The sad loss of a bear cub. Explore.org 07 July 2020

Mom 803's little cub is sick and unable to keep up with the family. Despite her frantic efforts to try and keep it with her, she has to leave with her other two cubs. She returns again and again and it manages to swim to the island but then is able to go no further. The last time we see it is when it approaches the island. Eventually mom and her other two cubs have to leave. Sometimes nature sucks.
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[@stevekon11]

What a good mother ,kept coming back again and again ,but sadly it was no use.

[@margaretbarnes1281]

So sad....and then life goes on. Just the way nature is. But tears were shed. Poor mom.

[@deanosanders203]

Bless this Bear family, and the little one that went to bear heaven

[@priMARYlove1]

Such a brave little trooper. It mustered up the strength to swim to the other island where it met its demise. Such a sweet soul. RIP little one. So sad for mom doing her best & searching for her baby.

[@roytallow6784]

Nature takes the sick & weak & injured of any species ! Animals Heaven !

[@artpintor7722]

This bear can be sure that she suffered for not being able to do anything for her little one, she has to go on, she has to take care of her 2 cubs, feed them and protect them.

[@btmiller1981]

Reminding us once again that real life isn't a Disney movie. RIP little guy.

[@gatina7713]

Mama kept coming back for him. Somehow she knew something was not right. Goodbye cute little cub.

[@ЛюдмилаЗіменко-г5е]

Poor little child. I'm sorry. Probably this sweet kid got sick. I always want people to help and save animals that need treatment and support. So sad. Poor mom bear😭💚

[@Pilot_Abilene]

sociopaths would rather just record and get some youtube likes

[@afr0cuban57]

She was actually trying to retrace her steps to see where the cub got lost

[@DianaCB_TX]

Poor baby was so sick. Poor mom. I saw her yesterday, she seemed better.

[@jessicaoppegard6578]

I think this is why I love bears the most of all animals! You think they are just animals but you see something like this and say “She’s only just a Mom, like me, and would do anything she could for her child, and she grieves for him too!” So sad to see! Fly high little guy 🖤 You are an angel now 🖤

[@robbysacora73]

This is very rural, that likelihood is very low. Not saying it couldn't be but that cub went downhill fast and was around a wealth of food. My educational guess is it was weak from being runt but it got some type of illness on top of it. Bears are smart, fishing line would have been chewed off by cub or mother, bad garbage would have been regurgitated likely, mobile restrictions would likely be noticeable in video. Runt likely had multiple issues besides being small, maybe malnourished, but maybe had a small wound infected, maybe lot of ticks weakened immune system, and potentially a weak desire to live which happens in nature. I would assume it had some illness caused by weakened immune system. All that just suggestions, I would like to know formal autopsy findings

[@trollmustard]

I got a video of a bear killing a cub so you can stfu lol

[@Jio188]

Isn’t an angel

[@marjorjorietillman856]

Nothing against bears, but Elephants are my favorites, because they support, protect and grieve for each other and pay their respects to their deceased loved-ones. And they don’t have to be in the immediate family to receive respect! They are so intelligent!

[@angelariggsby6285]

This just is too heartbreaking. I know its nature but it just sucks. 🥺🥺

[@beserk6285]

Man you can probably take the whole nature down Jk

[@NHmountaingirl]

I agree 😭😭😭💔💔💔💔🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sylviakovessy]

I’m so very sorry for your loss ! I know how much these bears mean to you. My heart is broken. Sweet little cub. Sending you hugs ! 😭💔🐻

[@billblaski9523]

Thank you. Your words mean alot -Mother Bear

[@billblaski9523]

@@briantoal8872 I'll knock u out if u say that

[@sherryeclark5890]

Thanks for the video Arlene. It is so sad.

[@ArleneBeechHomebird]

Hi Sherry, it was very sad. ;-(

[@markanthonyaquino4200]

@@ArleneBeechHomebird didn't you see the body of the cubs left behind?i wonder if hes still alive

[@ArleneBeechHomebird]

@@markanthonyaquino4200 The body was recovered by Park Rangers the next day. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3SkgX6JYsahmJo

[@markanthonyaquino4200]

@@ArleneBeechHomebird thanks for the info how sad

[@veeriabroadcast]

This is sad, this is so sad but this is also life. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@halibut1249]

The mother didn't want to leave, kept turning back, went back to the island THREE TIMES, finally left with the two cubs, in the direction of humans. Maybe she wanted humans to help her with the sick cub.

