Why Japan is seeing record number of bear attacks

[@PaulMcClennon282]

The most deadly bear attack of all time, the Sankebetsu Bear Incident, happened in Japan. Over six days, a bear killed 7 people and injured 3 more in the winter of 1915.

[@kolbymartin9743]

Bob gymlan does an amazing telling of rhis

[@michygeorg]

Hi, I'm Bob Gymlan. Thanks an awful lot for watching.

[@treydennis2535]

The second worse actually, the deadliest was the Sloth Bear Of Mysore that killed 12 and injured 24 in India in 1957.

[@saintniccage2818]

Laughs in short face bears that used to level villages

[@bearclaus2676]

The people who inhabited Japan before the Japanese worshipped the bear. Its an old God.

[@minovictor]

As someone who lives in the UK the wildest animal I’ve seen all my life is a fox. Can’t imagine having to worry about bears, mountain lions, alligators etc

[@charliekill88]

Yeah being born in the UK is one of the biggest Ls you can take in life

[@minovictor]

@@charliekill88 I wouldn’t know I was born in Zimbabwe

[@nickgrosvenor6936]

@@minovictorwe do have big cats and not so long ago there was a warning not to go up snowdon in wales because a mountain lion was spotted multiple times half way up the mountain/hill ✌️

[@kennethsatria6607]

I mean that's probably cause historically wolves have been driven to extinction in Europe

[@kennethsatria6607]

@@nickgrosvenor6936 Oh I didn't know you had mountain lions there

[@coolvania]

The bear is lucky to have survived an encounter with a Japanese grandpa alive and to be able to tell the story to his bear cubs one day.

[@HeronPoint2021]

the first bear WAS a cub.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

LOL. Funny guy.

[@nucle4rpenguins534]

@@HeronPoint2021right! He was lucky the mother bear was not near, that or the bear cub was abandoned/old enough to fend for himself

[@erob9446]

Is that a cub or are they naturally small?

[@nucle4rpenguins534]

​@@erob9446 hmm it seems that there are mainly 2 species from just quick googling: --- Japanese black bear (more present in mainland; smaller ~120kg/220lb), this one seems to match the one in the attack, the reporter mentions its cub is up a tree so it may be a very young mother/juvenile. That's my guess since at full grown it should be much bigger than the one in that clip, the one recorded looked comparable to a medium sized dog almost (~30-50lb) ---- Ussuri brown bear (more common up north in hokkaido; larger ~550kg/1210lb) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_black_bear en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussuri_brown_bear/ hokkaidowilds.org/bears-in-hokkaido

[@EstherMoffett-d7h]

This is unbearable.

[@rikomon]

bear with me

[@likegod2unga99]

😅😅

[@deviouslito5011]

That attack was the bear minimum

[@josephinetracy1485]

I didn't realize that Japan was experiencing a bear market

[@likegod2unga99]

@@josephinetracy1485 I'm an options trader,you are freaking hilarious 😂 lady 😂

[@anthonygonzales3523]

Had no idea that there are bears in Japan

[@AFloridaSon]

Same. I had to look it up. They have two kinds. A type of brown bear, and a type of black bear, but not what we're used to in North America.

[@josephinetracy1485]

Do they speak Japanese? 😄

[@artemesiagentileschini7348]

​@@AFloridaSon Asiatic black bears are more aggressive than the American counterparts

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@AFloridaSon The brown bears in Hokkaido are exactly the same type of bear you're used to in North America. The black bears are smaller than your black bears.

[@will7its]

Yes they even have mountains and snow and beer just like kanada....... So, are you one of the "New Kanadians"???

[@goldenage]

I hope coexistence is possible. I must say im impressed with anyplace where wildlife has managed to survive at all.

[@MichZilla90]

Japan prohibits litter strictly and is good at keeping their environment and wildlife clean and healthy

[@MsNessbit]

By wrapping everything in six layers of plastic?@@MichZilla90

[@jsnow6925]

Large mammals are reclaiming habitat all over. Look at wolves, mountain lions, bears and coyotes all over the US

[@ThyDrunkenSailor]

much of the US is reintroduction not natural reclamation. great nonetheless.

[@jsnow6925]

@@ThyDrunkenSailor It was really just a response to a line in the video, saying large mammals are not gaining ground anywhere else. Some of it is certainly seeded with reintroduction then spreads on its own to other areas, while some is not.

