Bear Expert Rates 9 Bear Attacks In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider

[@ovidiuolaru3810]

I love how in cocaine bear they wanted to depict a bear with super speed and strenght but instead they just depicted the real life strenght and speed of a bear

[@crispycream6385]

No the cocaine bear was way stronger and faster

[@ovidiuolaru3810]

@@crispycream6385 The way he was depicted was identical to an ordinary bear

[@prinzezzqtpi5437]

​@@crispycream6385 Also cocaine doesn't grant you speed and power, just the energy to put in more effort (so to speak).

[@KillingMachine56656]

@@crispycream6385nope, thats actually how strong and fast bears are.

[@MelchVagquest]

*Strength

[@medusastone2725]

This is literally the first time I've heard that about bear spray, and I'm kind of mad about that. Because people always say "take bear spray" and never mention how to use it! I would've used it the same way the girl did, and gotten mauled. Luckily, my strategy of never being in a place I'm likely to encounter a bear is working very nicely.

[@mikerodrigues9822]

My strategy of living in a tropical country works 100%. No bear attacks for last millenia and maybe more!

[@cambriatevis6907]

This is why you always read instructions. When you buy it there is clear instructions and warnings. Try to be aware of the wind so that it doesn't just hit you in the face, even cover your face if possible while spraying. As soon as you are able to walk away (backwards) after spraying the bear think about ditching your things (that have bear spray on them), changing your clothes, rinse off in some water source. Then continue to walk as far as you can to get out of their territory, your trip is over. They may try to look for you later. When you do see a bear, get the bear spray ready but in the meantime make lots and lots of noise, make yourself look really big. You will likely not even need the bear spray. In terms of camping. Never ever ever have food in your tent. Don't eat in your tent. Any time time you make food, be sure to clean your pots/pans far away from your camp site, store any food in a bear tight container, then take a rope and tie the container up in a tree away from your tent. Be sure you don't become so tired that you don't have the energy to complete these steps at the end of the day. This is how to keep your self safe in your tent in bear country.

[@sammih3861]

I've been trained on bear spray a few times and have been told it is only useful when a bear is within 6ft. Obviously don't spray it in your tent, but now I'm confused about the use

[@vincentvega5686]

@@sammih3861 6ft?!? who the heck told you that? lol besides, there are instructions everywhere, even on the can.

[@carlitos366]

same, my strategy of staying home is working wonders!

[@Cossack_Cobra]

The reason the scene from The Revenant was so accurate is because when the movie was being made, the director spoke with people who have been attacked by bears and what it was like. They used that information for the scene in the movie.

[@annalucy89]

Yeh it looks too freaking real! I just get massive anxiety watching that scene because it literally feels like I'm watching a real bear attack, so it does not surprise me to hear that! Cool to know though

[@bradsanders407]

​@@annalucy89 Imagine the anxiety it gives people who have been attacked by a bear. PTSD is very real and movies can be a huge trigger. My grandfather fought in ww2 and when we went to see Dances with Wolves he got up and left the theater because in the opening it has a war scene. A Civil War scene not even of ww2. He sat in the car the entire movie (and it is a long movie) while my grandmother and I watched the rest of the film.

[@clayschwartzwalter382]

@@bradsanders407 I can't begin to imagine how he reacted to the opening of Saving Private Ryan (if he saw it).

[@lampad4549]

​@@annalucy89too bad the bear looks cgi broke my immersion unlike the Brianne scene the bear looks real

[@lampad4549]

Wow so impressive

[@xassylax]

The Annihilation bear monster lives rent free in my nightmares. The idea of its last victims voice coming out of its mouth has always fucked with me and I love it.

[@Johnny5477]

One of the most memorable scenes in any horror movie ever made, because it both frightens you in the immediate (fucked up zombie bear attacking our protagonist), and also gives you an overdose of existential fear.

[@boiledelephant]

The voice thing has layers, too, I read it as a sort of parrot behaviour at first but later, seeing characters become their environments and become other organisms, the possibility is voiced by a character: what if some part of the bear's victim, their consciousness, their final moments of pain, continue to exist in the bear? Folding Ideas summarised this theme of the film as: why does everything good die while our pain gets to be immortal?

[@caribbeanwonders]

100% hate that f***ing bear so much! I pretty sure it's cos it swallowed the voice box to use as it's own as when it attacks the guy I believe, it went straight for the throat. Either way, it was horrible! Still talk about it today and recommend it to my friends etc. Creepy but cool movie!

[@catchfirecomics]

It's such a visceral part of the movie that I was shocked it didn't appear at all in the novel when I read it.

[@REDabyss]

me too, it's the only horror creature i fear so much, i love horror movies and never been scared of any of it , but that movie scene frightens me to the bones, the sound design and the zombie bear.... man

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

The bear attack in The Revenant is one of the most brutal and realistic animal attacks ever seen in a movie. The first time I saw it filled me with anxiety just like she said.

[@mrgrumpyjinx]

The one from "Backcountry" is shorter but much more brutal and scary

[@KarthanRouge]

@@mrgrumpyjinx I disagree. While there is a degree of brutality in Backcountry's bear attack I wouldn't say it's "scary" or more "brutal" than Revenant's. I admit, it has been a while since I watched backcountry, so read my opinion with as it is, but I remember feeling much more uncomfortable watching the Revenant bear attack then the former. Backcountry is more shock like a 'Bam! Bam! Bam!' from one shock value right after another type thing whereas in Revenant you're pretty much along for the ride the entire time, with Backcountry being more like a Horror vs. Revenant, a Spectacle. In the end, it's just an example of two instances of two directors and how they research and execute in their respective fields, I suppose.

[@mrgrumpyjinx]

@@KarthanRouge your opinion, and i respect it! But for me it's more brutal.. at least the shock value

[@clamcrewcarclub6017]

@@mrgrumpyjinxprobably because of the guys blood curdling screams in backcountry, Leo’s character in the revenant took that mauling like a champ haha

[@mrgrumpyjinx]

@@clamcrewcarclub6017 unrealistic. The one in Backcountry was more realistic! If a bear will maul you, you will scream in pain and horror..

[@semoremo9548]

Gotta love that she pointed out that the "if it's black fight back, if it's brown lay down, if it's white goodnight" saying is only for when the attack is actually happening, as well as pointing out that the bear charging at you isn't *yet* classified as an attack. Love that she also pointed out how to properly use beaf spray. Real life-saving tips.

[@vanitaindrakumar1670]

If a bear is charging at you, what would be the advisable thing to do? She said in the video that a bear isn't attacking until it's physically touching you, but I feel like if I waited until a bear touched me then I would sustain injury no matter what I did. Also, when a bear is charging you, what's it trying to do? See how you'll react? I would be so grateful if you answered :)

[@semoremo9548]

@@vanitaindrakumar1670 Oh well I'm no expert by any means but according to what I've heard you should be making yourself look big (opening up your arms and moving them around) so it's more likely he sees you as a threat and therefore decides to leave, and also try to get out of there without turning your back to the bear or running away from it, just walking backwards. And I guess it's important as with any other wild animal you encounter to remain as calm as possible at all times. Either way, yes, you will most likely sustain injury after a bear attack no matter if you do everything correctly, but the goal ultimately is that you *survive*, even if you got hurt. As for what a bear may be trying to do when they charge at you, they're either for real going to attack you, or if they're doing it and stopping before getting to touch you they're probably trying to scare you away without having to get into a fight.

[@sarahr8311]

​@@vanitaindrakumar1670make yourself look bigger if possible (raise arms, hold your jacket open, stand real close to a friend), don't make eye contact (easier said than done, but maybe try focusing on its feet?), and back away slowly. Your goal is to say "I'm big and would put up a fight, but I'm not a threat and I'm not prey." Some bears will charge without intending to actually attack. They're trying to scare or intimidate you, but don't intend to actually attack you. Turning and running can activate their prey drive, so you don't want to do that. You also don't want to escalate the situation into a physical fight if you can avoid it. Fun fact, bears can be weirded out by novelty so a funny walk may deter an attack.

