Safer in polar bear areas
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- Polar bears are known to destroy huts or tents in search for food. In polar bear areas, camps need therefore a good protection to keep hungry bears out. Our study site in Spitsbergen is frequented by polar bears in summer. Over the past years we have favourable experience with electric fences surrounding our tents. This video shows how polar bears respond to the protected camp: (1) curious without further interest (as occurs most often), (2) coming close to the electric fence without touching, and (3) touching the fence when attempting to enter the enclosure. For adequate protection, the electric fence should be used in combination with other means to detect and scare polar bears.
The scariest part is they look so friendly
NO TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!
I bet they'd gladly invite these scientists for dinner.
They don't feel threatened because we are simply food so they don't show aggression. The scariest part is they will walk up to you casually, sniff, then start attacking
they don't look friendly out in the field, only on videos I think!
Scariest part is they’ll kill without the fence , so the fence saved their life
Hope that bear wasn't running off to find its insulated wirecutters.
Haha 😄 yes id love see those peoples faces if he did 🤣
Or just getting a running start to charge the fence then eat all the hot tamales in there sleeping bags!
hahahah! :D
the polar bears greatest weapon is it’s deceptive cuteness. you just wanna give it a hug
you can hug polar bears, but only once
😂😂😂
Ask that lady at the zoo that git nabbed by Binky how cute they are.
@@patriciaikeda2608 The fact that they are wild doesnt mean that they arent cute. They need to be treated with extreme caution and if you are lucky you will survive after seeing one so close to you
PrinceOfM4rs20 __ no they walk like Large “thugs”
One sure technique to safely repel bears is to draw a dirt circle.
Why would it repel bears? What is a dirt circle?
The uncultured peasants that didn’t get this spongebob reference make me lose the will to live.
Only works on sea bears tho
You’re thinking of Sea Bears
@@Kopie0830 It only works with sea bears, I won't recommend using it for the land bears...
Until there comes the first bear with a college degree in electrics.......standing hungry in front of your tent with a circuit tester in his hands.....
Comment of gold.
lol
Animals can sense it. Trust me
Multimeter, rubber gloves, dielectric boots, glasses and a hard hat . Pays IBEW union dues on time and requires a safety hold off inspection of your tent
@@pushpushlambert8079 just imagine how a polar bear would look in all this outfit 😂😂
They start out so incredibly tiny and are unbelievably adorable, then they grow into these large vicious animals
They are still adorable. Just because they are wild and dangerous doesnt mean they arent cute.
And the Bears get bigger as well😂😂😂😂😂
I'd feel safer sleeping inside some form mobile of field artillery.
Equipped with bear bombs presumably.
And a motte&bailey.
i would never stay there one day one of those bears is going to run thru those tiny wires
If the bear isn’t chasing you down, I assume there would be no reason for it to try to run through an electric fence. I’m no expert, but I think it would be best to stay inside the tent when a polar bear is passing by
@@boblobgobstopper13214 They are not there for tea and cookies(maybe they are) and a nice visit. They are hungry and that fence is not foolproof. If it wants you for dinner, you are done.
It's a psychological game. Even black bears in America are heavy enough to crush a little fence like that if they wanted to.
The trick is to get the bear to sting his nose first, so he remembers "fence = pain". Then all his braveness leaves him. A free meal is one thing, a meal traded for pain is another.
I like this video. Protect yourself and do not create a situation where you have to kill that animal.
Roberto Ravioli Yeah right, we just couldn't BEAR the right of it. I bet you'd lose sleep if you HAD to shoot one.
John James Rambo And, additionally, citizens of Svalbard are obligated to carry a Mauser whenever going out into the wild
@@jorgejoaquinpuentenovell3183 The right to bear arms.
In fact if you killed a polar bear it might make things worse
Polar bear usually study what to do in face of something new, so that's really smart
I don't think I would ever want to take a chance like that.
They should use these when camping in areas like Alaska too. I've heard so many cases where people are pulled out from their tents, waking with their head in a bear's mouth.
How can something this dangerous can be this cute tho.
Black bears even though cute are more dangerous to humans than grizzlies ,if you ever encounter one and it follows you it intens to eat you.
@@ivanjones8144 I think that is debatable. Grizzlies are more territorial and ready to fight, but you can scare black bears off the vast majority of the time. They are pretty shy creatures if curious, I wouldn't be terribly worried unless it was really late in their season. Still I wouldn't want to have to fight either of them.
@@ivanjones8144 polar bears are one of the very few if not the only predators that view humans as nothing but food/prey. Even tigers/lions think twice about it.
@@neishamariebelliveau5455 don’t actually hug it thou
I would have a rifle cocked and locked,i dont trust electrics.
