Absolute Mad Lads - Wojtek The Battle Bear by Count Dankula - Reaction

[@kristiankepley5944]

the bear-er of artillery

[@supersaiyandiclonius3056]

Poland has the right to arm bears.

[@SlicesLemons]

A Bear-y good joke

[@kristiankepley5944]

@@SlicesLemons it’s part of the bear necessities to do puns

[@mitch7235]

You are all awful… And I love you 😂🤣😂!!

[@SlicesLemons]

@@mitch7235 thanks for..... bear-ing with us

[@Azrael178]

One funny story they didn't mention was the fact that Wojtek really liked showers. To the point that they had to lock up the shawers because he would break in and waste the water supply. A fortune thing was that one night Wojtek awoke to see the doors to the showers left open, and strolled in, to meet a thief that broke into the camp. The thief was needless to say, in a sudden need to use the showers and a change of pants, and his panicked screeming awoken the soldiers who captured him. Wojtek recieved a reward in form of additional bear rations of course

[@rdfox76]

It wasn't a thief. It was a German spy.

[@kacperkonieczny7333]

Wasn't that a spy?

[@Azrael178]

@@kacperkonieczny7333 the accounts vary from retelling to retelling but I heard more versions with a thief then a spy.

[@raymurray3401]

Honestly it still amazes me that not only was Wojtek intelligent enough to figure out how to pick up and carry the crates of ammo (not to mention figure out where to take it) but he was able to do so without becoming unbalanced and injuring himself.

[@kacperkonieczny7333]

The enemy found the artillery unBEARable. I'm gonna excuse myself out.

[@YaboiZephyr]

One thing they forgot is that wojtek did capture a spy once. He loved hot showers and during a fire drill he snuck off into the shower tent where a German man was writing down details of the daily unit activity. The bear then scared the spy out of the tent into anofficer's direct line of sight.

[@Shalltear773]

Imagine the thoughts that went through the spy's mind in that moment. There you are, getting your job done, then suddenly a big fucking bear appears

[@crimsonghost010]

There has to be a ship or something named after that bear. This animal story is better than anything Disney or any other company can dish out, and the fact that this happened, this ACTUALLY HAPPENED, just makes it better.

[@rafabuda0]

How did the saying go again? "The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to be credible."

[@owenkasaboski6902]

Yeh, the story goes that he watched as the men were unloading ammo from a truck, one man passing down a crate to a pair of men below to carry to the guns. When all of a sudden he stood up, walked over to the truck, and stuck out his paws to the man unloading the truck.

[@Krokmaniak]

If I had a nickel for every bear in polish army I would have three. It ain't much but it's strange it happened thrice

[@shmee123ful]

wojtek was also recently put in to the game iron harvest as the animal companion of the polish hero Anna, likely a refence to the girl who bagered the soilders to adtop his real world conterpart.

[@SzantymenFalfelus]

Interestingly, this is not the only bear that served in the Polish army. During World War II, the Polish army also had a bear named Michał (Michael). Unfortunately, he had to be abandoned because he was too aggressive. During the Polish-Soviet War, a polar bear named Baśka Murmańska also served in the Polish army. If you are interested, there are also videos about her on KZbin. Sorry for any grammatical errors. English is not my native language.

[@seand.g423]

Honestly, I've read _a lot_ fucking worse from some hardcore English-only Statesiders.

[@Twelvegage30]

Technically speaking in the Revenant the bear didn't see Leo as a food source but as a threat to her cubs.

[@KimFareseed]

🐻 Wojtek, one of the best bears of WW2 🐻 Able to get them as a general or even country leader for Poland in Hoi4. Difficult though.

[@edim108]

​@@The_cestelin_HollandYup. You gotta choose the focus to elect the king and click through candidates until eventually Anastasia becomes available. Then you have to occupy Moscow and you'll get an event saying that Anastasia is fake and the real Tsarina was killed by the Bolsheviks and you get the choice to either cover for her or elect Wojtek as the new King of Poland!

[@piratehunter1]

7:22 when the party's druid finds out what the big bad did to the pets of the village.

[@howardhavardramberg333]

I love this bear

[@angierucinski5694]

Look him up, there are pictures of Baby Wojtek, sitting like a baby drinking milk and him sitting on an army truck, he also snoozed on the front of a tank. The Stand Up Salute would bring a tear to a glass eye. Let's not forget Wojtek knew how to work the shower and when he wandered in one night he encountered a Nazi Spy. Needless to say there was only one Winner. Wojtek was awarded another shower. So many more stories about The Polish Hero.

[@spencersholden]

Wojtek is my favorite story in war history!

[@crustybomb115]

i love the fact that we slavs get called crazy cuz we know how to handle our bears... meanwhile the rest of the world just kinda stares at us in complete disbelief lol edit: if i recall correctly, the soviets tried having moose cavalry units back in WW2... no that is not a joke...