[@vanitaindrakumar1670]

Thank you both so much for your answers! Really appreciate it :)

[@kylerowley8248]

Yeah, she definitely seemed to know what she was talking about, learned a fair bit.

[@AliveIsAll_I_am]

please invite her to do more bear content, I could listen to her all day long

[@jatilq]

Soothing and terrified me.

[@renee8906]

i am in love with her

[@ryancole4893]

Yes please!

[@s444rah]

right!

[@malum9478]

im just tryna find out if she got a man and if she do does she love him

[@IXScasualty]

The immediate change from “The Revenant” to “Kung Fu Panda” was legitimately shocking. Also she’s amazing and I would love to see her back!

[@moooavila]

a bear expert talking about how much she loves yogi bear is so wholesome

[@taylorfusher2997]

What is the shockwave radius of every WW2 German mortar blasts. Do not put shrapnel in the scenario. Leave out shrapnel. Also leave out shrapnel radius. Just talking about the shockwave radius of every mortar blast that the Germans used during WW2?

[@ryanhagedorn6955]

@@taylorfusher2997 I’d say ten meters or 5

[@drunkndisorderly83]

Well, he is smarter than the avahrage bear.

[@dr1295]

"Bears don't do drugs" with that close up shot on her face

[@JeromeProductions]

yup

[@nwcoastlife]

The director of “The Edge” said the hardest part of shooting that movie was making the bear look scary. It was a bear that was very tame, trained, and had already appeared in a number of movies.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

That’s kind of sweet, actually. 🙂

[@catc8927]

Yep. It was Bart the Bear, who even showed up at the 1998 Oscars to sit on the stage and hold a giant envelope. This is actually a common problem with bear actors - most of the time they’re supposed to be acting loud and aggressive, but they’re actually rather quiet and chill. People have to train bears to hold their mouths open like they’re roaring so the sound design people can dub a roar in later.

[@BloodylocksBathory]

R.I.P. Bart the Bear. He was also in the final scene of Legends of the Fall and it's a good scene.

[@LarixLyalliiAlpine]

Les stroud mentioned Bart the bear for the edge when he did his expert video a couple years ago. Bart seems like he was a good Hollywood animal embassador.

[@catc8927]

@KC LOL sounds like what I’ve heard happens in Katmai National Park in Alaska too; the bears like to nap at intersections because it’s easy to see what’s around them. People at Katmai get stuck waiting for a bear to wake up too, apparently they call that a “bear jam.” 😆 It must be gorgeous but also mildly inconvenient to live near Banff!

[@sageygreen]

i’m obsessed with how much passion is in her voice when she talks about bears. it sounds like she loves to talk about them, it’s so intriguing to hear from her

[@josefbake9492]

Yes, that's what I was about to say. Glad they chooses her to talk about this.

[@unstricttv]

@@josefbake9492 How many bear experts could they have found haha. She's lovely in her passion. I feel as if alot of people who work in similar jobs are usually passionate- not many people wake up and say "I want to be an expert on bears (or whales, or many other animals... or Wales)

[@kiraunos2269]

So true, polar bears are the only known predators to ACTIVELY hunt humans

[@destinysparkles5869]

Have you heard her podcast? It's called "Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant."

[@ethanquenum4778]

It is because you are sick in the head.

[@ronnie_5150]

That she gave the attack in "The Revenant" 10/10 shows she really knows what she is talking about as they actually consulted with people who had been attacked by bears for that scene.

[@Throatzillaaa]

Not only that, but Dr. Wynn-Grant is a large-carnivore ecologist who has been studying bears for the past 13 years. She has a doctorate in Ecology and Evolution. Her previous research includes human-carnivore conflict with grizzly bears in the Northern Great Plains and black bears in the Western Great Basin. She is a research faculty member at the University of CA, Santa Barbara. She is also a research fellow with the National Geographic Society and a visiting scientist at the American Museum of Natural History. So that's a pretty good sign she knows what she is talking about regarding bears.

[@sax9eleven]

⁠@@Throatzillaaa🙏🏻 LOL come on, Ronnie!! Her Revenant review is for some reason proving to you she’s the real deal instead of her other million qualifications?! Not those other things. But yeah “she said the right thing about that bear attack so now I trust what she has to say.”

[@cadillacdeville5828]

​@@sax9eleven 😂😂

[@HoboTango]

I really hate how uptight on the internet people are.

[@BigBWolf90]

Oh and ya know Hugh Glass' account from his attack in 1823 which was well documented for it's time

[@shinybernard0455]

I love how usually experts here would say “nah this is way too exagerating” while here she’s saying they were totally underestimating the powers of bears 😂

[@billbally4419]

Oh really? She said a bear doesnt smell blood. She is 100% wrong

[@Chuck_EL]

When I went to the zoo there was a Brown/Grizzly bear that was pushing one of them steel doors that you have to literally use a button to open and it was pushing it back and forth like it was a sheet of paper

[@friendlyneighborhoodgoat]

@@billbally4419She said that blood doesn’t necessarily signal it’s something to eat. They are driven by hunger and other strong scents give a stronger signal of a meal than a drop of blood.

[@jamroll3841]

@@billbally4419 No she didn't?? She just said that bears aren't attracted to blood and that won't lure a bear. She said how bears have an amazing sense of smell. She's not wrong at all.

[@foam3132]

​@@billbally4419 it would go like this: Bear: Huh, the smell of blood. Something's in my area code, could be made a meal out of and I'm hungry. Anyways I'm smelling some honey, so imma just check if it's possible to fit a beehive down by throat

[@83gemm]

The way she says, “If she wanted to eat him, she would use her claws to tear him apart,” was so funny to me just because of how casually she said it! Great video!

[@stilleto1956]

Unlike lions and tigers, and other big cats. Bears eat you alive!

[@LouiseHultcrantz]

I also like her hand movements😂

[@LilXancheX]

@@stilleto1956lions eat you alive too

[@PaperbackWizard]

It's like how Alan Grant described raptors eating you.

[@marybethjordan8520]

And with the gestures, like we would eat a crab lol

[@Butterflyeffect-eu5pf]

"if it's black , fight back. If it's brown, lay down. If it's white, goodnight"

[@ytuseracct]

😂💯

[@bostonrailfan2427]

if it’s black and white, you’re gonna miss your flight

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

If it’s brown and hungry, you’re gonna die

[@hanburgundy4317]

If it's a bear, fight back no matter what. But you're probably going to die. If you don't, it's because the bear didn't want to eat you. If the bear wants to eat you, you're dead.

[@Kid4Christ.06]

“Good night”💀 dang

[@zadira777]

I have an extreme phobia of bears, i have recurring nightmares about bears attacks. After watching this i realize i believed in a lot of misconceptions about bears. I hope I will find peace now

[@Ivegotasurpriseforyou]

I’m sure you will; just don’t go to sleep… or into the woods lol.

[@STasugx]

If you’re still phobic, look into statistics of bear attacks and how to protect yourself. It will *probably* make you feel better.

[@WoodlandT]

“This panda is learning martial arts, which is atypical for wild pandas…” is my new favorite sentence! 🤣🤣🤣

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

Another odd thing about pandas are they lost the gene that lets you taste unami flavors. That’s around when they went eucalyptus only and they now think it’s because they lost the pleasurable flavor that occurs in meat.

[@paavobergmann4920]

@@marquisdelafayette1929 I have yet to see a panda eat eucalyptus.....

[@lungboy8980]

@@marquisdelafayette1929 are you talking about koalas? because they arent actually bears

[@junkim2789]

She is just a pure delight to watch. Her passion really delivers beyond screen

[@ReginaVestra]

Only 2 minutes in and scrolled down to comment on how much you could feel her passion about her career/life in the way she speaks about everything. Love to see it.