[@frankgagas9569]

She in the video that Japan was the only place in the world where large mammals are reclaimed habitat. She’s wrong. Deer, moose, and coyotes are just a few mammals that I know of that are reclaimed habitat. It was a foolish and uneducated statement.

[@davidterrell1242]

​@@frankgagas9569 "Japan is 1 of the only places..." You misheard her.

[@jsnow6925]

@@davidterrell1242 1 of the only places implies that it is rare and highly uncommon, which is just not true

[@pstuddy]

1:57 wow thats not smart at all. putting feed for the intrusive bears as well?? well now they can expect his whole family to keep coming 🤦‍♂️

[@boardcertifiable]

If I learned anything from Timothy Treadwell, I learned that bears are NOT my friends.

[@andylyon3867]

Yeah that is dumb.

[@ninja-mouse]

Didn't you listen, otherwise the bears would eat the cows' food?!

[@jessehickman668]

Bears, earthquakes, tsunami warnings and plane crashes…. You ok Japan?

[@sunwooyang9949]

plane crashes? i mean that happens everywhere.

[@Hidinginthetreeline]

That was a little bear and would have had to change my shorts.

[@black_eagle]

That guy showed impressive samurai spirit in fighting off that bear with a stick. But to be fair, it was tiny; looked like a cub, not a mother.

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

yeah 1. insular dwarfism, bear in japan tend to be smaller than on the continent, like most large animals get smaller on island ecosystem with limited spaces and ressources. 2. yeah that was a young cub probably terrified and surprised by the man which caused the fight or flight response and unlike 99,999% of the time it landed on fight.

[@guy8646]

It was not a cub. Even black bears in the south and southwest USA get small like that. I was camping in Big Bend National Park and went to buy bear spray at the park store and they said their bears are small so they don’t even sell bear spray. I saw a mom with a cub and she was about the same size as the bear in this video. A lot of animals are smaller in warmer temperatures. The bald eagle sanctuary in my northern state has an eagle from Florida that is about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of northern eagles.

[@KingGogh]

She said the cub was in the tree. I'd assume that's the mother. It does look small to be an adult but definitely bigger than a cub

[@rottieshepcalibre9156]

Plus a cub would not have acted so aggressively. Blatantly the mother. Bears come in all kinds of sizes

[@jamess7576]

Definitely a smaller bear. Even a bear that size can mess up a human pretty bad though.

[@daem3n]

Sending love to Japan from USA!

[@mjnelligan7288]

Bro got attacked by a baby bear lol

[@franksnyder1038]

I will take bears over Godzilla any day. Oh no...there goes Tokyo.

[@tar-tar3269]

Go go Godzilla

[@flanthief]

Remember to check bear report tracking if you are going hiking in Japan. Even though it was December for me, I checked because I was going to be in bear country in Tochigi. Luckily, there were no encounters, and I got to enjoy the views. But as a solo hiker, I played music on my phone aloud since I didn't have a bell

[@takeiteasy8847]

It is crazy that less than 3% of attacks are fatal given how much stronger bears are

[@DuskLegend]

People are stronger than you give them credit for, and even when they aren’t, we have guns

[@takeiteasy8847]

@@DuskLegend Most people dont carry guns around. And people are definitely much weaker than bears. They have a huge weight advantage and they also have claws and fangs. My argument still stands.

[@apawesomeness430]

@@DuskLegend compared to a bear no human stands a chance

[@Chaos_Nova]

@@apawesomeness430I do 😛

[@IEatMyCatch]

@@takeiteasy8847city people are the only people that go into the wilderness without a firearm. Anyone who knows what they’re going up against or into the home of has one, naive city slickers are the one that usually think they can co-exist with a fucken huge predator in their own habitat

[@dulio12385]

Those bears better pray a new Okawa doesn't show up because of these incidents. That guy killed more than a hundred bears before he retired and started a family of bear hunters.

[@extraart1]

What a sicko!

[@canesvenatici9588]

We need more people like that. Those bears should never feel comfortable around humans. When they see us their instincts should be fear and runaway. They can live however they like in the wild, far away from humans but once they come near us they shouldn't be allowed to exist. For those who doesn't agree see the Sankebetsu bear attack incident that drove Okawa into his path avenging the victims. You will see what kind of beast they actually are.

[@marymary83436]

​@canesvenatici958your not to bright.

