Studying Polar Bears from a Monster Truck | SciShow Talk Show

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[@CuriosityCulture]

This dude level of chill is impressive. ;)

[@theoregonguy]

When you spend a lot of your time around such huge dangerous apex predators, regular life must be a lot less stimulating.

[@brantwedel]

I think the artic chill rubs off on people

[@HelgaCavoli]

He's cool.

[@thepinkerton657]

Goes with the territory. So to speek

[@kari7403]

"Yeah! ...Unless you're a seal." Lol, Hank's pure excitement on his face. Gotta love it.

[@Jamonicy]

Hank is a great interviewer! He knows about the subject and ask/leads into cool topics! I wish more interviews were like this

[@InterKELLar]

“You’re stretching my knowledge “. Every time, dude. Every time.

[@ValeriePallaoro]

@8.53 What a neat way to say "I don't know" Kudos to this layed back guy

[@CommodoreFluffy]

When he said 'mostly for management' I thought of a polar bear in a business suit

[@AikiraBeats]

Same

[@RangerRuby]

This video was so cool! I love Polar bears and it is so cool to see you guys chat with someone who actually has seen one, and Studied them! Woah! Keep going! I love this!

[@phucanhell]

Whoa

[@freshboy3968]

"Ice is nice."

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

Whenever I visualize a polar bear, I always Envision it drinking a Coca-Cola. That is some pretty effective advertisement.

[@deadtoallnohonornohope]

Penguins drink pepsi

[@taythree5549]

I am a diet penguin then, and I am okay with that

[@deadtoallnohonornohope]

Penguins are in the south pole not the north perhaps we should introduce bears to the Antarctic. This isn't really a good idea

[@taythree5549]

are you implying and or assuming that I, a living talking internet using diet penguin did in fact NOT decide to move to the South Pole because the North Pole hed too many bears... And not enough Google Fiber? After all I'm a diet penguin who likes to live on the edge of the world, the South Edge to be precise.

[@deadtoallnohonornohope]

The earth is not flat you however are

[@PuzzlesExplained]

Haha I like the skeleton with the tie in the background! Nice video, I've always found it interesting how polar bears evolved to have white fur to blend in. Natural selection is always super cool :)

[@pegasusted2504]

Polar bears fur is hollow which is why it's white. It has no colour itself, it is clear like a window. :~)

[@PuzzlesExplained]

Ah

[@LightningSe7en]

In addition, they are hollow for keeping heat in iirc.

[@pegasusted2504]

by trapping air in the hairs?

[@Valmon14]

Very informative! And very chill dude. Thanks for the great work!

[@Kaalyn_HOW]

Our school mascot was the polar bears, and people used to think that was a pretty lam mascot. I never thought this, but this episode just made me feel like they're an EXTRA epic mascot to have. (Plus, I mean, the colour scheme that came with it was always so refreshing! Icy purples, blues, periwinkles, whites, and more. All the photos in our classrooms and programs always felt so snowy "fresh"! Purple and white bb!)

[@kari7403]

I love Jessi. She's so cute and gets so excited about the animals.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

She reminds me of a kindergarten teacher, meant in the best way.

[@kari7403]

rattregoondoof Exactly!

[@De2Dejavueman]

Swimming for 10 days without taking a break is insane... hopefully in the future the climate gets better for them...

[@katieinman5299]

These are great for putting on in the background while studying, mostly while doing math. It's not too distracting, but just interesting enough to be able to passively listen, and look over from time to time.

[@nlitenurmind]

"Polar bears will be a thing of the past. Just like snow!" -Owl Gore

[@kablstr1451]

The foxes are the reason why I stayed watching this

[@jooleebilly]

explore.org has many livestreams of polar bears in Hudson Bay, several from Polar Bears International! (Apologies if BJ Kirschhoffer mentioned this.) Plus a Beluga Whale cam on explore during the right season, and there are often several polar bears! The Brown Bears at Akmai are pretty epic too. Full disclosure: I used to be a volunteer remote video operator.

[@captainhoratiobungleiii7147]

Polar bear milkmaid has to be one of the worst jobs in history.

[@mikefehr5290]

That plant in the background needs water. I know you probably watered it by now...but I got the feels for it. DISTRACTED!

[@meghanparris8203]

So I wasnt the only one who saw it?! It sure was looking a little sad wasnt it lol

[@chevychase3103]

BJ & the Bears! He seems to really know his stuff!

[@margodavies6606]

Why does the artic fox look so much like a dog. I wanna pet it.

[@IceMetalPunk]

Because foxes and dogs are in the same family of animals... and I want to pet it, too :D

[@calamusgladiofortior2814]

Google American Eskimo dogs. They are dogs that look very much like arctic foxes. And, unlike foxes, they definitely like to be pet.