[@mrmt9851]

I thought the same nothing but respect.

[@SchwarzSchwertkampfer]

8:37 to 9:06 *Bears are so human it is freaken cool; just not for that guy* .

[@codysmith459]

She’s a fraud

[@jcpenny3606]

I thought she very pretty and smart. I didn't know there's such a thing called a "bear expert"

[@MidnightMoonday]

Absolutely loved how genuine she was when reviewing Kung Fu Panda

[@Gnossiene369]

"love"

[@Youtubingbruh5.0]

She doesn't love it anymore bro relax

[@jacket2383]

Kung Fu panda deserved a 9/10

[@OS-fo3zn]

​@@jacket2383 She was rating how true to reality the bear portrayals were in the movies, not the movies themselves.

[@lexinicole4317]

And THIS is a great example of why I was bothered by the survival expert commenting on the animal scenes. In “The Edge” bear scene he said what a great idea getting into that small space to get away from the bear was-and here we have an actual bear expert saying it’s a terrible idea. That is why he should have stuck to HIS area of expertise and left the wildlife commentary to someone more knowledgeable

[@Throatzillaaa]

I was just having that exact thought. He also didn't make any comment whatsoever regarding the whole issue with attracting bears with blood. I don't want to discredit "the suvivor man" completely as it does seem like there are a lot of aspects of survival that he does have knowledge (even first hand) of, but he does come off a little be egotisical to me, and I don't think he is completely opposed to discussing topics that could be related to survival (like bear behavior) without actually knowing what he is talking about.

[@Throatzillaaa]

Les Stroud is the survival expert we are both referring to in these comments. I know he goes by "survivor man" because of his TV series that aired for quite a while. Both this video and his videos are a bit old but I just rewatched his yesterday which is why that was my exact thought when she was discussing "The Edge". I had to google his name though as I couldn't remember.

[@zaynes5094]

@@Throatzillaaa Okay, he might not study bear behavior all that much, but I know for a fact, because he talked about an encounter he had with a brown bear, that he does know at least a little bit about wild bear behavior. He was just talking about the fact that, in theory, any area that is very small could be good enough to keep the bear at bay.

[@Brainhorn]

"which is atypical for wild pandas" I cackled. She's great, we need more of her

[@circeus]

Agree. I liked the "And they looove our food. That's something humans and bears have in common" a little better though.

[@Chuck_EL]

​@@circeus Love how pandas smile too

[@davetroll5027]

Best part 😂

[@zyourzgrandzmaz]

She's actually very annoying and like a level 3/10 bear expert. I have a lot of experience with animals and she's quite uneducated. Seems to have all her experience from books and classes in a museum or something.

[@anthonylesley982]

Yes

[@catc8927]

I’m glad this expert is emphasizing over and over again that bears don’t want to attack people. Bears will generally leave you alone if you don’t have food they want, stand between them and their cubs, or attack them first. Most of the time, bears get tranquilized not because of attacks, but because they get too used to unsecured human trash for an easy meal and thus have more run-ins with people.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

It’s almost always a humans fault when an animal is killed and put down. Usually they do something stupid and the animal pays the price. Example: Harambe the gorilla.

[@nordlandskaka]

Case in point: We have brown bears here in Norway, but the last time someone was killed by one was in 1906 (for wolves, which we also have, the year is 1800). They seem to realise that making an enemy out of humans is rarely good for an animal's life expectancy. But we also have polar bears, on Svalbard, and they like to kill the odd tourist now and then. Polar bears haven't lived in as close proximity to human populations for as many thousand years as brown bears have, so their curiosity hasn't been dulled in the same way.

[@killerkraut9179]

Bears are often pure terror

[@RLucas3000]

You could adopt a baby bear and train it to Protect you against other bears, like fighting fires with fires

[@Mango-lk5np]

She should have a children’s show, wonderful job educating and explaining during the panda segment

[@makreviews2146]

She does have a podcast but I don’t think it’s for kids 😄

[@avocato8156]

It wouldn’t surprise me if she does presentations at schools for kids living in bear country! She does have that vibe and a very calm and clear voice.

[@aquaabundance4077]

Totally! I'd have my kids watch her show

[@flameboi7104]

She should have a kids show where every episode ends with "and they were all eaten."

[@alicefayxxo]

Omg yess

[@GeeW0rld]

I could hear this woman talk about bears all day

[@darthplagueis13]

Fun fact: Even though bears are very intelligent and can be trained quite well and therefore tamed bears are occasionally used on movie sets, it is apparently impossible to make them growl or roar on command, they only do that when they're genuinely upset. Therefore, movie scenes with real bears often have stock bear growl sounds added in post.

[@mzytryck]

Interesting. Do you happen to know whether making them roar on command is truly "impossible" or simply "no trainer is stupid enough to try"? After all, if you're shaping a dog's behaviour to give a fake-growl, the worst that's likely to happen is you annoy it enough to bite you. With a 9-foot grizzly bear, the risk-reward balance seems... unfavourable.

[@DYLANJJK94]

Yeap, their just bug teddy bears.

[@redacted2275]

Bears can't act. Disappointing. Bears beats Battlest

[@pokaay3163]

@@redacted2275 identity theft is not a joke.

[@_leni]

Oh man, that's so sad. Whoever uses wild animals for humans pleasure even though it could easily be made with CGI should be put in jail honestly.

[@rollingmetal949]

"This panda is learning martial arts which is ATYPICAL for pandas"😂 She is amazing❤

[@osmium6832]

12:23 She actually says "atypical for *wild* pandas" which is even more hilarious because it implies it's much more common among zoo pandas.

[@clicheguevara5282]

I laughed out loud when she said that. Wholesome sarcasm.

[@soulwarrior5791]

Someone please make her react to bears in Tekken 8

[@jembozaba4864]

@@soulwarrior5791 I think brown bears playing baseball with you and a fish is 100% accurate

[@alainlalonde]

Pandas are not carnivores. They eat bamboo. She's no expert.

[@SirCanuckelhead]

I have always said, the scariest thing you can ever see in the woods is bear cubs without a mom. That means there is a mom and you might be between them, which means 100% attack.

[@Adrianne519]

Right! I know they are cute but just go away! Even if you don’t see the mother she is not far away!

[@ahoosamon463]

Oh god that's true

[@marzipanmenthol]

I literally think about that all the time and I have no clue what I'd do

[@NPFfumbi]

Basically just start saying your prayers

[@mhernandez1345]

Or a serial killer

[@twhis9843]

My experiences have been with black bears. They are the most amazing creatures. I live in the city now but the almost daily encounters I had living in a remote cabin still leaves me in awe of their abilities. Multiple bears would spend hours sitting on the fringes of the cleared property just watching me. The grain box for the chickens was a very solid steel box on a 6” thick concrete pad. When I was gone for a week they saw their chance broke into the cabin and ate all the chickens. But the part that still amazes me was they dug under that concrete pad, turned the whole box and pad over, then broke through the bottom of the pad and box where it was thinnest. Besides they incredible strength it took to do that, how did they figure out that weak spot? After I came back they still would watch from the perimeter but never came into the clearing or disturbed me as long as I was there. Totally opportunistic, never confrontational. Patient, patient, patient.

[@minizanuda7383]

I am always fascinated by the fact that bears look like giant floofs but literally are killing machines

[@sheilathefuffydino]

If not fren, why fren shaped?🐻

[@catc8927]

Bears are sorta like huge dogs minus the doggie mutation that makes them think everybody is their friend.

[@carolinepereira5256]

me too!

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

​@@catc8927 We bred them to be cute

[@chuckhoyle1211]

They are the top of the food chain. Especially Polar Bears. Those things are not afraid of you and will eat you if given half a chance. Black bears will run away if you are loud and in a group. They are pretty skittish unless they are at the dump looking for food.