[@jb16237]

That cub was not getting enough food or milk probably because of its siblings being bigger and stronger. It was weak and could barely walk let alone swim. Poor thing never had a chance. It Should of just stayed maybe a human would help

[@judywilliamson5667]

This is heartbreaking to watch..poor little guy. Nature is beautiful but can be very cruel.

[@sacredstonecards9051]

I get very torn between non-intervention and intervention. Especially, if we are watching. Doesn't watch create a responsibility??? To sad.

[@NHmountaingirl]

Poor mama! I could feel her pain.. i just kept crying 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏💔💔💔

[@marasov2990]

Even in the last breath he/ she follows the mom and siblings what a devastating scenery .but wildlife is nature and we bear with it :( how I cry like a river

[@karencurtis2697]

Bless this little bear tried so hard , at rest and safe now, thanks team for recovery xx

[@Shadow-vu7tq]

Is Alaskan Dept of wildlife going to retrieve the body and check it for desease

[@guambyguambelle1864]

That was a valiant little cub. 💔

[@NHmountaingirl]

So so heartbreaking 💔 😭😭😭😭 Wat was wrong with lil cub anyway.. why so weak? Hunger? Cold water? Wat, anyone know?

[@SFTink]

Bear 451 and her healthy cub stayed with her dying cub. When she would leave she was never to far from the dying cub and always came back. Even after the cub died 451 followed the sent of her dead cub to the waters edge where the dead cubs body was carried on the rangers boat.

[@susandalala1112]

It’s so heartbroken, making me cry. Poor little baby bear

[@Grumpfin]

Just wondering if the park service sees these videos live or maybe a few hours later. If so, you would think someone would try to scout (safely) for the sick cub. This one probably suffering from hookworm. Evaluation, treatment and release. We do that in BC with our bears. I know it seems like interfering with nature to rescue a sick cub, but honestly with 8 billion humans on earth now the science is against the bears. I save we save whomever we can whenever we can.

[@ebert8756]

oh wow that is heartbreaking

[@meganmeehan1565]

I wonder if cubs get sick like we do (colds n not so serious stuff) & if this one just needed a day or two before it healed. That would be the real tragedy. But if it was life threatening, it makes more sense (although I’m honestly heartbroken for the poor baby & mother&siblings.

[@beverlylucas6346]

Awwwwww was the baby sick or injured?

[@user-ok6zh5fb3q]

Она ищет его, ждёт и тоскует о нем... I'm crying...

[@СЕРГЕЙНИКОЛАЕВ-щ7ц]

Я думал один Русский.

[@Nonhumansam]

Okay so can someone explain to me wut happend to the cub?

[@정병심-f7y]

아픈 아기 곰때문에 슬퍼요

[@smudent2010]

This is literally happening right now as you read this comment somewhere on the planet.

[@tonyg-2jz82]

That poor mama bear doing all she could go encourage it broke my heart. Wonder why it was sick. Rip little bear 🐻

[@girlosophy]

13:32 did the bear cub managed to swim to the island? if yes, why mama bear couldn't find her there?

[@realvctr]

probably didn't make it to the island and succumbed under the water

[@girlosophy]

@@realvctr that's so sad

[@robbysacora73]

Damn Covid-19! J/k obviously. With the wealth of food, i would love to know the cub's illness. Obviously very weak! Have a wildlife biology degree and still couldn't hold back the tears. Very seldom does a sow bear have triplets that all survive, odds are very low. Usually the runt can't fight for enough milk to get the headstart it needs to compete. But in a rich environment like this the odds do go up. Please post autopsy findings.

[@invitationvoyage]

everything delicate and significant in this world of the absurd is ephemeral, only remains the uncertain memory of the good and the possible

[@honietx9089]

Oh my, that hurt to watch. Poor 803 is tormented.

[@joemartinez2660]

Sad , sad , so sad !!! and this goes on all over the world . In places where we can not see . This goes on … Thank God our hearts still feel the pain of loss .. The sun will rise again ! One day … no more pain of loss ! One day …

[@judithryle2113]

He barely made it to the other side bless him

[@noahguzman5850]

He looked a bit malnourished.

