Arctic Tern Chick vs Polar Bear | Seasonal Wonderlands | BBC Earth

Arctic terns undergo the longest migration of any animal, travelling over 30,000km from Antarctica to Svalbard. But whilst they fish, their unattended chicks face dangerous predators…
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[@gondola8539]

That chick is so perfectly camouflaged when pressed against a stone! So long as it doesn't tap dance to a bear.

[@laalaa99stl]

It's time to... tern around, Mr. Bear!

[@nathancomixproductions466]

Pun intended!

[@SimpleWorld08]

[Ba Dum Tsss] 🥁😂

[@Melectricity]

Lol

[@4231jerome]

Tern around . . every now and then I get a little bit lonely, and you’re never coming round

[@elliottcooper6205]

Yes... just, yes

[@Yungbeck]

2:57 What a shot! 🤣 Run, young one, but stealthy now!!

[@Hyraladen]

That shot was absolutely so freakin cute and scary!

[@blucat4]

The bear is like: "The chicks have been feeding constantly. When do I get to take my tern?" 😄

[@j5nephews558]

Oh, what a relief. I know it's nature and it has to happen, but I am still happy for that tiny morsel!

[@k1k2lee]

I pray we don’t loose the Artic Top Predator

[@Darknimbus3]

Arctic seals: “We do!!” :P

[@Ninjanimegamer]

​@@Darknimbus3 But then what will the seals eat? They're predators too. They eat the same as the bears.

[@Darknimbus3]

@@Ninjanimegamer Yeah but the polar bears are the arctic top predator, not the seals. The polar bears eat the seals (hence the joke lol)

[@fujiwater8574]

@@Darknimbus3 yeah and now polar bears are extremely endangered, you want them extinct?

[@blucat4]

*Lose.

[@callmecrazy616]

What sound does an artic tern make? "Backstreet Boys!"

[@someone2506]

Tapiooooca!

[@Jollysjournal]

That was amazing, the power of birds!

[@ghostsem0000]

Poor shivering chick. Waiting for the bear to go away must have felt like an e-tern-ity

[@harish3384]

No body is greater warrior than mother ❤

[@TheMaximus359]

And what sound does an arctic tern make? 'Backstreet boys'

[@lightningmunk]

Wow what a reference

[@matthewwinthrop3278]

I came here for this 🤣

[@YAH-1]

​@@matthewwinthrop3278 Really 🥴

[@myredeemerliveth5798]

Mind Blowing Courage.. Its between Goliath Vs David ;-)

[@ToxicVaccines_HivHoax]

The tables were tern-ed this time for the big bear!

[@WobblesandBean]

Waterfowl pun that was.

[@rusty7699]

Oh how the tern tables...... 😂

[@Knockouts_paint_job]

Hardy har har😏

[@galaz85]

Absolutely did not expect those dives to his head! What an amazing footageeee

[@harmony5807]

Amazing Nature and Creation, I love those birds they are so cute! There is so much to cherish on this planet earth that we humanoids take for granted, so much to admire and wonder, so many miracles that we are blind to See with our hearts💜 love BBC nature from Armenia 🪐🌌

[@xobkizum]

Taillow used "Wing Attack!" It was highly effective!

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

These little birds will have to fly over 18,000 miles. Amazing.

[@Ninjanimegamer]

To put it in perspective, the USA is only about 3,000 miles from CA to CT, and from the usa to Australia is only about 10,000 miles.

[@blucat4]

It's only 20,000 km from one pole to the other, so I'm not sure how they got 30,000 km for the trip. 20,000 is still impressive though.

[@shinnyii]

@@blucat4Possible detours, i doubt they are completely beelining the trip

[@menta1case182]

Its like the baby ordered Uber Eats. Hahaha

[@Minarreal]

Free Uber Eats at that, directly to the mouth and followed by kisses by your parents. Damn, now I would want that.

[@dimas.diamantsulejmani8881]

Wunderschön 😊

[@oneshotme]

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@jimmyjackson8058]

Truly amazing

[@footfault1941]

Even feeding a chick in the air! How they hate landing!

[@l3176l]

Basically a cotton ball that swallows minnows. The parents on the other hand are fast, have sharp beaks, and that incredible fishing ability lets them nail you in the nose and eyes if they want.

[@glennschlegel7160]

There are too 😂 many tern jokes 😃 😀

[@BubbaDog001]

Fearless? Did you see that chick shivering in fear…

[@phillipayoung10]

2:57 Whew!!

[@user-tr2fc7kc9n]

완죤 귀요미ㅠㅠ

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@user-it8bp4cv3m]

Very nice video

[@gwilos]

Wow! It seems that they will help each other out to defend another's chick.

[@user-xx3dv7yw1x]

I flew 300,000 miles to lay this egg, no bear is eating my chick

[@Joseph-mu1zb]

Poor Bear 😢

[@foylad4862]

I was watching one of these hunt on a canal in lancashire whilst fishing 🎣

[@karlepaul6632]

C'mon...some of you were hoping that the bear got the chick 😆

[@sankimalu]

Well, that bear had to do an ‘about-tern’…

[@aaryanqureshi5326]

After seeing this. I hugged my parents how these birds fill their chicks belly again and again and again it seems like they are not breathing properly but feeding their children and if their children need help they didn't care they would get death while doing it they just did it for chick. All parents sacrifice their everything for their chicks❤

[@francesconiccolai6592]

Volare sull'Artico ....Pescare nel mare gelido ....e Sopravvivere ... Grande la forza della Natura....ma il Più Bello il Più Grande ....e purtroppo Il Più a Rischio con è il Grande Padrone dell'Artico ....lo Splendido Orso Polare 💪🐻‍❄️😘

[@generationfallout5189]

That momma bird did a fly by feeding. Pretty awesome how big their migration is. Polar bears egg lunch didn’t come so easy.

