планете Земля.
Hand feeding a wild Polar Bear, not sure if that brave or dumb, but I'm sure the Bear appreciated the treat.
When that bear 🐻❄️ got hit, it’s reaction 😂. Lik, “OOWW! Dude… seriousle?? That hurt 😢. I’m just looking.” 😂
Was just wondering, how much can a very hungry polar bear eat in one meal? I will guess one whole person at least.
Around 80kg
Who knew feeding wild polar bears was a bad idea? Wait... everyone knows that.
In a dream I was chased by two polar bears. They caught me and pushed me in a hole in the ice. I swam away under the thick ice....two of them jumped in after me swimming much faster then me.....I knew I was as good as dead....I woke up.
How far people willing to go for amazing. While loved ones back home weep.
The bear's struggle is similar to mine when I can't open up a can of meat.
They're feeding a wild animal and they expect it to go away? They've now set the stage for the bear's next human encounter--one where the human won't feed him and becomes a possible food source. Scientists and researchers like this are an embarrassment to the community of "observation not infiltration."
who the hell were the scientists and researchers in this video and when a polar bear spots you it's coming at you whether it's been fed by a human or not ffs
Paula Stephenson
They are Norwegians civilians, don’t lecture us about not feeding our surrounding animals in our nation.
@@pufferg4335 It's not like the average Norwegian has any contact with polar bears. The only time 99% of Norwegians will ever see a polar bear is in a zoo as there are no polar bears in mainland Norway and therefore the average Norwegian is no less ignorant than anyone else about how to deal with them.
Svalbard is a completely different world to the Norwegian mainland and the majority of Norwegians have probably never visited it.
Bear: I was expecting to get served hot lead from my dinner, but it gave me salmon steaks?!
"yeah these snacks are nice but I'm more interested in your arm"
Really really stupid behaviour.
Jus Finna say tat bud
Yeah, the bear should’ve known better than to try to climb up the side of the boat, he could’ve gotten his claw caught in the cabling!...Probably why they waited 20 years to release it, the bears probably dead and gone, save it the embarrassment.
yes but if I could feed polar bear I coudn't resist, I know it is wrong
2 dude taking photos on a small boat literally within 2 steps of distances, I think they are all crazy
people ....they're q
Real Cute. Like a big, cuddly white dog that can easily rip your face off! So many thoughts on this. Like "WOW"!
Reminds me of a Mitch Hedberg joke.
When we were on acid, we would go into the woods, because there was less chance that you would run into an authority figure. But we ran into a bear. My friend Duane was there, raising his right hand, swearing to help prevent forest fires. He told me, "Mitch, Smokey is way more intense in person!"
The two guys in the rubber boat….the bear thinks “great….door dash”.
OMG that was scary at the end! They are pretty fast!
Where's the sign 'do not feed the bears?'
Mark O'Cain you need a sign you fukwit?
"Where's the sign 'do not feed the bears?'"
The bear ate it.
in the middle of the artic you seriously expect to see signs?
just love it! anything for the youtube video! thanks for this
Dude when that thing got in the boat I was like, you'd better get to higher ground lol, omg that is a huge carnivore.
I've been on the Arctic ice. Only an idiot would interact with these polar bears in this way.
Steafan Dubhuidhe you can’t really walk on the Arctic Ice anymore as its mostly melted away due to climate change.
Yeah these dudes are retarded
Nice to see so many experts in polarbear behavior..
Gustaf inhocsignovinces read about it douchebag! You’ll see.
Human and wild animal contact has long long history....well done
That bear will always approach humans, not the brightest thing to do 🌈
Hand feeding a wild polar bear sandwiches would one of the most thrilling things you could do in life. I have seen this footage in a documentary back in 96 in school
More videos of interesting places from 30-40 years ago should be on CZcams
They are training the bear to hunt in the wild. Hats off!
What does a bruin eat?
-anything they want to!😂
I can understand why you shared what you had. How many of us have fed marmots, squirrels, raccoons, birds, deer, bears etc. It's a natural instinct to share. That bear looked young. Thank you for sharing this video.
possibly the stupidest behavior ever filmed-
The first time that bear has ever been slapped on the snout and he did not like it.
He goes "PSHHH PSHHH" and the bear politely goes back on the side of the boat.