[@invitationvoyage]

toute chose délicate et significative dans ce monde de l'absurde est éphémère, seul demeure le souvenir incertain du bien et du possible

[@invitationvoyage]

animals unlike humans do not know the law of the strongest and the weakest supposedly imposed by evil spirits, animals are intelligent, particular, sensitive, emotional especially with their young, animals have heart and courage and simplicity in behavior what humans do not have

[@Audfile]

It's more like animals are nowhere near sophisticated enough to deal with the complexity of an injured or sick child. What, we hate ourselves so much we see virtue in this? Amusing, and expected.

[@Audfile]

And by the way, the bear does not return your admiration. It would have no qualms in converting you into fecal matter along the riverbank. I love bears too, just saying.

[@rosemurphy6285]

In the wild bears that gave 3 cubs usually end up with 2 or even one. It is difficult to find enough food and protect all 3 from predators and then of course there is illness, so a lot of times the weakest of 3 dies.

[@invitationvoyage]

@@rosemurphy6285the main predator of animals is the human, nature maintains the balance between the different existing species in a rational way, the human causes the imbalance, by destroying nature and degrading the terrestrial environment, and especially by killing animals ,

[@badmasis]

how could that sick cubs lost in that tiny island mother could easily find that cubs in island with smelling her cubs ,did that cubs drowned or died in big bush

[@whydoyoucare27]

Once mom was gone, couldn't anyone go help the cub?

[@Sun-jb6zc]

Nobody could call rescuers to help this poor little baby bear ? 😣😖😫😩 I’m trying to understand how it’s possible to film that without helping.🥺

[@marasov2990]

No intervention unless the hurt or damages from human

[@BM-wf9uf]

Because its nature, we need to stop treating these animals like they are precious family pets. Do you know what would happen to you if you approached that cub while its mother was nearby? You would have a very, very bad day.

[@armysenior1780]

The cameras are operated remotely by volunteers. They are not on site.

[@adrianeturner6230]

So did the cub drown???

[@mineabsgov5772]

They must have helped him instead of being there recording 😪

[@CherylBimini]

Do you know this bears number?

[@syedali-tn5cy]

After all we never saw God but we have seen Moms.

[@bradkiewiet4268]

Alot of people in these comments watch to many disney movies and have spent little time outdoors acting like they had a personal relationship with this dead cub

[@hongkong1972]

Some people were born with the ability to feel and love things that are too "Disney" for you.

[@badmasis]

cubs could be eat by brown beers in same island

[@tammydeboard6537]

I just saw this video on a different channel. I don't know who owns it but can anyone tell me why the cub died? Was it sick or hurt? The other person who posted this you could not leave a comment. If anyone has any answers please let me know. This is very sad.

[@glittergrl71]

I read a comment on another posting of this that the cub drowned. I wish she would have Carried the cub. Now I’m even more sad knowing he drowned

[@Panda-sq1zk]

@@glittergrl71 It made it to the island. The cub's body was located by an NPS staffer on the island where it was last spotted on the cam. Bear management staff retrieved and relocated the remains. They were not sure what caused the death of the cub.

[@Takoe976]

Poor little soul 😢

[@troyhall4039]

She doing her best to protect the cub from getting eaten by the other bears.

[@michaelrosspearson9756]

They two surviving cubs being much larger. Maybe they were getting all the milk.

[@irene2515]

Heartbreaking! Poor mom bear! Poor little bear!😭

[@viking956]

I don't understand the comment "sometimes nature sucks." Nature is nature. Either you appreciate for what it is or you don't.

[@blacktrevor94]

How did cub die

[@WestCoastRailroadProductions]

I didn’t see any bears die

[@emrullahkahya1966]

What’s happend to baby then ? Any 1 no is he not well or what. Is there any 1 can help or not ??

[@ArleneBeechHomebird]

Sorry, he passed away on the island. :-(

[@c1bellek18]

Arlene Beech I am glad it is no longer lost and suffering.