[@axe2grind244]

God bless all the people, and all the bears, in Japan. Praying Mother Nature gives them a break and there’s no more tsunamis.

[@sawittwo]

Strong People.

[@rob6365]

Global warming

[@ravenmoyer4744]

akakabuto has placed madara, one-armed mosa, and other bears under his command. he is building a fortress in the mountains of ouu.

[@1vanDrago]

Bro channeled his samurai ancestors.

[@kentallard8852]

the first attack would have been because she thought her cub was in danger

[@inquisitvem6723]

Interesting…Japanese are leaving rural areas so bears can live on the land, but in the states there is too much development and wild life in need for land space .

[@TrueSavage555]

Bro what? There is so many places in the US that's unpopulated af.

[@pixazelz]

​@@TrueSavage555nope .

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

yeah it's true that making urbanisation centred on car and not people, with only one directive "waste as much space and ressource as possible and make it big and ugly" isn't great for wildlife. You don't have any idea on how many abandoned mall and house are abandonned and simply left here, taking space, useless rather than destroy and rebuilt something new like we do in Europe. and you guys have also no bus or public transport and cover half of your ground with useless 9/10 empty parking (you know you could build underground parkings right ?) but no there's still very large space of mostly natural land, but you guys are so toxic and intolerant than even there you killed of wildlife in three centirues more than Europe did in millenia.

[@Mana-hd5qt]

@@deinsilverdrac8695actually the US conservation efforts are significant better than you people, the US still has infinite forests, woodland, and timber. The western US is Majority Federal land unused for development and protections by secretaries (our ministries) such as Forrest service, National Parks, etc etc. I get it, public transit is horrible here, and design is trash. But we do conservation significantly better then you. Win some lose some ig

[@Mana-hd5qt]

@@deinsilverdrac8695actually the US conservation efforts are significant better than you people, the US still has infinite forests, woodland, and timber. The western US is Majority Federal land unused for development and protections by secretaries (our ministries) such as Forrest service, National Parks, etc etc. I get it, public transit is horrible here, and design is trash. But we do conservation significantly better then you. Win some lose some ig

[@thetooginator153]

That was a well-made news report. I think the fellow who left enough food for the bears made the right decision. The bears are agressive because they’re hungry, and this guy has plenty of food. Yes, it will probably draw more bears, but if the bears aren’t hungry, they will probably be fine AND bears are smart! The bears will see that this fellow is the food provider, so, they will almost certainly give him space.

[@cerovk6000]

Animals are animals it’s very important to remember that. Ppl have built good relationships with animals and still been attacked by them.

[@jamess7576]

Yeah no. You don't want bears associating humans with food. That will lead to future conflict and dead bears and humans.

[@ryanquinn1257]

Feeding them is bad but leaving food away from ppl trying to not touch it much to leave scent on and associate ppl with food.

[@mahuk.]

no, it is a terrible solution. There is a long record of bad consequences of feeding bears. They'll associate the human with having food, and if the bear doesn't get it, the farmer may end up dead by an angry and hungry bear. Albeit, I don't blame the farmer, this is a terrible solution but still a solution to having bears inside the barn and possibly his home, so he did what he could do, but authorities should intervene with a proper solution before more bears show up and it goes beyond the farmer's control. That's a time bomb in his own property.

[@michellelester243]

😂

[@蟷螂竜二]

熊の保護をし過ぎて頭数が増えた 北海道のヒグマは絶滅の恐れがあったので1990年に狩りを禁止にされました その後、順調に数が増え熊によるトラブルが増えた（昨年から狩りを再開してる）

[@sisigs4820]

Not only that but the number has also increased due to the fact Japan's countryside are increasingly being abandoned due to rapidly decreasing population. Due to this, the people that are left are increasingly flocking to the cities, leaving the animals to claim abandoned territory.

[@colshdor]

You're exactly right, I don't know why this is not obvious.

[@TVTIME-be8ze]

Am I the only one that’s not surprised that Japan has bears?

[@ryanbuckley3314]

It's a shame that people have been hurt, but bears are a good problem to have and conflict can be reduced by taking some precautions. Good luck with your bears from Ontario.

[@galacticdirt2925]

i mean humans could make bears extinct REAL quick if we wanted to...

[@ryanbuckley3314]

@@galacticdirt2925 We did that by accident in southern Ontario. As soon as we started serious conservation and preservation of green belts and county forests, the bears came back. Further south every year. If you have bears, it means your surroundings are not sick. Enjoy your bears and be careful.