[@bobbygirl5092]

Because they're both canines

[@veronika1159]

That was such an interesting video!!! Also way to go Hank scaring Cas 😂😅

[@youmaycallmeken]

Supposedly, some animals don't interpret the difference between human smiling and showing teeth as a sign of aggression. That might be what happened at the end, or perhaps it was just startled by the sudden burst of laughter (or, of course, possibly a combination of both).

[@thanrose]

Hank had a sharp exhalation, and probably a twitch forward. Just a reaction to another show in the bag, I'm sure. Although Cas was calmer than the previous times, he still is typically wired as most foxes would be in this situation.

[@7489k]

He's still a wild animal! (And I'm not talking about Hank ;D)

[@ShaudaySmith]

Interesting about the Red and Arctic Fox having only deadly interactions. Granted polar and grizzlies have violent interactions but there is also documentation of their interbreeding. Same with coyotes and wolves. So i'm surprised that there was no mention of that occurrence with the foxes.

[@nydydn]

I don't exactly care for polar bears specifically, but the way this dude explains what he's doing and the questions Hank is asking are amazing. I had to stop this video after 10 minutes to comment on this. Now Play!

[@IceMetalPunk]

This was so interesting! Also, polar bears and foxes are both adorable. I think every land animal in the Caniformia suborder are cute. And rodents. And... okay, fine, any furry land animal is adorable

[@kath8562]

I've been to Churchill to see the polar bears. Yes, they take you out on a bus with really tall tires. The darn things have been known to walk in town, and the foxes have no fear of humans.

[@lordgarion514]

That no fear of human part sounds at least a bit exaggerated considering the one in the video is a well loved and cared for pet and it's scared of the wind.

[@teishabee1993]

Awesome episode.

[@clericneokun]

Wow. I never knew Cumberbatch studied polar bears.

[@SoftBreadSoft]

Bears are my favorite and polar bears are my favorite.

[@SolofAvaldor]

I've been to Churchill and been on a tundra tour to see polar bears. It's an amazing experience and not all that expensive. (a lot less than an ocean cruise)

[@andrewchristenson6740]

I duckin love this polar bear dude Edit: and that cutie fox 😍😍😍

[@LaBambaGames]

This is amazing!

[@thanrose]

Did I miss any mention of the Spirit Bear? I've always thought it was a mix of grizzly and polar bears, which I understand can interbreed. But it lives in Pacific Northwest and in the forests. Would have loved to hear what BJ thinks about it or has heard.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"I'm always cold. I'm actually waiting for 'em to send me to a beach, somewhere." I think you ought to qualify this statement a bit more. I mean, they have beaches in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Northern Europe, Svalbard... all of them beaches, none of them remotely warm.

[@AikiraBeats]

This is pretty cool. To hear about polar bears and the colar

[@BadHabitMarco]

That's a cool dude, and then there's a cool fox. And all. Nice episode!

[@calamusgladiofortior2814]

Getting up to Churchill, Manitoba to see the polar bears is on my bucket list. There used to be train service there from Winnipeg, but the company that runs the route cancelled it. Now you have to fly in and out.

[@daratate1732]

i live along the james bay coast, we got polar bear traps in town. there are seals in moosonee

[@jessicaonymous4352]

10:49 "late spring" geez, I never realized how long these took to edit.

[@Luredreier]

25:31 No, they're not the only land mamals on Iceland. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Iceland There's a lot of mice there (some of them probably arrived with the vikings). There's also the mink and polar bears. That said, polar bears are kind of rare on Iceland just like in Norway, they only rarely go ashore on Iceland or mainland Norway mainly living in Greenland, Svalbard and Russia (as well as places like Alaska and Canada, but those are too far away from the nordic region to be relevant to their access to our region)

[@3nertia]

I imagine to a polar bear, it's a bit like an alien abduction. They hear this loud noise, maybe see a bright light, they feel a sting and the next thing they know they're waking up in a completely different place with hardware around their necks lol

[@WilliamLeeSims]

Just visited Iceland. They have had a few sightings of polar bears as there is a string of ice making a line to Greenland.

[@KingsleyIII]

Was this filmed last winter? Why does Cas have his winter coat?

[@katiehart7108]

KingsleyIII They mention mid-March being pretty recent, so maybe early April? That could still be the end of winter in Montana.

[@Tfin]

I think they said it was "nearing summer" during the interview?

[@lordgarion514]

32% fat is literally heavy whipping cream.

[@kylestanley7843]

You should see whale milk.

[@oldcowbb]

seal is like double cream

[@PinkChucky15]

Loved this video :-)

[@mamarutnielsen1380]

Why argue about getting a cat rather than getting a dog when you can meet down in the middle?

[@Prin7er]

Have Polar Bears developed a special way to see in dim light or total darkness? Special Rod or Cone cells?

