Bears of Sequoia National Park
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- The bears of Sequoia National Park in spring. Filmed in early June 2016. Around Log Meadow, between 4:3o pm and 6:oo pm. Were we encountered five different bears, all peacefully grazing in the meadow near the trail. This is not an action film, it is a casual observance of bears in the wild.
Caution, this was filmed with cameras with very high optical zoom ability. Never get too close to, feed, or try to touch wildlife. If encountering bears in our National Parks, remember, if you leave them alone, they will leave you alone. If you make the bear feel cornered, or that their young are in any danger. They can sprint up to 35mph, how fast can you run? You can hear in the video, that we make sure not to startle the bear, and that the bear is aware of us, and that if the bear comes closer to us, we move away and keep a safe distance between us. Get out, see nature, just be careful while doing it.
Mama bear is beautiful! Cubbies are adorable!!!
What gorgeous babies, I have never seen a mother bear nursing her young before. They were so lively and playful.
We went there about 4 years ago, it’s hard to believe how big these trees are
The best thing is you don't have any concert mixed in with your video like everybody else we like hearing nature the natural habitat we don't want to hear a song and dance thank you those are also black bear but look Brown like a grizzly
@TheJudge01 yes my girlfriend and I went to Yellowstone in July 21 2019 we saw three black bear and one big huge grizzly bear probably weighing around 1,200 lb roaming on the side of the road on the hillside the reason I know the weight because we saw two 1,500 lb grizzly bears in captivity at a museum shelter before we went into Yellowstone
@TheJudge01 thanks, these are indeed California black bears which can be any color between dark black and very light blond. But they are all still California black bears.
@@rockyeasterline348 Grizzlies typically don't get that big in Yellowstone.
Of course, every one in a while a huge male grizzly can get over the thousand-pound mark, but most of them tend to top out at 600-800 lb.
The biggest grizzlies tend to reside in Katmai, where bears regularly weigh over a thousand pounds each summer.
Fixed a typo.
@@somedude9528 at the entrance of Yellowstone there is a museum with two 1000-lb Grizzlies in there everyone on the side of the road agreed that Grizzly weighed about 900 to 1000 lb and I was comparing it to the ones I saw
That sow's color is amazing. A California golden bear.
My family and I were lucky enough to find a family of black bears when we went in July 2017.
2 days ago we went up there and we seen one . Recorded it .
Nice footage of fresh cubs!!! Cute 👍🏼
Great photos of the bears......natural habitat
Just so beautiful and magnificent!
Thank you for sharing
I wish I was not so afraid of them ,they are magnificent
No need to be afraid. As long as you keep a safe distance, and don't do anything that would aggravate or cause the bear to feel threatened or cornered.
Between 2010-2019 their have been thirty people killed by bears. There's still a risk.
Glad I packed extra shorts on this trip
Bears a really good at avoiding humans, I saw a similar situation myself and they knew I was there by my smell alone.
U smell that Bad lol
Very nice! Thank you very much!
🐾I love them 🐾
Thanks for all the comments. I feel the need to add. That suggestions of guns and bear spray should not be followed! It is illegal to carry, or discharge any weapons, including BB guns and bear spray, in the National Parks! To do so would be a federal crime. Bears very rarely attack people in the parks. If you are armed with knowledge, respect, and a good zoom on your camera, you can safely have amazing wild animal encounters. A safe distance is key. The most dangerous animal in the parks, by number of injuries, is - Deer. That's right deer. Far more people are injured by deer when people try to get that selfie with Bambi, than by any other animal in our parks. The second most dangerous, HUMANS. Bears don't even come close. Remember, bears and other wild life are protected in our Parks by federal law. Tourist who behave badly, are not. Besides, bears gotta eat too. Kidding, maybe. If you are too afraid to be in our parks without a weapon at your side. You should do us all a favor and just stay in the city.
Some national parks. Some national parks allow bear spray. Some don't.
Totally agree
I was just going to state what Michael stated. Bear spray is not illegal to carry at all National Park Service sites. In fact, some actually encourage carrying it and consessioners actually rent or even sell it! It is always recommended to check the individual NPS park/sites website since what is prohibited or allowed in one, many not be the case for another!
I understand guns but you should carry bear spray anytime your in the backcountry where bears are. Not all hikers carry a zoom camera to take photos of ears at a distance. Some people are just hiking and may have an encounter with a momma bear with cubs and need to defend themselves. Making the statement about bear spray is just plain silliness and bad advice. Nice video though.
You actually can have a gun in a National park..I believe Obama made it a law. You just can’t bring it inside a building in the national parks or even shoot it, but you are legally allowed to carry. We talked to a ranger in Denali about our gun we brought. Like I said, you can’t not fire it though. Don’t understand the point of it but that’s just the law
Gorgeous footage
Beautiful footage!
*man whistles. bear- "I hear lunch".
Funny, but not exactly. The whistling is to let the bear know I am there. A startled bear can react in a defensive manner. Back country hikers sometimes where bells on their hiking sticks for the same reason.
@@garysimon6497 You do know there is a joke about those bells don't you ? That is how you identify grizzly scat by the bells in it.
Fantastic video!
that warning sign "to protect you, or regulations prohibit feeding or molesting them" why do I feel like thats only there, because someone tried to molest a bear
In this context, it just means annoy/bother.