[@LostEmpireProduction]

I worked at an outdoor store and told people all the time to leave baby bears alone even if you don’t see the mama. One time this girl said, “why they won’t hurt us” so I responded with “imagine you’re walking though the woods with your kid and all of the sudden you see some pink hairless creature on two legs walking towards them. You’d probably move pretty quick to protect your kid right?” The look on this girl’s face was priceless and she understood after that

[@rachel8623]

I would be freaked out if I saw baby bears but not mama because those maternal instincts are no joke. A relative of mine once assisted with a bear study and we got a picture of him holding three tiny bear cubs because Mama was tranquilized and we remain jealous.

[@smrtars8018]

Pink hairless creature haha

[@phattjohnson]

@@smrtars8018 Hairless creature? What kinda strange fish-life are you living bud?

[@smrtars8018]

@@phattjohnson read the main comment

[@botflyguy7814]

Also even cubs can still be very dangerous!

[@alhypo]

Clearly Insider needs to produce more bear content like this.

[@taylorfusher2997]

What is the shockwave radius of every WW2 German mortar blasts. Do not put shrapnel in the scenario. Leave out shrapnel. Also leave out shrapnel radius. Just talking about the shockwave radius of every mortar blast that the Germans used during WW2?

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

Yes!! So many shark videos. More bears please!! Also, how about giant snakes?

[@robothunter1035]

When I was in high school, I lived out in the woods in Idaho, and when I walked home from school, I walked on an old railway siding. I was about a quarter mile from the city dump. Every week or so, I'd come across various species of bears, black and brown, big and small. I would just stop walking and stand there, and the bears would look at me, and just walk into the woods. Not once did any of them rush at me, just looked at me and moved on. It happened so often, I thought that this was what I was supposed to do, either that or I figured they were used to me. Weird stuff, man.

[@WastelandBowman]

“Punching a bear in the face is a really good way to irritate them.” Bears and people are more alike than we thought

[@pralayaryan]

and also loosing ur fist or fingers the fastest way

[@benjackson6260]

Bruh, just check it up online, the force of a polar bear paw swipe, that they do "playfully" can actually rip a human's head CLEAN off... So u won't be punching a second time anyways😅😂... The fact that it was a movie, and it was a grizzly, plus it didn't even look that he swiped... It was more of a pat on the cheek... Otherwise at the very least it would be a broken neck, immediately...

[@Scarshadow666]

And - just like with a lot of humans - it would really be a dumb thing to do. Alongside laws and such existing, people sometimes forget humans are animals too, and most people underestimate what they can be capable of as soon as fight-flight-or-freeze/survival instincts kick in (and I don't just mean some people overestimate taking out someone else - sometimes people underestimate their own capabilities and can survive, if needed). Also to clarify, I'm taking about human vs human survival - humans are definitely sol against bears.

[@iakovos56]

"Every man has a plan until they punch me in the face" -Bear Tyson

[@ataraxia7439]

I would never see this person walking down the street and think to myself “this person knows everything about bears”. So cool how much more there is to everyone than what meets the eyes

[@phattjohnson]

That's because NOBODY knows everything about ANY topic :P

[@michaelperez-alicea9181]

What is a bear expert supposed to look like then? LMAO

[@disneytoysr4fun975]

@@michaelperez-alicea9181ugly, and a man lol

[@83gemm]

@@michaelperez-alicea9181 I think the point is, we don’t know what a bear expert would look like because that’s such a specific field, we don’t consider it when passing a stranger. I THINK the point is, that everyone has more to them than we consider when casually interacting. That’s how I took it anyway.

[@michaelperez-alicea9181]

@@83gemm fair enough

[@suchnothing]

A folk musician told a story at a show I went to, about a sort of hermit man in her rural community who was found dead on his property, half-eaten by a bear. She was like "the autopsy showed that he actually died of a heart attack and the bear ate him after. Which made us all feel better about his death for some reason." Something in her delivery was hilarious. So anyways I guess bears sometimes do sometimes eat humans, but it's pretty uncommon.

[@zimriel]

we get bear attacks in Colorado because we get the world's most entitled white women coming to Colorado. nothing bad ever happens to white women in Colorado except maybe men voting for Trump. so the women hike alone in the mountains here, maybe on the rag, and the bears smell that and get a free dinner.

[@romainhuart9959]

Yeh scavenging. Like vultures or other animals like boars would have done... Eat a Big dead mammal and also help the decomposition... We have some bears here, not a lot, and poeple may be overscared of them. Same for sharks. Most of the Time we are in their territory and they just pass or come check or smell and go... It's lot easier to get ended by small animals like hornets F.E.

[@Gratefulrose36]

Grizzly bears are actually very territorial, especially mothers when protecting their cubs. I knew some people in Wyoming that had their friend go on a hike, and never return. The bear ate everything but the man’s head. There aren’t many people in Wyoming-it’s the least populated state-but you definitely wouldn’t want to be alone when encountering a mother grizzly.

[@godrickstockwell1505]

I mean, if you were on a mission to consume as much food as possible while expending as little energy as possible would you walk away from 120+ pounds of food just lying there? Even a deer will scavenge meat, there's trail cam footage of it and it's low key terrifying to watch.

[@conwaytwitty8018]

Two words, one name for you to look up: Timothy Treadwell.

[@luizcarlossoaresjr1436]

If it's black, fight back If it's brown, lay down If it's white, good night I love those sayings

[@MtnMama8]

I had a biology teacher that spent many years studying bears. He had one bear attack (showed us the scars haha) where he was tracking a young male and he was down at the river bed and he said he stopped paying attention to his surroundings and the bear swiped and tore open his back, so hard he was flung into the water and his team had to rescue him. He said if he had not put his guard down HE probably wouldn't have made the mistake for whatever caused the bear to attack.

[@AutisticBearLover]

Damn, I’m happy he survived!

[@jumpingturtle8830]

@@maeryum He said a young male, not a cub with its mother

[@serinawong3019]

daaaamn that's gotta be really painful. Though also neat to say you have the scars to prove it, good thing they're still alive

[@immanati1831]

@@maeryumnah if it was a male it prob just perceived him as a threat cuz he was in his area

[@MrYfrank14]

I love how she knows the real cocaine bear OD'd and died almost as soon as he ate the cocaine and never went on a rampage, but she still examines the attacks instead of just saying, this never happened.

[@briantxw3046]

Well before the cocaine bear did actually die, it actually was pretty viscous and really dangerous to be around. Sure the bear didn’t kill 10 people but it probably will attack you if it saw you

[@MrYfrank14]

@BrianTXW - What are you baseing this on? According to the police report, the bear was found dead where the bear found the cocaine. An examination of the bear revealed that he ate between 2 and 4 ounces of cocaine, OD'd, and died. He never had a chance to go on a rampage. He died while eating the cocaine. The locals turned him into a legend and made fantastic stories about the bear. One of which was that he ate all of the cocaine and survived. I forget how much cocaine there was, but it was being smuggled on a plane when the plane crashed, so you can assume it was a lot of cocaine. Nobody smuggles 4 ounces.

[@paavobergmann4920]

Yes. I especially liked how she pointed out that the insane speed you see, that´s the real thing. That´s how bears navigate trees if they want to. They outrun you, they certainly outclimb you, and they swim faster than most people can row. So, ehr, no. Play dead, hope for the best.

[@steakman4691]

@@paavobergmann4920 Playing dead is a bit misleading and only worked in The Revenant because it was best for him to act like he died so the mama bear would think he was no longer a threat. Brown bears absolutely do not care if they find an already dead animal, they happily snack on rotting carrion so acting like you're straight up dead won't work. What's best is to bore it. Lay face-down with your hands over your neck and legs spread so you're harder to flip over. It's your best chance at surviving and getting it to leave you alone

[@paavobergmann4920]

@@steakman4691 I guess it depends if the bear is up for a snack. They won´t hunt you for prey, but if they´re hungry and think you´re dead...yeah. Tough luck. If they just want to be left alone, they might just leave you. Anyway, if slowly backing off or waving and shouting is not an option anymore, and the bear closes to contact, I guess trying to protect your head and belly might on average raise your chances a little. But at that point, I guess guarantees are off. bears are pretty strong, it might just kill you by accident.