[@animistchannel2983]

Actually, moon and stars provide a fair amount of light, especially with reflection off the snow & ice. Anyway, it's open-field ice & snow... there's not much to see but silhouettes.

[@Prin7er]

Thank you for the response. Living in Florida, I have very little in the way of dealing with snow and vision.

[@connorm5478]

What would happen jf they transplanted a bunch of polar bears to Antarctic?

[@danaphanous]

The polar bears would be able to survive, but it is thought that they would devastate the penguin populations who have no natural predators on land, so scientists would never condone that. As for catching seals, that would go about like it does up north. Plenty of seal species down there too.

[@chevychase3103]

Connor m excellent question I'm sure some would adapt pink penguin burgers!

[@AidanRatnage]

i love that the Latin name for a lemming in lemmus lemmus.

[@MiraNecole]

good day, Jessi! :3

[@OnslaughtHacker]

cool video

[@mydadneverlovedme8567]

In before Muscle Hank

[@themetuber4270]

Yay! Cool video!

[@PowahSlapEntertainmint]

I thought all polar bears did was drink Coca Cola and hang out with Santa.

[@3p1cand3rs0n]

PowahSlap Entertainmint: Are you Justin Y.? No insult, no hate, but...like...you're maybe Justin Y., right?

[@morbly]

Yeah polar bears are commonly red and white, the red is for the seal blood that covers their face as they tear apart the carcass.

[@KarenSanderson1]

Are they in the Antarctic??

[@SciShow]

Nope, just the arctic. But the Antarctic has penguins, so that's cool!

[@Q_QQ_Q]

canada

[@culwin]

Those are bi-polar bears

[@wildwisdom1361]

Plz make a video on nano satellite and how that wireless xommunication works plz

[@animistchannel2983]

I'd love to get a followup on the latest news about polar/brown bear interbreeding. As polar bears spend more time ashore, they will start re-integrating with the rest of the northern brown bear population. These "amber bears" will become more common. I wonder if anyone is tracking that yet, or if it is still fairly rare.

[@clairekuhlman1078]

“God bless being a human” -Hank Green

[@MezlyMils]

Polar Bears are my favourite animal

[@ponponpatapon9670]

WHERE IS MUSCLE HANK!?!?!?!?!?!

[@Conscience_Constellator]

16:00 & jaw. mayb calculate force of step orf bear 2 figure weight

[@kme]

So early, the subs aren't up yet. (will have to come back later, when they are) 👍

[@tkc5980]

Colud you do a video on the "do artillery only" trend?

[@larrysheklstien1010]

Do polar bears howl or roar?????

[@sammjust2233]

Do arctic foxes and red foxes ever crossbreed?

[@GoldenWindowsGRE]

DO ARTILLERY ONLY BIGHEAD

[@Why_It]

No Muscle Hank today? I was expecting him to say that he spars with polar bears all the time.

[@rgbii2]

I guess there was a good reason they where not allowed to touch him, otherwise, how could you not want to pet the fox with all that fluffy white fur! :)

[@TamarZiri]

the ending XD

[@foxythunder481]

Issa’ FOX! 😱😍

[@mollydugan6144]

Whenever he mentions James Bay I think of the singer

[@Tfin]

No, a FitBit is a miniaturized tracking collar.

[@SicknessDDOEU]

Norway?

[@MisticulX]

:D ITS SO CUTE!!!

[@7489k]

This episode feels off for some reason...?

[@Liz_Dave]

Cochrane Ontario Canada has the largest polar bear sanctuary in the world

[@kme]

😮 Cochrane? I'm only familiar with Cochrane, Alberta...

[@Liz_Dave]

KM E in 1916 Cochrane Ontario had the deadliest fire in Canadian history

[@AZOffRoadster]

Roundup in polar bear milk yet?

[@bobbygirl5092]

I wanted to see the monster truck

[@AndeePandCompany]

So why can’t polar bears live in the Antarctic???

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

Because invasive species plus penguins. The bears would probably be fine perhaps even do well but Antarctic penguins have no land based predator (seals and sea lions eat them in water but not really on land) so penguins would suffer a lot in all likelihood.

[@AndeePandCompany]

rattregoondoof it’s just so sad to think of Polar Bears going extinct. 😓

[@animistchannel2983]

What's happening is that as the polar bears spend more time ashore, they start breeding back into the rest of the brown bear population until the next cold climate / ice age happens. Then, the polar bear genes get more prominent in the far north again and they start heading back out. All the northern "brown" bears are essentially one species, all inter-breedable, like varieties of dogs.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

@@animistchannel2983 that may have been what happened over the last ice age but if we let the polar bears go extinct there's no guarantee that polar bear genes will resurface. Polar bears and brown bears are certainly interbreedable and there's a possibility the genes will resurface but absolutely no guarantee. Evolution doesn't have a set course, if we lose the polar bears there's a pretty good chance (short of cloning them) that we aren't getting any more.