[@galacticdirt2925]

@@ryanbuckley3314 live laugh bear

[@untouchable360x]

Always go to the forrest with a slow friend. You do not need to outrun the bear, just your friend.

[@asafaust8869]

Funny comment. I can only hope that you are joking. 😂😅

[@C-Here]

😂😂😂 I love this old joke!!

[@jayxes1402]

Im the slow friend in our trails :(

[@EstherMoffett-d7h]

That is an old Japanese proverb.

[@stefan1924]

bring along a sloth

[@timmyg316]

Canadian living in Japan here. Im surprised anyone died from these bears, they are extremly small as far as bears go and skittish. That said, when you go into the woods be prepared for bears, and in some cases that means guns and NOT bear spray. Also, know what to do when confronted by a bear too, try to be calm make youself look big and back away. If confrontation occurs, fight back if its black and go down if its brown (or shoot it, never ever go into grizzley territory without a gun)

[@kniveznor1]

That's old and untrue advice for fighting bears, in reality every encounter is different and should be handled as a case by case basis, in many cases playing dead will result in you being eaten

[@skateboarding118]

They are very aggressive compared to North American black bears, partly because they are smaller.

[@orlandowilliamson691]

​@@kniveznor1yea I feel that 😂😂

[@jasonberryman1035]

Bears are bears, regardless of size. Keep in mind one of the deadliest species in the world, the sloth bear, barely stands higher than a man. It’s theorized to do with the fact that unlike in North America where smaller species like black bears would’ve rarely encountered a threat they couldn’t just climb out the way of, throughout history bears in Asia have had to coexist with inescapable predators such as big cats like tigers and asiatic lions that could pursue them on any terrain, plus humans who have existed in Asia in larger populations for a longer period of time than in the Americas, so in dense forest/jungle where run-ins with such potential threats may happen suddenly and without warning, offense is the best defense, at least when you’re a bear, so many Asian species are known for being easily agitated, particularly sloth bears for example. And while despite the fact that bears in Japan have not had to encounter some of the aforementioned dangers like big cats they still descend from mainland populations of asiatic black bears and ussuri brown bears thus carrying over that behavioral aggression. So yes, they still display typical bear skittishness, but their behavior when surprised in close quarters can be even more unpredictable than that of an American black bear.

[@timmyg316]

@@kniveznor1 hence the gun

[@Ocho-y6j]

There was a Japanese youtuber Ruko Hada who use human food to lure bear and gain views. He is basically training the bear to find more Human food which leads to bear roaming and attacking people

[@BrianSmith-gp9xr]

I had an encounter with one this year in Miyazu . Eating my kaki . Stood up . Looked at me and decided not to attack. Ran off.

[@BaconGod.]

1:23 no disrespect but he looks like he goes hard asf now

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

We have a growing bear population in Michigan. And the only hunters growing in number are bear hunters.

[@PaulMcClennon282]

I swear the DNR here refuses to admit how big the black bear population in the LP is. I have seen them further and further south every year.

[@sspsp6545]

I live in BC. I see bears all the time. That bear looked like a cub itself. He’s lucky.

[@inquisitvem6723]

That was a small bear that came at him. Imagine if it was a normal adult.

[@ThaDeep]

From my understanding that was the mother bear that charged him thats what the reporter said.

[@inquisitvem6723]

@@ThaDeep reporter was wrong…look at that video again. A tiny bear

[@SPACE.KITTY.]

Someone in the comments said they live in Japan and the bears are really small there. That’s probably why there were only 6 deaths out of all those attacks.

[@bustavonnutz]

@@inquisitvem6723You're wrong fam, Japanese Black Bears are one of the smallest species of Asiatic Black Bear. Most never get beyond 90kg.

[@inquisitvem6723]

@@bustavonnutz either way that bear was small compared to the ones that charge those hunters in alaska

[@twist777hz]

Japan urgently needs Canadian expertise on this matter.

[@will7its]

Yeah, take away the few guns they have right Justine......???

[@brandonfj5811]

@@will7its what guns?

[@KMDragonS]

@@brandonfj5811 if I remember correctly Japan has a strict gun policy. You need a license and training

[@brandonfj5811]

@@KMDragonS Even then I think it would only amount to certain types of guns like rifles(hunting rifles to be specific)I don't think the average licensed and trained Japanese citizen can walk around with a .45

[@turtsable]

@@brandonfj5811that right there is why I love the good ole USA!

