Yearling brown bears climbing into trees for safety. Martinselkonen, 7 June 2022

These yearlings went up the trees faster than lightning, as soon as Tuima (the big male, dark brown) and his bride had finished mating and looked like they might get grumpy. In their first year of life (which these guys are already way past) bear cubs spend a large proportion of their time up in trees to escape other bears, and other predators. Their mum expects them to, and as seen here, she does not directly block the other bears. She knows her yearlings can climb, and so she just faces the other bears.
Martinselkonen, Ruhtinansalmi/Suomussalmi, Finland :)

[@rogermckinney7241]

Even bears are scared of bears

[@douglashurd8652]

Good stuff , everyone sizing up everyone !! , amazing footage and description 👌

[@jolantad7971]

Bear safety drills!!! Can it get more awesome?

[@jolantad7971]

Btw. One question. Did you at filming it connect the facts...that there actually kinda is nowhere to run...? Just askin.

[@michaelhoran407]

Wonderful.

[@laurametheny1008]

Mama sits down😉She's like don't worry kids I got this. Looks like at least one male sniffing out those cubs. They look pretty big tho. Would he still try to kill all 3 to get at her? I mean she should be back looking for a mate soon right? Idk. They look older than yearlings but that gives what? Possibly 2 yrs? I know one thing tho. Big bad mister swinging that head and looking fierce ain't scaring mama away. She'll tear his ass up. The other bear doesn't seem fazed at all. Just by the food... Thanks for sharing!🙏🐻 Ok. Now I read description lol. I'm not too far off either. I like to learn whatever I can. This gave me some more insights.🌝

[@observer4497]

Momma Bear with her 3 cubs testing the Ex. At the discard, saying Girl, You can have him.😂

[@varmastiko2908]

At what point do brown bears become too heavy to climb trees this way?

[@eeviste]

At the point where their claws bend too much from their weight and it hurts to climb up? :) :) Not sure. Bigger bears CAN climb up trees too, but mostly don't. When you look at the claw attachment to their paws, it kind of makes sense - it would hurt if you had too much weight (adult bear weight) hanging on those claws, I think. But I am certainly no expert. Here's a close-up of Alaskan brown bear claws on a junior bubba: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqfUdJSHoq6kp68

[@nailasaleem5177]

Little fact brown bears and grizzlys are the same and have you ever seen videos of black bears getting chased by a brown bear on a TREE?!

[@Dr.IanPlect]

@@nailasaleem5177 "Little fact brown bears and grizzlys are the same" - don't conflate terms; grizzlies ARE brown bears, just a subspecies

[@ВеликийМагу]

Как это снимали? Ведь наверное оператор не гулял в лесу и просто подошёл к медведям и начал их снимать? Как они тут все встретились для съёмок? Почему никто не ест оператора? Я тоже хочу вот так посмотреть на медведя в лесу, рядом.

[@rasimbot]

В автомобиле, скорее всего, сидит

[@krotfedot]

Оператором был ещё один медведь

[@CS-pj8wj]

....And all that was left... was the camera.

[@Inga3300]

Это в какой стране?

[@КармазинИгорь]

Финляндия, в описании написано

[@JK-br1mu]

Nordland

[@michaelhoran407]

Wonderful.

[@michaelhoran407]

Wonderful.