[@makeda6530]

I love her, she’s so adorable talking about these apex predators.

[@flimcomedy7667]

A bear is better then a crocodile. I consider bear a mild predator.

[@jake51515]

​@@flimcomedy7667cant get better than a dinosaur chump

[@mizrahiwithattitude2733]

@@flimcomedy7667 crocodiles are a million times more dangerous then bears or sharks they are man eaters anything in the water is fair game for them

[@RedOtter100]

@@mizrahiwithattitude2733 Except when dealing with Hippos

[@casedistorted]

She is very attractive. If I say hot then youtube will delete my comment lol

[@LaurelsChannel]

I had never heard those recommendations on how to actually use the bear spray. That's valuable information that could save my life when hiking one day. Thank you!

[@Bloodark124]

The fact that she knows about the Chinese pork bun just elevated her up to the next level while she is already a bear expert

[@siddharthsinha9300]

I didn't know that dish was called Chinese Pork Bun. We have something similar in India called Momos or chicken dumplings. I thought that's what it was.

[@JubioHDX]

@@siddharthsinha9300 well it basically is the same as a chicken dumpling, but these ones just happened to be filled with pork (and im pretty sure at least the type they had in the movie was more large dumpling-esque than being a actual bun, but maybe thats just me not knowing enough about chinese food)

[@iandragooo]

''A bear who has never had Pork Bun is never a whole bear!'' - Pork Bun Street Vendor

[@shakanuhglorie8444]

And she's hot ☺️

[@selrockredguy9487]

Let Sleeping Bears lie

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

I like her un flustered reaction when Kung Fu Panda comes up on the screen and she just maintains her professional demeanor and continuos taking the exercise seriously with just a small undercurrent of additional amusement 😂🤣😂😂

[@anitakennally699]

The movie Back Country is actually loosely based on a true story as well about a couple camping in Ontario. The actual attack was pretty unreal as well and unfortunately fatal for the woman. Bear experts said the bear acted predatory in it's attack. The tracked the bear, catching it and putting it down. After it was examined, it was found to be a young almost fully grown male malnourished and in a state of starvation that the bear likely attacked out of desperation given it's poor shape close to approaching hibernation.

[@redlizerad8268]

It’s impossible to say that a type of carnivore will never attack humans out of predatory reasons. Bears definitely don’t typically go after humans for predatory reasons but it definitely happens. Especially during the days before they hibernate.

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

This is why (as I say over and over again in the comments by of Scary Bear Attacks) it doesn't matter how slight the odds are, you will scream and die horrifically if a bear for whatever reason, attacks you. If it is successful (and I pray it is and children and imbeciles hear of your death and are discouraged from emulating your behavior because sometimes not wishing death on someone isn't ethically superior) then you are either an arrogant redneck or ignorant hippy who felt way too entitled to safety and died because your an idiot who hangs out in places humans don't need to go. Dr. House would agree with me therefore I am correct and people who disagree with me are trolls, inbreed retards or religious. 😉

[@merlinho0t]

@@redlizerad8268I totally agree. Especially polar bears, they will literally track and hunt a human for miles and miles if they are hungry enough. And usually polar bears are always hungry due to where they live.

[@ettinakitten5047]

Reminds me of the case I heard of a series of cougar attacks many years ago. That cougar turned out to be a barely-adult female who was malnourished. One of the toughest times in many carnivores' lives is when they've just barely reached adulthood and their mother has abandoned them to fend for themselves. They have to learn fast or starve. And a starving carnivore gets desperate enough to try prey that would normally be a bad idea to hunt, plus the inexperience of a young adult means they don't necessarily know which prey is best. We're no carnivore's preferred prey, but we're potential targets for the desperate and/or inexperienced members of many species of large carnivores.

[@Damselofd3ath]

@@ettinakitten5047apparently a lot of cougar attacks are from the juvenile males, because like you said, they’ve just been “kicked out” by their moms and don’t really know how to hunt, so anything that moves is a meal to them in their eyes.

[@MelloSav]

Prettiest bear expert I’ve ever seen. I mean, I’ve only seen the one, but something tells me she’s gonna be hard to beat

[@gregharbin3531]

I love her enthusiastic and upbeat way of sharing her knowledge of and experience with bears.

[@antoniousai1989]

Rae Wynn-Grant is such a good educator! I loved her CrashCourse Zoology series! I suggest you all give it a try if you wanna have a general knowledge of zoology

[@TheErikGud]

Liar

[@taylorfusher2997]

What is the shockwave radius of every WW2 German mortar blasts. Do not put shrapnel in the scenario. Leave out shrapnel. Also leave out shrapnel radius. Just talking about the shockwave radius of every mortar blast that the Germans used during WW2?

[@Bronwyn031]

@@taylorfusher2997 Okay... I give up? What is the shockwave radius of every WW2 German mortar? Seems like you're dying to tell us!

[@taylorfusher2997]

To Bronwyn SoCal Gal: That’s why I was asking you, because I do not know the answer either. I do not know what the shockwave radius of a German WW2 mortar impact blast.

[@Maazzzo]

@@taylorfusher2997 Flooding EVERY comment with your comment is really not the best way to get someone to respond kindly to you.

[@Zamiroh]

My wife and I use to live in Alaska, and saw bears frequently. It was very rare however where we encountered close up. I remember a mama bear and her 2 cubs were about 30 feet from us. I had my 12 gauge (with slugs to ensure penetration). However, remained calm, ensured that she knew I was there, and I in no way moved closer to her cubs. She stared right at me, and I calmly told her I see her, and I was not a threat. I am very thankful she looked at me for about ten seconds, and then continued on with her cubs. I am very glad I did not have to harm her (or vice versa as even badly wounded they can still kill you!).

[@taylorfusher2997]

What is the shockwave radius of every WW2 German mortar blasts. Do not put shrapnel in the scenario. Leave out shrapnel. Also leave out shrapnel radius. Just talking about the shockwave radius of every mortar blast that the Germans used during WW2?

[@XtraCryspy]

What kind of bears did you usually see in Alaska?

[@Zamiroh]

@XtraCryspy exclusively black bears. We did have brown bears around, however sighting one was rare, and I never personally saw one. However, our local black bears were pretty large. Some of the large males were up to 500lbs.

[@Zamiroh]

@Glirion_ornendur yeah it was quite long. I was confident I likely could have killed her if she charged. The slugs would have penetrated. But I love being in nature, and it would kill me to take the mother's life, which always would mean the death of her cubs. I was in her territory, and I wanted to respect that as much as possible. Thankfully attacks are quite rare. I remember we actually had an attack that year in our local area. A dog was messing with a mama bear, and the bear chased after the dog who ran right past his owner. The bear knocked the man to the ground, but other then some scrapes and bruises he was ok.

[@pilsung26]

@@XtraCryspy it’s a massive state, so it depends on where you’re at. Living in the Anchorage area I often see black bears with the occasional brown. When I travel south near the coast I see almost exclusively brown.

[@bchearne]

8:09 bears don’t eat people, unless they’re polar bears. They definitely eat people

[@tranminhnhat7645]

😂 I was caught off guard seeing Kungfu Panda being analyzed in this video, but it was quite entertaining, and I love the clarity in her voice and explanation.

[@GenJuhru]

A panda did spun a bo staff...

[@natenichols9569]

I lived in alaska for a few years and only heard of handful of bear attacks. Only one brown bear. The rest were polar. The most frightening was the polar bear that was stalking a guy so he took off on his snowmachine and went back to the village. He told people about his encounter. The bear tracked him all those miles to the village and hunted him down in the middle of the night.