[@mission_new-earth]

Glad the wildlife is returning. Humans be safe

[@youngandfree93]

I hate bears though

[@mission_new-earth]

@@youngandfree93 oh, but why?

[@andylyon3867]

In the eastern USA Bears have increased 4x by more intense hunting. Makes them smarter, safer to be around and increases their numbers. Great success story but not in the news not pc.

[@Osiris064]

Did not know Japan had bears. Wow

[@josephinetracy1485]

Do they speak Japanese? 😄

[@DieFlabbergast]

We also have dangerous wild boar, which sometimes come right into the outer suburbs of Tokyo. Fortunately, the bears in Japan's main island of Honshu, where most of the population live (as well as the southwestern islands of Kyushu and Shikoku) are black bears. The bigger and more dangerous brown bears are found only in the northernmost large island of Hokkaido.

[@maryharvey6909]

Look up Kesagake bear if you are interested

[@greasebob]

@@DieFlabbergast When I was a kid, I remember the Super Famicom game "Legend of the Mystical Ninja" / "Goemon", set in feudal Japan, and there was one level where this little boar hogs would charge out of the woods with an ominous "oink" and knock you over!

[@benjaminrodriguez7356]

​. YES!!!

[@NotEvenOverThere]

Japan are you okay? Floods, Earthquakes, and now bears what the hell

[@madtownangler]

It looked like the first guy was attacked by a little cub...unless that is how big they get out there.

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

probably a subadult or very small female. those are japenese asiatic black bear, a small subsecies of asiatic black bear aka moon bear. They tend to 40-120kg only. so yeah small female

[@floydyutiamco]

That guy is a samurai, i wonder how much exp he got from that fight. Hope he leveled up 😂

[@funonvancouverisland]

That bear was so small..

[@pollutedent4880]

Can you imagine them being like.......... now you have bear spray, a whistle and bells! You'll be good. Now get back out there tiger!!😂

[@ahoosamon463]

I thought Hokkaido bears 🐻 supposed to be as big as brown bears in Russia, but that mother bear was so small that I thought she was a cub.

[@jeanieinjapan]

The bears in Hokkaido are brown bears, but that one is on the main island - it's the smaller Asian Black Bear - they are a lot smaller but also known to be aggressive.

[@scottbuckley6578]

Had no idea japan had bears

[@artkidolee2162]

Am happy that am living in a country without bears!

[@grandmajojo5211]

The situation has gotten beary bad.

[@sdmoparmaninsd6713]

LOL "bear", that thing was barely the size of a dog, guy would have been dinner to an American black bear...

[@SinCity4o1]

I cannot bear this anymore!

[@j.Dee333]

The bear is extremely lucky Sato didnt bring his katana

[@mattacedo]

They need to let the Japanese hunters think them out a bit

[@asahel980]

Or the bear population grew, it seems that wasnt mention. and likely is the reason.

[@GamerplayerWT]

2:51 listen.

[@davidterrell1242]

Exhibit A on why more people should watch videos in their entirety before commenting.

[@TightyWhiteyTrash]

The Japanese have much respect for their culture, environment & wildlife. Bees to macaques to bears. *I’m not surprised that man put out extra food for his black bear visitors* 🐻

[@YoBen100]

Looks like bear is back on the menu boys!

[@wildguy4773]

Now for those comfused no attacks weren't from brown bears, those were from black bears Now i dont mean on famous American black bears that chill with every people, break into our homes and eat and legit cry when bear spray comes, no no those are asiatic black bears, more correctly Japanese black bears, they are closely related to the American black bears, indeed they were same species before two groups splinted, one to Asia and one to north America, over thousands of generations they split into two seperate species even tough they look like each other so much, but asian black bears aren't chill as American cousins, they are highly agressive species and won't hesitate to attack people if you enter their territory, now even tough they are agressive as hell, they are usually shy of humans and will climb in trees to avoid, now true thing here when it's black fight back, here you fight with all your strenght and show it who is dominant, now true threat would be mother with cubs, male bears don't want to do anything with you, they will even chill with you, mother bears will legit f*ck everyone who goes near the cubs, Joe Rogan explained that a lot

[@A_Random_Rat]

I would also be scared of a baby bear attack because that means the mama bear is near.