[@animistchannel2983]

rattregoondoof: You're not wrong about that. If the northern ice cap goes away and doesn't come back for millions of years, yah, there may never be another population of exactly polar bears. The thing is... and this is from an animist who really appreciates bears... if that happens, there won't be a reason for exactly polar bears either. They don't really go extinct, you just stop seeing that exact combination of extreme specializations. They blend back in to the greater worldwide population, and their descendants continue as generally brown bears. The polar bear adaptation set already exists piecemeal in the general population, by the way. If you separated all the current polar bears, you could re-breed them from their brown-furred cousins in x-number of generations if you really wanted to. (I've looked into the genetic studies on that.) People who currently live around polar bears would probably prefer you didn't, though. They are dangerous neighbors. This re-blending would happen eventually even if humans weren't running around screwing up the climate on purpose, but it would take longer, be less noticeable, maybe even more dangerous in the long run. As it is, these apex creatures are telling us about ourselves because we're making it happen so fast. Gyrfalcons have a similar problem, with fast climate change screwing up their reproductive cycles, but they don't have anywhere else to go. At least the bears have an alternate strategy. So I don't like the situation as it is. I have some hope that recent developments in energy generation and management may curtail the speed of the increasing devastation. It could be too late already, we're not sure. My concern is that we need to learn the lesson before it's too late for even more species, including ourselves. The baleful eye of Venus glares at us across a short stretch of space, reminding us of what can happen when a planet goes bad. Meanwhile, in spirit journeys, I feel the Eye of Amber Bear that has brought a warning. A few years ago, I put it like this: "The Eye of Amber (2013) I have no gender, no species, no home, no fate There is no “I” but only the Eye of Amber its gaze shining through this nexus of consciousness among the myriad fractal layers and regions of Cosmos. The world transforms, ice retreats, and White Bear comes ashore and finding Brown Bear once more, unremembered but not forgotten they recombine, and Amber emerges again its vision sweeping across the lands New creatures and old are found, lakes carved clean by glaciers fresh forests and fields among crumbling old stones Courses and channels as water recycles Mists of sky and mineral vapors, the earth’s own blood trickling The frost-locked interlude fading, the shifting lives in motion The warmth flows north, waking sleepers and cold rains surge south where ice once buried all things The vortex of change upon the face of a planet Will you call it “pozzly" and pretend it is new? No, it is not new, but of ancient relations refounded What for a while lay drowsing, separate and dormant, The earth-spirit stretches its mind and hand, opens its Eye Do you suppose it is pleased? From hibernal contentment in those parts it awakens It finds those who have Become in the interval ready to embrace its primal heart invokers' joining and shamans’ own call In new times, old friends return."

[@JamesWilson-px9dh]

Sorry Hank, I'm just here to look at the pretty Cas

[@ponponpatapon9670]

you ever just like your comment just to get the ball rolling?

[@grumpyhale821]

Arctic foxes look so much like dogs.

[@simplychaotic66]

"Furless hairball"

[@splatcat3434]

At least the seals arent chickens, or cows, or pigs (hmmmmm, bacon!).

[@francoislacombe9071]

All bear cubs are born small, not just the polar bear ones.

[@saintchuck9857]

Was the reference not in relation to the females size? Female polar bears are noticeably larger than even female grizzly bears so in proportion the cubs are considerably small.

[@francoislacombe9071]

It could be that polar bear cubs are the smallest in relation to the mother, but all bear cubs are very small at birth, averaging about 1/300 to 1/500 the weight of the mother.

[@juliamaia488]

Mas urso polar nem existe pô

[@bluestormpony]

CASS!

[@AnaisAzuli]

Icebear

[@AilisonCarvalho]

Canada Goose? Please, hell no dude, NO!

[@HisameArtwork]

poor polar bear, 10 day swim, poor bear....also why trap and kill artic foxes? Just send the excess to reservations that are lacking specimens.

[@y0rema]

Oh man, these two need to get a room

[@davidbuschhorn6539]

Yeah, all the polar bears that hibernated are still waiting for this crazy cold weather to end.

[@spongebobsquarepants675]

Polar bears?

[@JonasUllenius]

Having a drone follow the polar-bear and make its hunting more difficult?

[@lukea997]

BJ don’t know if you’ll ever read this but you may wanna look into Canada Goose as a company, they’re terrible and shouldn’t be supported

[@killrite]

fuq school

[@dankhank5110]

I smoked weed without a polar bear before.

[@luukeluketer1024]

To the folks at home : There are no monster trucks nor are there any polar bears in this video......Just two blokes yammering about polar bears with a broad with an arctic fox making a brief appearance.........