They should be arrested for teaching animals to come close to human for food
Svalbard doesn't have any police... Or jail...
A jail in the Arctic? Haha, that would be funny. Maybe they should conduct civil service there... wait, they're already doing that.
+Aaron Cruz There are no polar bears in Antarctica ;-)
+Soltan Ahmadli - That really just doesn't apply to polar bears. They basically have no innate fear of humans anyway, they already come romping towards humans the moment they see them (intending to eat them). This contrasts with most bears that avoid people (or at very least human settlements) and then become a danger once they learn to come to people for food. Since polar bears don't avoid humans in the first place you're not actually hurting anything by feeding them. Not helping anything...but not hurting anything either. If anything teaching them that if they don't eat the humans right away they might get other kinds of food might be of minor benefit.
Why they dont avoid humans? I think every creature afraid of something strange
They both are gorgeous and magnificent 😍😍🐻🐻😍😍!!
*”the measly morsel for that tank of an animal was just warming up its appetite for bigger and better game; human” 🐻❄️ - MELL DUNEY 616*
1:39 The Polar was like "did he just slap me with some goddamn food?" 😂🐻❄ Great video 👍👍
Everyone here talking about how stupid the tourists are and I'm just here enjoying 80s content lol
Same 😀😀
Some humans will never learn.They feed the bear and is hungry wants more food.
Bear comes aboard the boat wants more food. That's encouraging the bear.
They are Norwegians..... I say no more.....
Bear: "humans! Yummy!"
Humans: "let's do small talk in Swedish, fluffy"
Imagine being interrupted at your job by a polar bear.
It was funny to see the bear chomping down on those salmon sandwiches - which looked VERY tasty! However, it was NOT funny to see how that bear got on that boat. At that point they will not differentiate between being fed by a human and/or making one it's next meal.
Is it really clever to make polar bears want to come close to people? Both for the bear and the humans sake..
i have read in other comments thar polar bears, unlike black bears for example, always have been associating people with/as food, so they are gonna try and eat you anyway...
but as i said, not sure its actually true
A polar bear will attack anything they see,, all other species bears may behave the unsafe manor you attempt to reflect on
Now, I've seen everything.
cutest animal ive ever seen!
the polar bear just wanted to be their friend. They would be so nice to cuddle with in the cold
this is just crazy, stupid and most importantly not good for the bears
Man feeding them ,where do these people come ? Bear says see people that means food
Why is it not good for the bears? He seems to like it.
Anytime humans feed bears, the bears become accustomed with equating people with food. It messes with the order of nature and makes it more likely that the bears will seek humans more often than not, and always expecting to be fed. This happened in Yellowstone park and generations of bears lost their instinct to hunt. Consequently a few generation of bears had to be fed everyday at a garbage dump until they weaned them from being fed. It wasn't an easy thing to do either. This is why in Yellowstone it is against the law to feed the bears. By the way see the comment below this one.
Bet the bear would love a 'Big Mac' too :-D I get your drift matey....lol
if its black attack, iif its brown lay down, IF ITS WHGITE GOODNIGHT
“A fed bear is a dead bear”
They actually fed that thing. That was smart.
BEARS WONT BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM, THEY WILL ONLY BITE IF THE HAND STOPS THE FEEDING
XMIR10C as opposed to human behaviour. humans bite everything.
ok so no i wouldnt do it, and yes it is obviously risky hand feeding a polar bear. BUT whether it was 30 years ago or today, it really makes no difference to the world other than a polar bear got some easy food. yes if everyone did this every day, it might have some repercussions, but they dont. so lighten up.
Alexander Stollznow
Thank you!
Alexander Stollznow ...lighten up my ass...if this bear kills these people then they would be ready to hunt bear down an kill it for doin what comes natural...these people are real idiots...beyond idiots...an putting bears life in danger
firstly, the video is from 30 years ago. secondly, i am, fairly obviously, referring to people making a big deal about feeding them, and particularly what was fed to them. which, it must be said, was probably not suitable for a polar bear, but in insignificant quantities, to say nothing of 30 years ago, it is really not a problem. it was about THAT, i was saying 'lighten up'.
Clearly that bear must have heard "Don't bite the hand that feeds you"
"Family trip to Svalbard"
sadly, one or two were never seen again