[@carbonatedmoose7872]

I always forget that brown bears live in Japan and it suprises me for a moment everytime I hear it

[@maymeg6777]

How come is it surprising? Bear is quite the only familiar large wild animal for Japanese. In Japan it’s dangerous to go hiking without bear bells（熊鈴）

[@videojeff01]

Is that mushroom picker sure that the bear which attacked him wasn't a cub also?

[@mogulme6190]

Had to be, that bear was tiny

[@brandonfj5811]

@@mogulme6190 The black bears there in Japan aren't as big as everywhere else like in North America

[@kohort1]

Probably still bigger than a large dog.

[@wolfman2.055]

Most mammalian predators ( amongst some other animals) in Japan are smaller compared to their relatives elsewhere ( for example the boars are smaller than those found in Europe).

[@mogulme6190]

@@brandonfj5811 Ik, but that looked like a chunky medium sized dog

[@Dracoboss98]

I always notice in these videos that no matter where in the world it takes place, every man makes the exact same yell while fighting off a bear with a crude weapon 😂

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

After watching Japanese tourists in Yellowstone walk up to bison, moose and bear with 10 cameras it is no wonder to me. They are stupid at times

[@5Lion5ofGod7]

Are you sure they are not white? Don't be lying bruh.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@@5Lion5ofGod7 pretty sure I know the difference and not many white folk speak Japanese

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

those aren't tourist, they're people in their own country, not trying to act dumb for a photo with a big cow they don't know. it's just people living normaly but bears are just here searching for food and will react agressively when they're startled

[@jebbush458]

White women just got fined for getting to close to the bears at Yellowstone. He meant white

[@DIRTYPLACCY]

@@5Lion5ofGod7white people are smart we farm land and we hunt. We literally developed the modern world what did your people do?

[@dohminkonoha3200]

You can’t have any rifle in Japan unless you have hunting license over 10 years.

[@fawamaco1848]

kinda funny that one guy just has to now leave feed for the bear lol

[@wartem]

TLDR: Growing bear population is the reason

[@metallurgy3586]

212 victims and only 6 died. Those are great odds, considering it's a freaking bear.

[@paulthisone]

Time to bring back BEAR DOGS!!! One of the last kennels for Hokkaido dogs is shutting down and dogs for hundreds of years hunted and chased off bears to establish a healthy boundary between humans and the wild… With the modernization of Japan and the dwindling population there seems to be a need to bring back those who stand between bears And regular citizens with a healthy respect for bears and helping bears regain a healthy respect for humans

[@Eldorado440]

As Japanese, we usually don't bother bears, if they attack us then that means we disturb them or they see us as a threat. I’ve seen a lot of tourists getting into our clinic similar to these as a nurse.

[@TheFaustianMan]

Bell and a Whistle instead of a gun. Oh Japan.

[@tleon858]

0:34 baby bear 🍼

[@videojeff01]

That's what I was thinking.

[@KMDragonS]

Japanese naturalists might need to make a little trip to North America on how to deal with Bears. I recommend Banff National Park.

[@DIRTYPLACCY]

Why? Americans are hollow and would just use a gun which is highly illegal in Japan

[@tblcville]

Bears aren't very into social media taking a selfie before asking the bear is wrong ..# bear neccesaties

[@LD-qj2te]

How did bears ever get to Japan ? And how long have they been there? How big do they get ??

[@simonj3413]

Japan was connected to the Asian mainland during the ice age, so they’ve been there since prehistoric times. The brown bears are slightly smaller than a grizzly, and the black bears, being Asiatic black bears, are somewhat smaller than their American cousins.

[@TheChurchOfPhakeKnewz]

The bears may like Japanese Food.

[@Hinata.Sakaguchi]

They have to control the bears populations. Or plant bears Food.

[@happyfatherof5164]

I had an encounter with a black bear in mount Fuji. It was the scariest experience of my life!

[@stranglestrong]

I didn't know Japan had bears. Did they come over with a fleet of ships?

[@steveroberts3102]

I had no idea they had bears in japan

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

they also used to have two subspecies of wolves, a subspecies of eurasian lynx too, as well as river otter and sea lion. all of them were exterminated throught the 19-20th century, except the lynx, which was genocided well before and probably leopard and tiger but thats way way back in time.

[@nowlwane9623]

Bears are bears. They will challenge you and eat you up if you show weakness. That’s why the right to bear arms is important.

[@archiegoodwinjr]

Aren't we arming bears?