[@josephinakeam6197]

😱

[@natenichols9569]

Food is scarce up there. You find it you eat it. Or die.

[@natenichols9569]

That bear continued to terrorize the community. State forces were called in to deal with the problem.

[@fireandsugar2625]

@@natenichols9569 Did the bear get the guy!? 😨

[@natenichols9569]

@@fireandsugar2625 yes drug him out of his house and ate him

[@leas7830]

This was really great! She clearly loves her work. I didn't know about bear spray, always learn more 😊.

[@LadyArtemis2012]

I don't know how real they are but I always get a kick out of the posts where rangers have to inform hapless tourists that bear spray does NOT work like bug spray.

[@sxeptomaniac]

​@@LadyArtemis2012 Accurate. I've seen studies where applying bear spray like that can actually attract bears. They ran the study because it wasn't unusual for people to do that. I guess it proves some bears like spicy food.

[@HoLyzPiNoyZ]

i heard a shotgun works better but im no expert

[@taylorfusher2997]

What is the shockwave radius of every WW2 German mortar blasts. Do not put shrapnel in the scenario. Leave out shrapnel. Also leave out shrapnel radius. Just talking about the shockwave radius of every mortar blast that the Germans used during WW2?

[@wadewilson8011]

Who TF has never heard of bear spray?? And no it doesn't work like bug spray.🙄🤦🏽‍♂️it's supposed to work like mace or pepper spray.

[@VramsGamingChannel]

I think Dr. Rae is the first expert I've seen on these kinds of movie review videos who is clearly so passionate about her work, generously giving of her experiences and expertise. It was a delight to watch this one.

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

You should have given her the context about the bear in Annihilation. It's a Lovecraftian hybrid that can mimic human voice and is genetically spliced with other animals.

[@livinlifewithla7142]

IKR even tho it’s more sci-fi, I woulda love to here her thoughts on it lol

[@endostatica1405]

EXACTLY

[@alanrosete3855]

It's even creepier than that, the bear isn't mimicking human voice but every of its victims is actually merged(?) with it so they stop existing on their bodies and become one with the bear, they feel and see what the bear does because they are now it so what we hear is actually those people in real time

[@julius_the_python]

But they still used a bear skull. It bothered me that she didn't know proper ursine osteology and said it looked like a horse face.

[@prismod8509]

@@julius_the_python Last I recall, the bear does indeed have skeletal features, but the artists exaggerated the proportions here and there.

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

RIP to the real 🐻 that overdosed

[@anotherpeasant]

That bear ate so much powder that he's still partying up there in bear heaven, no rest for the wickid yo

[@bigchrisuc]

​@@anotherpeasant 😅😅😅🤘🤘

[@vinallica8027]

😂😂😂

[@EM.1]

I didn’t know that there was a true story that inspired the movie

[@bigchrisuc]

@@EM.1 loosely. I believe the bear ate the coke and died probably a few mins later. 😅

[@klooks1013]

Bro, I burst out laughing when KUNG FU PANDA appeared on the screen

[@BertieW0oster]

Lol, same!

[@BurgerBunDog]

SAME

[@jdsoccerguy]

This woman is a great speaker. If she was my teacher I would be engaged all class. It helps that she’s very passionate about the subject

[@LyddleMetalHead]

I like this lady a lot, please bring her back! She is so knowledgeable, but not disrespectful or too full of herself. Shes lovely, better than other videos that have been posted with this same concept.

[@ChadFarthouse-h8r]

No she's not

[@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou]

She's an idiot. It is NOT rare for bears - including black bears - to kill and eat people.

[@yixinghasmeshookistg814]

@@ChadFarthouse-h8ryes she is tf

[@Amm17ar]

I think Brother Bear should have been included on this list. I thought that movie was done relatively accurately in depicting bears given the fact that it was an animated movie for kids. Maybe next time?!?

[@PauloCesarLira5]

Exactly my thoughts. But I think they didn't include it because it's too close to The Revenant. Mama Brown Bear attacking a threat that keeps on trying to harm her/the cub. And The Revenant apart from being more contemporary, it's always praised on its accuracy

[@AutisticBearLover]

I’d love to see her react to the scene from brother bear too, but also the grizzly bear attack from Balto, Fox & the Hound and Brave. I would pay good money to see her react to them.

[@angelinacamacho8575]

In real life kenai would of killed Koda in order for his mom to go in to heat if she was still alive

[@Amm17ar]

@@PauloCesarLira5 Yeah true, I did just watch the Revenent after I watched this video and wrote this lol.

[@thottydagod457]

@@angelinacamacho8575 lmao exactly.

[@mareir]

I love how excited she is when talking about bear behaviour. What a cool person.

[@ChadFarthouse-h8r]

Too bad she can't tell the truth

[@iridiumSerpent]

​@@ChadFarthouse-h8r I'm pretty sure I'd trust a bear expert over some random on the internet about what is real about bear behaviour

[@julakenley7787]

My dad used to get dropped off in the Selway wilderness via helicopter periodically (to go hunting). Dad's pilot once told him a story about two men he'd flown in there: these guys didn't seem well-versed in wilderness survival, so the pilot was concerned about their safety & asked if they had bear spray. They confirmed that they DID, so the pilot began to leave. But as he looked down at them one last time after becoming airborne, he saw them both writhing on the ground, screaming, in apparent pain. So he landed again & ran over to them. Turns out, they thought bear spray was like bug spray & had sprayed THEMSELVES down with it, lol.

[@msfair3625]

Backcountry is based on a true story. It was one of the few black bear attacks where it was determined the black bear was stalking the couple before it finally attacked. The entire movie is like a 2 hour panic attack. I believe in the real life story the woman was the victim & her fiancé surived.

[@blitzangel1995]

I was getting g ready to ask this! I k ew the story about the couple,and wasn't it the guys idea to do it during mating/right after hibernation season?

[@CarmenHanna-s5z]

Yes the husband lived and the wife died, its a really sad story, they were married for a long time and camping was something they did together, the bear stalked them because she was on her period. I was obsessed with how terrifying this movie was and found out after that the lady who passed away was good friends with my best friend’s mom… rest in peace

[@spoopy9689]

It's unfortunate that th director hardly knows how bears behave so just has it roar all the time

[@OuterHeavenNET]

My dad and I went on vacation to the smokey mountains and hiked a trail. We saw a dirt path heading off from the main trail that basically was a shorter route back onto the main trail. We ended up realizing it was actually a bear trail and not a shortcut. We heard people up above us on the main path talking excitedly, and between us and the main path was a momma black bear and two cubs. We very slowly moved on and away from them, then rejoined the rest of our family on the main path. One of the scariest experiences I've ever had.

[@Tijopi11]

I find it hard to believe people would get close to a bear with cubs, or any other large wild animal. But I guess some people really are that dumb. I've been seeing a few videos like this circling around and all I can think is "why"

[@OuterHeavenNET]

@@Tijopi11 I agree. I don't see why people want to risk themselves on purpose like that.

[@farinafranqui]

Black bears are absolutely terrified of people. Unless you've cornered them they'll be gone before you can see them.

[@OuterHeavenNET]

@@farinafranqui I’ve encountered a lot of then and that’s just not true. Especially in tourist areas because people feed them.

[@ILuvAyeAye]

@@Tijopi11 Maybe you're responding to a comment that has since been removed, but in Wester's example, it was a mistake, and that's common. Bears can be really quiet, you don't know you're so close to them until you are. That's why it's recommended you use a bear bells, because the bear will hear you and move out of your way, but sometimes they don't have somewhere to move to (such as in this example, where the bear might have to be choosing between moving towards the group of humans above, or the group of humans below.) Now, why would someone who accidentally stumbled across baby bears chose to pull out their camera and film instead of immediately getting out of there: That I can't tell you.