X yeah it's like that danger do not open sign on the emergency door of the airplane. You know that they put the sign up because someone "tried to open it"
There is a no dogs or cats on trail sign at a Yosemite trail...which tells me someone must have brought kitty at one point...
Read Golden Kamuy
Whistling to alert a bear of your presence is not nearly enough. And how do you know you don't just sound like a song-bird to her. And what indication has she given that makes you think she knows you are there b/c nothing she's done on the video indicates she knows you are there?
Why not use the international bear alert phrase: "Hey Bear. Hey Bear."
Bears can sense or smell humans long before you are anywhere near them. Whistling or hanging a small bell from your walking stick or back pack is also just as common a practice with hikers to prevent an accidental startling of wild life. Also, running from a bear is like running from a dog. They are hard wired to chase you, either in play or attack. Most bears can sprint up to 35 miles an hour.
Great footage!
Bears ate my water jug when I was camping there. We had all of our food secure, and I didn't think the bears would be attracted to our water, as there was a river only 100 feet away, yet I woke up to a collapsible 5 gallon water tank crushed and punctured with a bunch of teeth holes.
Beautiful bears 💜
Awww 😀😀😀
Do bear mothers hang out with each other anf let their cubs play together? or do they just stay to themselves?
Very light-haired.
Great video
What trail did you get all this footage???
Beautiful Native land stolen.
Which trail was this?
Great video. What camera did you use?
Thank you. The Panasonic HC-V770 with an amazing optical zoom lens allows me to shot almost 4K broadcast quality video and full 5.1 stereo sound. I carry it in a holster on my belt so that I can have it out and filming in only seconds.
why can't you leave them a lone please
Bears of Sequoia..Trooper.. prescription..final resting spot..Abby Caddabby..the brothers Grimm..🧙♀️🍓🥝🥜🥑🥒🥒🥕
Those cubs are adorable . See some of my California bears encounters here: czcams.com/video/c2q5mLntOYw/video.html
Where did that second cub come from? Lol
The second cub was part way up a tree when we came over the hill and spotter mom.
ils se chamaillent ou ils jouent ? tjrs rigolos.
So, with hibernation a fact in a bear's life, I'm struck by how these adult bears eat...and eat...and eat...and eat...everything in sight...non-stop. If the hibernation period can last roughly seven months, then for the five or so months that mom is awake (I'm using a female with cubs in my example here), she has no choice but to engage in eating whatever she can...whenever she can...as she must put on in the vicinity of 40% extra body weight...perhaps as high as 50%?
Watching it in action, as mom bear continuously shovels in mouthfuls of nothing more nutritious...nothing more delicious...than some form of a common field grass. I understand that the whole purpose of an animal hibernating is to specifically deal with the hardships and massive food shortages that typically accompany the winter months. In theory, I get it, but in practice, it just looks like an awful deal.
As an adult bear, to continuously, each and every year, eat until you are so completely gorged that your body weight fluctuates as much as 40% - 50%, and to do this in a span as little as five months, just sounds so incredibly unhealthy. Now, I am obviously taking the viewpoint of the human body, where incredible weight changes mentioned previously for bears, and to hit these highs and lows every year of your adult life, and then somehow sleep it all off for seven straight months, sounds like a recipe for total body breakdown and as premature as premature death can be. I obviously understand that the bear's body has most likely evolved into a machine such as our human bodies, with peaks and plateaus, healthy variances within each, and an understanding of the species' ideal diet.
Anyway, as I write this, I have just found myself thinking that say, for a one-year old cub who will be hibernating with mom, what about their dietary needs during the "gorge" season? As I initially think about it, what I see is actually what I don't see, which is while the mom eats everything not glued down, the cubs are doing nothing more than acting like cubs. They are still mostly drinking mom's milk, and on their ventures out, the cubs are generally playing, play fighting with each other, and sometimes, even sleeping. This energy-burning activity of the cubs playing is exactly the opposite of what mom is attempting to do. So, if mom must put on 40% - 50% excess body weight, what is required of the cubs for their slumber? Their weight gain is nothing more than a healthy, active cub who is growing stronger and heavier each day as he moves toward adulthood. Most of the cubs I see are lean 'n mean, so to me, there is no excess body weight to live off of for those seven months.
California brown bears don’t hibernate
Filming a brown bear and her Cubs. Not dangerous at all. 🤣🤣🤣 Cool footage.
Thanks, but these are actually California black bears. Which can range in color can you wear between black and light blond.
Oh, now the whistling actually makes sense! 🤣🤣🤣
@@davidortega357 NO! It is illegal to carry or fire weapons inside the National Parks. Even a BB gun, and Bear Spray are illegal. Bears are far, I say again, far less dangerous than humans. You are far more likely to be killed by a gun carrying human than you are by a bear. The only reason I can think of for suggesting taking ten people hiking with you is so that you believe the old saying, "You don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than your friend."
@@garysimon6497 I heard about that just yesterday, we recorded one at sequoia, I said it was a brown bear , someone in my group said it was a black bear , he Googled it, I said I don't believe google , they are with BLM, they are telling us brown bears are black so that if they attack you, you can't defend yourself for fear of the bear claiming you attacked him for being black.
@@joaquinmurieta2276 Gary is correct. This is black bear bc it doesn't have hump shoulders and short ears as brown