[@katherinehunter9526]

It broke my heart watching this live last week. That night I dreamt I was looking for the cub. After watching this again today, I can't help but wonder if the cub got into garbage or some kind of waste left or created by the people who use those boats? Fuel, fishing line, hooks contents of an ashtray, plastic bages? They had been eating something on the shore near the boats? Like a dog with a bone, my logical mind has taken over from the emotional one, although I'm crying again after watching this death today, so my mind is trying to make sense out of this tragedy. I hope the necropcy will be released and we will know exactly what happened to the baby bear, so we can hopefully clean up that area of anything that could be contaminating the area. I know if it was only that easy. I can hope can't I, that we can hopefully fix the problem. Hopefully it isn't genetic damage from toxins in the salmon from the Pacific Ocean pollution and toxic waste that are present in the Northern and Southern Pacific. Anyway thanks for sharing this video hopefully we get answers. ✌❤🐻🙏 KEH 🇨🇦

[@carolv8450]

Well said! So sad it is suffering . What a great mom!

[@katherinehunter9526]

@@carolv8450 I agree. It was rough to witness, but like Naomie the Ranger and Mike Fitz the bear specialist say, it is not out of the ordinary for coy Bears to not survive their first year. That they have several miles to come down to the water. I'm just grateful that the other 2 have developed nicely over the summer. Hopefully they get enough food to all make it through the winter. ✌❤🐻🐾🙏 🐈🇨🇦

[@carolv8450]

katherine hunter / I wonder if he ate something by the boat that was not good for him. I watch the SWFL eagle cam and an eaglet died in the nest bc of eagle mom feeding it a rat that had ingested rat poison. So sad.

[@katherinehunter9526]

@@carolv8450 I have wondered that since I first watched the event happening live. Then I strong believed that the cub had eaten something that the fisherman had dumped out after they left their boat. Because you DO see the eating something by the boat shortly before the Cub started acting ill. I've seen them and other Bears eat stuff off of the ground at that same spot near the boats. I've out with enough fishermen to know they always dump their waste from the day. Some take it home ,some dump it directly into the water again and other dump it on the shore near their boat's. You know out of convenience. So there is a Bunch of crap in their waste. Cigarette butts, wrappings from Lures, fish guts beer cans,bottle tops and old lures and fishing line. NO not all fishermen and women are environmentally conscious so they really DON'T think their actions have any consequences. So my money is on that this cub died from something it ate. I think that is why there is going to NOT be an necropcy on the Cub. Because I think they know what killed it and don't want to cause beef with the locals who fish there daily. Plus they have several hundred random tourists stumping around the bear's habitat. I tried questioning the Mods and Mike and Naomi about it and got Curt responses about it, one of the Mods kind of threatened me with being blocked if I didn't drop my questions about the fisherman and how close they get and the garbage they leave behind. So frankly I don't watch live as much as I once did. Because I think they Whitewashed that Cubs death and a few other incidents and have blocked and insulted other folk's who really questioned what was going on. I watch without the comments on but find that 1/2 the time the camera operator's are either asleep or just aren't paying any attention to what they are watching. Anyway I really do love watching the Bears and all the wildlife and the entire area, watching the sunrise over the lake has been favorite events this summer. Anyway peace, love, health and harmony be with you Carol V. ✌❤🇨🇦🐈

[@carolv8450]

katherine hunter Yes, fishermen are very dangerous to wildlife with leaving fishing line and hooks around. Turtles, birds, and all other wildlife suffer. I see some vids where ppl are trying to help if they see an animal in distress. If that place there wants tourists, they should have the fishermen clean up after themselves. Thanks for the kind words and have a nice day. I pray for the other cubs to be safe.

[@livincountry]

Saddest thing I’ve ever seen. 😢

[@marjorjorietillman856]

Does anybody know what happened??

[@yveslabbe9608]

Mais où es l'oursin??

[@wendydebois1685]

Wish the camera crew could have helped that little bear, and gotten medical help. I've seen the crew help this other bear that got wire around its neck, they helped it, why not this little baby?😪

[@werlinry9213]

Bubu drowned, did not reach the island.

[@trafficjon400]

YEP?

[@Panda-sq1zk]

The cub made it to the island and expired. It's body was located by a staffer the same place it was last seen, and bear management retrieved and relocated the remains. They did not do a necropsy to determine cause of death.