[@nowlwane9623]

@@archiegoodwinjr it’s a pun

[@jmoulty6404]

Are we sure that wasn't the cub attacking? That bear looked tiny.

[@tombrunner8181]

Greetings from germany Here, too, bears and wolves are enthusiastically re-naturalized. We have "forest kindergartens" Where the little ones spend a lot of time in nature. As a measure on wolf's pack near them, the little ones were equipped with bells on their clothes.... The sentence from the past fits : The Revolution Eats Its Children

[@damaslpressath]

yes, we have many fanatics in Germany, seeing wildlife like apocalypsis....here they came back 25 years ago in Germany...and no person was not even hurt, so we walk with kids and dogs in the woods. Every sighting of a wolve is in newspaper since nearly 30 years, and even in Saxonia where most wolves live the attacks of livestock is lowest, because they are mostly all protect now their animals! Hugs, relax and enjoy a walk in the woods to learn ;)

[@damaslpressath]

here in the Germany wolves came back nearly 30 years ago from east and south europe ;) and 2 bears crossed the border since than..nobody is re-naturalizing them, but they are protected my friend ;) ..And since 30 years nobody was even harmed or hurted, even we have wolves behind house....but many people here in the country dont know about our new wildlife and even in the regions with most wolf population now the attacks of livestock is very low in comparation to the regions where the wolf has just arived. Think we are industrialized comfortable people, thats why we cry since 30 years as it would be the apocalypsis...while in those more than 25 years we have wolves....every year 3000 people die in traffic.....so many kids, on way to school or kindergarten. Think we can manage it relaxed to show our kids that trees can fall down, ice can break or boars or mother cows can attack or what ever...still no wolve showed up to be interested in human flesh!

[@cruzada07]

Now you know japan had bears now go celebrate the new year

[@fawamaco1848]

The bear in the video looked so small to me so now I'm just confused

[@Getayabbyupya]

They need to increase the number of Ainu as they worship the Japanese bear , as well as all the animals of the forest

[@sandralison7584]

Agree! Sadly Ainu culture is on decline 😢 and Ainu language almost extinct. Ainu where discriminated and stigmatized a very long time. Very tragic, its a bit similar history like the native Americans.

[@luckycharm5757]

There are bears in Japan?

[@baloog8]

That tiny bear was like tony montana mixed with the baby alien from Alien Romulus.

[@hankterreros223]

Why? Because their tastly.

[@AkPacerPilot]

Bear is tasty, depending on time of the year and what they are eating. Were you aware until about 1960, most cooking oil, was made from bear fat? Bear fat is actually one of the best cooking oils, as far as cooking oils one of the more healthy, as once it’s rendered it doesn’t coagulate at temperatures above 60 degrees. ie well below our body temp so it doesn’t stick to your insides unlike many other cooking oils. Even seed base cooking oils once broken down by the body coagulate, bear fat doesn’t.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Because "they're" tasty. Please note the distinction between "they're", "there" and "their". It gets really irritating. Millennials.

[@edglue6138]

Why did they only start counting in 2006?

[@deanfoster7344]

Mushroom foraging in the U.P. Of Michigan i watch my back for bears

[@alexiachimciuc3199]

I was surprised about a year ago to find out that Japan has wild bears.

[@MarceloVolcato]

At least they look rather small bears.

[@lifesajoke6965]

The black bears are small but in Hokkaido the Ezo brown bears are huge like Kodiaks

[@oakenshadow6763]

Those are Moon Bears. They rarly get agressive. They really are desperate. 2:01

[@carlosnietodavidson8640]

Yeah I find this really crazy I mean there’s a video of a guy in Japan mountains getting attacked by a bear for the obvious reason of protecting its cubs I didn’t know this was a problem

[@unitedminds5633]

Bear count has increased or decreased down the years ?

[@kijuanbarnes6342]

Im not sure if this has anything to do with human activity encroaching on Bear lands but it’s unfortunate.

[@shaultzur8646]

Aging population and strick gun laws... not a good combination.

[@bigguy7353]

It's almost like not letting the people have a tool, such as a gun, causes more problems than it solves.

[@shaf60]

In the animal kingdoms mind humans are the animals .

[@kAzinGaming]

"This segment has been sponsored by Joe Rogan."

[@Lenny4400]

This is a sign of the time s!

[@TranceZero666]

We need Ginga Gin!

[@MrBearcatjew]

Warning for US marines