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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Sehr schön Gruss Jürgen 🤠

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@lizjohnson2377]

WOW....that was a Little Scary I 💚 WILDLIFE / NATURE 💚 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@frostfoxen]

Mr Bear gonna have to look elsewhere for some nuggets. :>

[@Ninjanimegamer]

I call fowl. That bear didn't get his tern.

[@blucat4]

I can't bear these jokes much longer ..

[@johnm6723]

Antarctica to Svalbard isn’t 30,000 km. North Pole to South Pole is roughly 20,000 km.

[@christineMaccallum-uo3qx]

Nature is magical and heart warming 💟

[@xStreetKingx]

Flying is op man.

[@kanepillers8981]

Phew, I thought things would take a tern for the worse.

[@petsursan4942]

สวัสดีครับ😊

[@kaiwei1111]

I'm confused. Why doesn't the arctic tern's call sound like "BACKSTREET BOYS"?

[@Yggdrasil-cd9zg]

cute ❤

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@neurway4048]

Where’s David Attenborough?

[@blucat4]

England. 😄

[@holliesheet3182]

🎼"Tern Around Bright Eyes"🎼

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@SOCIONET3]

🤩

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

I thought the chick was going to puke on the bear. 😅

[@jeffsiegwart]

Wow! Thank you!

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@BenAAlawi]

This remind me of SuperPowers Defeated badly in Afghanistan

[@vdog3248]

Was the bear's nose bleeding? I couldnt tell. If so, these birds are tough and for good reason. Leave that baby alone!

[@mdnoorhoshenalmard9303]

👍❤️

[@Babesinthewood97]

Is that Domnhall?????? ❤❤❤❤❤

[@harish3384]

Ma se bada yodha koi nhi hota❤

[@jmsssx]

Oh Jesus

[@Santhosh-iq7gc]

👍

[@annawalsh1904]

Poor polar bear😢

[@Suwannee-Laos.]

ນົກຫວງລູກຂອງມັນ ເລີຍຈິກຕອດເຂົ້າຕົງຈະມູກເຈົ້າຫມີໃຫ້ຊ່ະ ເຜັ່ນ​ເລີຍ😅

[@DavidL1986]

I was kind of hoping the bear would see the chick anyway and just ignore it.. as it would be such a pathetic meal anyway

[@carboncarbonx43]

Bambi meets Godzilla?

[@HolesGuy]

Coughing baby vs Hydrogen bomb

[@alvaroglez545]

🤠👍👍

[@asmrcritique6565]

Like little Robin birds.

[@gowthamanantony8982]

We salutation to tern birds ...save their chiks. From bear ...like dorown attack

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@Fishtenders]

the title of this video makes me think it’s another Hydrogen Bomb vs Coughing Baby scenario, but I’m pleasantly surprised

[@aysha3444]

Pray for not loosing artic top predactor

[@viniciusmontecustodio5226]

What accent does this narrator have? Is it Irish?

[@rudarudzik9483]

I was thinking about the same 😅😅

[@GTF85]

Yes, Republic of Ireland (not a northern Irish accent)

[@moniquecameron3434]

Wow, it could’ve taken a tern for the worse.

[@brucebalsillie8451]

Their eggs are delicious

[@larry6400]

Young thug: I want them birds till next may, never tell them fly away, what I heard Ay….

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@Gull-e-Hadiqa777]

سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Sadly, the sole reason I know that an "artic tern" is a thing is because of Colin Mochrie. 💪😎✌️

[@mbarker1958]

astounding!

[@djguapo]

Terns? It will be “turns” with us, Clarice.

[@harrellt1405]

Anytime i watch a polar bear video its always the poor sucker starving. Can you guys at least post one video of him scoring? I know youre all for global warming…but geez louise, surely he has to eat time to time

[@timurvekilov612]

There are a lot of videos by BBC Earth with polar bears getting food. Just search...

[@YAH-1]

Whining 😫

[@geekvinos]

We need to save the planet because #feelings. I tried making this same point to a pal by sharing a global warming article. The thumbnail was ridiculously over the top. Emotional appeal is very different to rational.

[@harrellt1405]

@@YAH-1 its a youtube section. So yes im gonna whine. And like you got the time to comment to me, maybe the bbc channel might notice it too :p

[@harrellt1405]

@@geekvinos thats true. Im not against protecting the planet. But for some reason they always use polar bears as the spotliight of global warming victims.

[@supersmart671]

Antarctica to Arctic😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮.....these birds came by pure chance

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@MarcPagan]

In 1970, there were about 7,000 Polar Bears. Sadly, today due to "Global Warming" there are only about 30,000.

[@VampyricNinjaXDLOL]

It’s not “global warming” but climate change. It exists. What I would say to the environmental justice warriors, though, is that it has always existed. The world used to be covered in ice (hence, the “Ice Age”). Humans have nothing to do with it. Climate change is a natural, inevitable, cyclic process of the earth warming up and cooling down

[@torIIgo]

'BACKSTREET BOYS!!' -Colin Mochrie's arctic tern sound

[@Rulerhades666]

I was lied to... Arctic Terns don't sound like "Backstreet Boys" when they chirp

[@homieoliver680]

I feel bad for the bear I mean look it, it’s so thin and it’s all thanks to climate change it’s so sad

[@footfault1941]

Bearly tolerable aggression by parents! Retreat with dignity. A white flag.

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@Princess_Ruto]

What a miserable result.

[@HighOnScience]

Feminists: imagine that, there is things worse than your life🤣🤦‍♂️

[@greenhawkeye9554]

Boring!

[@NATUREASMOTHER]

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[@Norma-nz3bs]

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