[@TylerFitton]

I had to lol at "this panda is learning martial arts, which is....atypical for wild pandas". Her sense of humor is on point 😂😂😂

[@StonewallSweetsah]

I love that she is a bear expert who has to speak to the validity and realism of Kung Fu Panda

[@cartatertot]

I love how she actually analyzed Kung Fu Panda😂

[@livinlifewithla7142]

Lol I was so invested 😂

[@daniellehayes1986]

I was hoping she'd analyze Brave next

[@Gnossiene369]

"love" are you just bots?!

[@dykesmcgee3136]

@@Gnossiene369ever heard of hyperbole? people are allowed to say they “love” something like this. calm down

[@andrewhoward7401]

The bear from annihilation is actually terrifying. It copies the screams of one of the people it killed

[@kaistarfire2220]

Thank you. I thought I was the only one who was freaked out by that. It was so terrifying to me. I almost had to shut it off the first time I watched it, and I NEVER have to do that.

[@kellyalves756]

That thing was unearthly. Beyond horrible. 😰 This is one of my favorite movies, though. It’s like biology at its best and worst.

[@Vader007]

Thats why i love cosmic horror.

[@slowbro173]

Great movie

[@iforgot87872]

As someone who grew up having nightmares about bears… that scene was the scariest thing I’ve ever sat through. I also had no idea it would be in the movie so that made it even more unsettling.

[@saltedllama2759]

Oh, The Edge. An underrated movie, and Bart the Bear's last main screen appearance (RIP). There were actors who believed Bart should have gotten an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for that film...no joke. They described how good he was on set, how well he got into character once "action" was shouted, and how he never deviated from doing what he was asked to do. From the menacing face, to standing up, to miming the roars (as a bear can only roar when genuinely upset or frightened), to the chuffs and swats...everything. Anthony Hopkins said he would spend hours sitting near Bart's pen and respecting him as an actor. Mike Myers was one of the hosts at that year's Academy Awards and gave him an honorary award because the Academy refused to recognize Bart in any category. Handlers and production teams described that there has never been an animal so wonderful to work with in cinematic history. And what a presence! He was over 9'7" tall standing, and weighed 1500 pounds, yet wasn't "captivity fat". Just a strong, glorious specimen, but who worked well with humans.

[@godrickstockwell1505]

Bart was an absolute legend and his trainer seemed like an awesome guy from what I've seen in videos. I don't think I ever truly grasped just how BIG a bear paw was until I saw Bart go in for a high five

[@DogDogGodFog]

Is is the one in the water scene?

[@paulinegallagher7821]

I hope he had a large enclosure and plenty of time to engage in normal bear behaviors like nesting and foraging. Otherwise, he is just another circus performer and its cruel. Animals should never be used for entertainment.

[@ShinettePietryga]

Wow respect

[@boiledelephant]

​@paulinegallagher7821 ehh...it's a case by case thing, for me. Plenty of captive animals working in film and TV have great, happy, healthy lives. It really depends on the particular animal and its particular circumstances. Any generalisation as broad as "no animals in entertainment ever" really has no grounding in the details of animal welfare.

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

The fact that she actually evaluated the fist fights and bear riding makes her my new favorite bear expert

[@theotv5522]

Bears are the living contradiction of the saying “Something that big should not be able to run that fast”

[@christinahull1723]

And today I learned that house cats can outrun bears

[@amaury_off]

People assume that bears are big because they're fat, when it's actually a lot of muscles.

[@Asstazztic]

*laughs in hippo* 🤣

[@capedluna]

That is large animals in general. Everyone thinks hippos and elephants are slow. We are garbage by comparison.

[@TJ_Pars]

not contradictions, but rather, examples

[@Ineddiblehulk]

I’m glad she understands the narrative choices the filmmakers made and why and says why it’s not accurate but not that it’s ‘wrong’ like a lot of experts do. It makes the experts seem really ignorant.

[@TheGary108]

Can’t say I’m surprised that she gave the Bear Abomination in Annihilation a low score. That thing was apparently an mutated fusion of several things with a heavy dose of space magic. It was actually theorized that the abomination absorbed the qualities of whatever it eats, like how it ate one of the character’s larynx and ended up being able to mimic her voice to lure another one.

[@ILuvAyeAye]

For sure, it's obvious a number of the ones she gave low scores to aren't aiming for realism.

[@PatternShift]

was gonna make the same comment, haha! it's a perfectly accurate mashed together and mutated bear-thing. also it accidentally sort of resembles the alzabo in gene wolfe's book of the new sun.

[@trashcanyounot1798]

Also, there’s part of a human skull coming out of its face near its eye, which really supports the fusion idea

[@MaheshWalatara]

The Edge is my favorite bear attack movie. No CGI, great actors, awesome movie. Wish they had a 4K release.

[@kw9158]

This was terrifying but also so interesting. Would love to hear more from her. You could tell she is really educated and experienced in this topic, and explained things super well!

[@GrapplingIgnorance]

This woman is a gem, and the concept of this series is excellent.

[@blakemarchand6650]

A straight up gem

[@nhm459]

she's hot💀

[@Cmajor1988]

Nice to see her rare bear scene in “The Revenant” 10/10. It’s the most realistic looking bear attack in any Movie I’ve seen. Definitely gave me anxiety when I first saw it.

[@Chuck_EL]

It actually happened too in the 1800s

[@mattsena7708]

I saw it theaters when I was 15 when it came out... bad idea 😅 that scene was the most horrifying thing to watch with 360 sound and a huge screen

[@TheFMHatter1986]

Wentt to see it too one of the best films in the '10s

[@deerhaven3350]

Thank you for reviewing "Backcountry" (15:12) because after I saw that movie I became frightened to recreate in bear occupied areas any longer. After watching this content I can see where the campers made a huge critical mistake: They never trained ahead of time with the bear spray and deployed it at the worst possible moment. The other thing that you said that has now eased my mind is that a bear who attacks humans is displaying a learned behavior; I think I knew this already, but hadn't applied it to this movie: In the U.S., most bears who are out there killing people are hunted down and neutralized. Thanks again.

[@kilianhzh]

I studied forestry. There was one slide in our ecology class that will stay in my mind for the rest of my life. The title of the slide was “the brown bear is no plushy” and only contained one very graphic picture. It was a lifeless body lying in the grass, pants torn off, both legs still attached but one leg only consisting of bones and tendons, because a bear snacked on a hiker.

[@shlby69m]

She is so concise! Great teacher! Clear speaker. Well informed. I will say I've seen vids of bears shot w/ slug in head & STILL came after hunter.

[@mugbarron2172]

The transition from The Revenant to King Fu Panda had me rolling 🤣😂😂😭😭😅😅

[@sanukmacful]

No way that big Bear was going to be able to climb up that wall. Complete nonsense. That wall was straight up.

[@doyallhearsumn]

this was so fun and educational!! i feel like i learned a lot, so thank you Rae and Insider

[@TerrenceCobbs-b1o]

Just had an encounter with a mama bear and her cub backpacking in Connecticut. I made myself look big and slowly backed away. Thanks for the information. The mama bear sent her cub up a tree and slowly walked checking me out as I back away with my arms raised

[@kealebogapelotshweu5918]

I live in Botswana in Southern Africa and I’m genuinely terrified of bears the only animals that I have come across in my country that genuinely comes close to bears for me is hippos and the Cape Buffalo. But yeah man bears freak me out

[@kanomc2]

​@kealebogapelotshweu5918 dude, can't say as I blame you. I live in an area where both Grizzlies and Black bears are and it can be worrisome but at the same time you just got to be in awe at something that is remnant of the Ice Age and still ambling through the woods.

[@MSP_]

@@kealebogapelotshweu5918 bro hippos are bears on crack

[@zekepeters997]

My one gripe is when she says polar bears don't attack people, as someone who grew up in a province of Canada that is known for polar bears, we have always been taught that they are one of the only predators that will actually actively and intentionally hunt people for food

[@shadowscall7758]

Well, any animal would if hungry enough. She is obviously speaking generally. There are always exceptions.