[@trafficjon400]

Cub's early big wet hug from its Creator🧸'. Sow? you have the instinct to grasp your cub by the neck and save it from drowning.but you try your best , may be like some parents , don't know what to do about children. Entering water sow must have sense or taste the drowning cub? why she rushed turning around back so fast.

[@Panda-sq1zk]

The cub made it to the island. It did not expire in the water. They found it's body where it was last seen on the cams. They retrieved and relocated the remains.

[@Ana-j5g5v]

Bless ❤❤❤❤

[@teddywong8967]

Baby where?

[@laurab1089]

Sometime life just isn't fair.. :-/

[@lasteniarodriguez8680]

Is this amelia?

[@suziegriffith2653]

Humans interfere and change the bears' world, even if slightly through monitoring and tourism. I think humans had a moral responsibility to intervene with this little bear... even if it ended up being placed in a sanctuary. To say we "aren't going to interfere because, it's nature" is wrong, when we have already changed their habitats.

[@Audfile]

Everything changes habitats. Invasive species, evolution itself. I mean, we didnt just pop out of a spaceship one day and arrive, this is our habitat too, our planet too. We cannot live anywhere else, we are "children of the earth" as much as the bear. Its not our "fault" that we know how to build a Mcdonalds.

[@suziegriffith2653]

@@Audfile I am not debating that "we are children of the earth" too. My point was that with knowledge comes responsibility. I feel like a qualified person, such as a Park Ranger should have intervened on the Cub's behalf once it was obvious the cub was in dire straits. If the argument is made that by intervening with the sick cub, humans would have changed nature, we already have by our presence, changed nature and the bears' habitat. And, I never mentioned McDonald's or "fault" in my first post.

[@trafficjon400]

Nothing to do with humans. bears are more safe around humans when nursing cubs, keeping male bears at bay. Bears are much more with nature and naturally aware of danger. being run down by traffic can kill all walks of life.

[@trafficjon400]

@@Audfile Right ! Humans have land . humans treat animals better than they treat them self. If humans treated humans better, all things would fall in to it's meaning full state.

[@trafficjon400]

@@suziegriffith2653 A long story would be needed to get some to the point and reasons many don't understand about the how much work and bound rights of control limit of how much one can and can not complete.

[@ilonailona916]

Жалко медвежонка,и маму жалко🐻😭

[@rajal7924]

I surprise that why the videographer didnt dialed for animal rescue team to save that innocent cub... i see here that this video has been uploaded for just subscribers nd likes..!!

[@shelby_myhre]

i'm literally sobbing

[@invitationvoyage]

les animaux contrairement aux humains ne connaissent pas la loi du plus fort et du plus faible prétendument imposée par les mauvais esprits, les animaux sont intelligents, particuliers, sensibles, affectifs surtout avec leurs petits, les animaux ont du cœur et du courage et de la simplicité dans le comportement, ce dont les humains sont dépourvus

[@Alahulapuuloakealahelenokaahu]

Humans lack simple behavior? What qualifies you to reach that highly questionable conclusion? Have you not observed Tibetan monks, or Zen Buddhist monks, Shaolin monks, Shamans? Obviously you have a distorted knowledge and understanding of humans, Jacques Cousteau would not have approved of it!

[@invitationvoyage]

@@Alahulapuuloakealahelenokaahu the history of humanity confirms my observation of the human race, the human tries to impose itself by its claim by denying the truth, the limit imposed on it by its weakness and its ignorance constitutes the reasons for its bad behavior with its similar ,

[@user-lo3zu7rg6v]

😮😮😮😮🎉🎉🎉❤❤

[@emrullahkahya1966]

Why he loss what’s wrong with him ??

[@DianaCB_TX]

Sickness most likely

[@kimgo4518]

She was a rather thin mom. I read that bear moms who fatten up while pregnant just before hibernation have thriving cubs and less chance of a runt. Or, don’t know if she lost the weight after birthing. Such a sad video.

[@seigedrakonera5689]

Wonder what was wrong with the poor cub, he dose look smaller then it's siblings.

[@onazkawa1098]

nature is beautiful and cruel...

[@willcopeland275]

Take it the cub drowned

[@Carl-m2e]

He wasn't going to make it. Way to small and weak. If a bigale bear came after them he might even cost another cub it's life or the mother's trying to protect him

[@blahblahblah9078]

😂😂