[@Shalltear773]

I don't think you're crazy. Crazy will come if you guys ever end up giving your bears solid battle armor and possibly mounted machine guns or something. Edit: wait. moose cavalry?

[@rapper3d1b]

Wojtek is famous polish army bear but he was not alone, another division had a bear too called Michał (Michael).

[@SoCHobbit]

I can bearly contain my love for this bear

[@Azrael178]

Congratulations. You have succeeded in attracting the polish part of YT. Enjoy

[@housewilma4904]

the absolute best war boy there ever was. seriously theres modern hollywood actor bears less tame and good around people compared to wojtek. who literally grew up in one of the harshest envoirments we humans know of war.

[@seand.g423]

*war _in Poland_ Fixed it for you

[@InquisitorXarius]

Wotjek The Polska Bear, yassss!

[@redexe600]

The Revenant based of the true story of Hugh Glass!

[@patricksharpe1148]

Your are adorable with boomer moments. Thanks for your reactions.

[@kevinimperati8644]

well to be fair in the Revenant it wasn't looking at him as prey. It was a Mamma bear protecting her cub from a perceived threat. And the old saying goes "Do not get between a mamma bear and her cub."

[@EZmode824]

That "hell no" felt personal 😂😂😂 Not gonna lie I had the same reaction the first time I saw it 🤣🤣

[@Katpiratefan275]

Look at Ruining History, they have an episode also covering this bear and it's quite humorous

[@joefitzgerald3382]

More mad lads please

[@nikolthomas2544]

Black bears will generally leave you alone, unless you startle a mom with cubs. But polar bears, HELL F**KING NO!! Polar bears will actually consider hunting people, and they're a as big as grizzlies.

[@mjgFlati]

BTW. AMERICANS BEAR ARMS , POLES ARM BEARS 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kabob0077]

13:29 Contrast this with Staff Sergeant Reckless...

[@Mask3dShadow]

may i recommend count dankula's video on "The Town That Murdered it's Bully"

[@fredamedic2000]

The fat electrician did a video on this bear also

[@helldrake77777]

Krieg, slav edition. 😂

[@brigidtheirish]

Wait. When were you viewed as a prey animal? *I want this story!*

[@seand.g423]

Watch his "Southerners giving directions" reaction, spot his accent, and _then_ tell us you want _that list._

[@brigidtheirish]

@@seand.g423 Oh. *OH!* 🐊🐍

[@shawnfrost6354]

polska wersja histori Wojtka kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX-7l2mbjtN4mZYsi=09garhT8vciLxh_b

[@supersaiyandiclonius3056]

You were seen as prey once too?

[@BenLWolf]

I'm incapable of the sensation. I've been around tons of large animals and even large predators and I just don't find them frightening. I fully understand they can kill me. I understand some WANT to kill me. But I see an animal as an animal. To be respected and approached on its terms. This will still probably get me killed.

[@supersaiyandiclonius3056]

@@BenLWolf no, being in a predator's general vincinity and being seen as prey are two VERY different things. Over ten years ago, I was either 15 or 16, a pack of feral pitbulls wondered out of the woods and thought I looked tasty. I grabbed the heaviest stick I could reach and held them back. They advanced on me, I'd swing the stick while backing up and kept shouting as loud as I could, hoping I was still close enough to the house that someone could hear me. Luckily, my mom's doberman slipped her leash. I can still vividly remember her slamming into the feral alpha like a cannonball. The rest of the pack decided they didn't want the smoke and ran off. We called the pound about it, nothing was done. Two weeks later the same dogs attacked my mom. Kaylee slipped her leash again and saved her life as well...but not before they bit her nose off and tore a chunk out of all four limbs. That's how I know what prey feels like.

[@BenLWolf]

@@supersaiyandiclonius3056 Honestly? I'd have just died. My instinct there is "dogs. remain tall, do not run, back away slowly." They're just not frightening. Probably because I got all my dog issues scared out of me when a Chow tried to bite off my entire hand when I was 3.

[@supersaiyandiclonius3056]

@@BenLWolf that's exactly what mother tried to do. Not advised.

[@joshuamcdowell1460]

Is pronounced vwoy-tchyek comrade.

[@Krokmaniak]

You mixed Wojtek with Wojciech. These are same name (Wojtek is to Wojciech like Bill to William). Wojciech is voy-tcheh and Wojtek is voy-tek

[@joshuamcdowell1460]

@@Krokmaniak I figured voytek was the American pronunciation. Because we have a tendency of mispronouncing other languages' words on purpose until our pronunciation becomes canon.

[@Krokmaniak]

@@joshuamcdowell1460 Not this time. Polish have phonetic spelling so what you see is how you read it. (If you know sounds in polish alphabet)

[@alexanderstavroulakis335]

What's this about you being a prey animal once?