[@gsteel98]

​@@shadowscall7758generally polar bears attack anything that moves for food. They won't attack just because they are hungry. They'll kill you and stash you if they aren't hungry. Polar bears are literally top 3 most dangerous animals to humans in the world. And I say this while thinking about hippos, crocodiles, other extremely dangerous animals because polar bears will smell your scent and look for you. Crocodiles typically 2ont kill you unless you find yourself in their territory, same with hippos. You can look at a crocodile/hippo from far away, have it see you and not be in danger. That is not the same for a polar bear

[@Chuck_EL]

​@@shadowscall7758 True and polar bears eat polar cubs too of other bears if they're really hungry

[@Kiba0Shino0Hinata]

it's because polar bears are starving due to global warming. a starving animal will hunt anything they can eat with extreme prejudice. a polar bear that isn't starving will not actively hunt down humans.

[@animegopher]

It's about the rule, not the exception. Polar bears will, for the most part, stay away from humans. However, if they're desperately hungry, of course, that rule may no longer apply and that bear becomes the exception.

[@rodneycooperjr3223]

Rae was great in this video, but these videos sort of make me sad that Steve Irwin is not around to react to animal scenes in movies. That would be immensely entertaining 😁

[@taylorfusher2997]

What is the shockwave radius of every WW2 German mortar blasts. Do not put shrapnel in the scenario. Leave out shrapnel. Also leave out shrapnel radius. Just talking about the shockwave radius of every mortar blast that the Germans used during WW2?

[@amberwest7846]

RIP Steve Irwin. I loved him as a kid

[@StacyBaldwin-qv5cj]

Never use Irwin sun block, I doesn't protect against deadly rays

[@dwaynebrietzke]

Imagine Steve Irwin on an episode of this reacting to scenes involving crocs, gators or snakes.... would be so awesome! Hmmm wonder if they could get his son or daughter on to do one?

[@DefgirRZawa]

@@StacyBaldwin-qv5cj ... I shouldn't laugh at that, but... I love this one xD

[@EyePropsStudios]

1:01 I like how the bears have a way of telling you "I'll wipe the floor with you!".

[@CliffDiverBOA]

Her saying her 2nd favorite bear show is Yogi Bear is so wholesome.

[@orlock20]

She is too young to know about Grizzly Adams.

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

I love that so much.

[@ItsGamingFancy]

​@@orlock20 she's too young for yogi lol. You can watch anything these days if you look for it

[@DefgirRZawa]

@@orlock20 Cut that Age-Crap. I have watched the original Mummy from the 30s, and as it was stated by another person, Yogi is also an old show. We like to watch old things.

[@birdgvee4982]

I love her energy and you can feel the love she has for these animals, while also retaining the knowledge about them being wild, potentially dangerous, animals. The right kind of attitude.

[@kevinnorwood8782]

Very glad the bear attack from The Revenant made this compilation, and also very happy that it scored so high.

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

You didn't think the most famous bear attack scene from the last 10 years would make it on a bear attack list? I thought it was great that the genetically modified Annihilation "bear" scene made it to this list. Although, she obviously didn't get what it was, hahahaha

[@DefgirRZawa]

@@forallthestupidshit3550 Well, GQ had the "Most Iconic Roles" with Christopher Lloyd and didn't include Fester Addams and Judge Doom (To be fair, they had at least Doctor Brown and the other roles were interesting too^^). So the doubt was justified^^

[@nahor88]

The bear looked completely realistic, and didn't act like an over-the-top movie monster.

[@robertthompson5908]

“This is giving me anxiety”. No kidding! That scene in The Revenant was terrifying. I read that the director spent a lot of time researching bear attacks.

[@dylanrieck6671]

Interesting info, love this series. She's much more generous with her ratings than many other episodes' hosts.

[@taylorfusher2997]

What is the shockwave radius of every WW2 German mortar blasts. Do not put shrapnel in the scenario. Leave out shrapnel. Also leave out shrapnel radius. Just talking about the shockwave radius of every mortar blast that the Germans used during WW2?

[@forallthestupidshit3550]

I noticed that too!! Maybe Hollywood is better at portraying bears than sharks, hahaha.

[@dobridjordje]

​@@taylorfusher2997 About 100 feet to feel it and about 30-20 feet of a killing shockwave blast. Depends on the calliber of the mortar itself.

[@ArthurKirklandsFavorite]

"Oh my god, what is that?" is exactly what I felt seeing the Annihilation bear

[@davidweaver766]

If I remember correctly it is a bear blended white other surrounding organic organisms. I believe essentially every organic kind of grows with everything else like a cancer taking over your body.

[@drewstotts7087]

Note that she never said polar bears in the wild do not own/wear suits of armor. Clearly the most formidable and prepared to fight.

[@aycaramba9540]

14:47 Expert: "You can't ride a bear!" Me "Hey, I am learning something today"

[@Tekdruid]

17:20 The "bear" from Annihilation is like that on purpose. The alien energy that infests the area is basically merging all things both animate and inanimate together, so it's an amalgam of bear and whatever happened to be in the vicinity at any given time.

[@rachelfaas4767]

This was TOO scary 😭 wasn't expecting rotten monsters

[@ghostbird92]

Yeah I'm so sad they didn't give her any context for it and that she rated it a 1. I don't think they even showed it ripping off that woman's jaw.

[@angelique4247]

@@rachelfaas4767 yeah it's crazy. If you haven't seen the movie I 100% recommend it.

[@RaptorFH]

It had exposed the skull aswell because it was very clearly the shape of a bear skull

[@LesA.R.6568]

Favorite scene of the movie.

[@xxcryssmarie224]

Her voice is so soothing. I love listening to people talk about things they’re super passionate about, whatever it is. It’s so fascinating

[@joyfulmom73]

Thank you for the explanation of how to use the bear spray! I knew not to spray it in an enclosed space, but not that it would cause more aggression if the bear was too close.

[@jumpingturtle8830]

Also, don't shoot it with shotguns if you're downwind. My coworkers learned it the hard way

[@jumpingturtle8830]

@MarkHawkins-sq4vd You are supposed to just not shoot the bear spray with shotguns, regardless of the wind.

[@jumpingturtle8830]

@MarkHawkins-sq4vd Do not shoot a can of bear spray with a shotgun. If you are downwind of a punctured can of bear spray, you will be stung by a cloud of bear spray, which will make you sad. The thing you are supposed to do with a can of bear spray is "literally anything else."

[@jumpingturtle8830]

@MarkHawkins-sq4vd Teens working in the wilderness can get incredibly bored

[@bartdegryse9345]

this video is so relatable atm. *if you know, you know*

[@Meeeesje]

idk

[@Kgaming1805]

Huh

[@ericamcclure7901]

I can't believe they didn't show her We Bare Bears. We need a part 2 of her rating more bear content.

[@quantumdev712]

Haha 😂

[@brianclittle1593]

I know that would of been awesome.

[@marksavage8052]

@@brianclittle1593 'have'

[@GenkoNoMiko]

Yes! More bear content! I’m actually surprised that “Kung Fu Panda” was featured and not “Brave” and “Brother Bear.” 🤔

[@gthyperion3038]

@@GenkoNoMiko we need brother bear

[@shinigami675]

Her: Bears do not eat people, they do not consider people as prey Polar Bear: Let her cook

[@Moontess]

Love seeing Dr Rae Wynn-Grant here - she's so good at explaining academia to the everyday person, and such an engaging storyteller. I can listen to her speak all day about bears (and other carnivorous mammals haha).

[@malaikacoleman2315]

This was a random, but fun watch. She's clearly very knowledgeable as well. +1000 pts for including The Dragon Warrior. 🙂‍↕️