"Howdy! I'm here to talk to you about your current generator's extended warranty...
it just expired! And you're next."
Any repetitive testing of that fence would make me very concerned.
They probably have guns as back up, so I don’t think that they’re too concerned
@@AlphaQHard
the prospect of shooting a bear will concern anyone, cause in this case you will have couple of seconds to make a perfect shot under adrenaline shock before you dead!
@@AlphaQHard Looks like a rifle case at 0:05.
@@AlphaQHard It is required by law in Svalbard that any person or group traveling outside of town must carry a gun and have someone that knows how to use it. Tom Scott made a video about this. So yes, they do also have guns.
@@Orlington17 you dont need to shoot them, just the loud noise of shot is enough.
I could never get to sleep in a tent in polar bear country. In fact, you couldn't pay me to even try even if there's a small electric fence.
come on, do it
I'd never be in a polar bear country period
"In combination with other measures.."
I wonder what calibers those other measures are.
Of course, you can't go to polar bear land without a rifle. But it's better to have fences so you can avoid shooting one.
7.62x51 or 54r, and 10mm
@@user-rd5nc1nb9f 10mm is a handgun and smg caliber, so unless you're putting out 3 to 4 mags worth in under a minute, the only thing you're gonna do is piss the bear off.
50 cal
9mm get the job done....
these researchers are awesome, shaking the camera vigorously and all.
I would build 2 fences - an inner and an outer circle with some distance between them. Otherwise I would be afraid that a bear, probably in a rush, would just overstep one fence
I'd have the sentry guns from Aliens.
I'd build THREE fences
@@RandolphTheWhite1 5
I'd put a sign up saying no bears allowed.
@@ND-lx1xr 7 and make them out of concrete
Imagine if this beautiful beast falls on fence after receiving shock and breaks the fence...and the other bears and he himself avenges his shocking entry😮
Tactical polar bear assault team,
They're the best
That's why they have a rifle
the scariest part is they don't attack, they just starts chewing off of you
If they were much hungrier it may be a different matter. Then the pain/reward balance swings in favour of being a bit more persistent.
Yeah but very rarely shooting one extremely hungry and determined bear is better than shooting every single bear that crosses your path, most of which are probably just a little curious.
@@mrfish9876 bears are cunning.. how about a night attack and youre assleep thinking the fence got you covered??
why can a damn polar bear walk thru a group of birds and nothing happens. if I did that, I'd come out the other side covered in shit and feathers.
brussell639 birds could just easily fly away
The bird know they will die if they get too close, but also know that they can fly away if the bear tries to run at them. They just mutually agree that neither of them is a threat or a meal.
Cause you're not intimidating to a bird
Cause bird shit is white and most feathers too.
Imao I'm the plot twist here.
because you are 1000000 times more dangerous than a polar bear
Seems a good first layer of deterrent for the casual bear.
Don't think I could sleep without posting a watch though.
One determined bear and camp is toast. Seen cows take electric fence down so don't doubt a hungry bear won't.
Certainly
A large capacitor can solve that if you get somthing on the wire it will be toast of a fraction of a second
Beatiful thing so see, well fed polar bears
Not so good for the birds right?
Video: actual biologists with actual field experience.
Comments: people who know better than actual biologists with actual field experience.
When he stumbles and sits down, he looks just like a big teddy bear
I enjoyed this video thoroughly. Thank you for posting.
Didn't anyone here watch Jurassic Park? Electric fences alone aren't enough.
Romulan2469 You realize the electric fences in Jurassic park were turned off right?
It also says they're used in combination with other measures, silly. They have Despacito playing on loop in case bears get through the fencing.
@@10n0 They have proximity sensors that start Despacito playing. If it was constantly on loop how would the people inside the tents survive?
Jurassic park electric fences were turned off
All is well until the bear accidentally barrels through the fence and realizes, "hey, this ain't nothing! What was I so afraid of?"
What happens if the bear freaks out during it's shock and goes through it, then you're stuck with a polar bear on your side of the fence that is too scared to try to leave. I learned this from my neighbor training his dog with an electric fence, he freaks out, goes through and is too scared to come back over
it's better than no fence... Not much options with such a smart and hungry animal
the cutest little murder bears ❤️
If the people in the tent consider the polar bear a threat to their lives, they will have no choice but to shoot and kill it
@Stinko De mayo uhhhhhhhhhh. Wrong.
@Stinko De mayo .338LM, .308, .50, hell even 8, 10, or 12 gauge slug is plenty enough to drop one of those bears.
@@stevepalpatine2828 I think this silly idea people have about bears being semi-bulletproof is like some old wives tale because I remember being told the same crap when I was a child. And while I don't wanna be the guinea pig to find out, I think bear spray is probably a little faster at slowing down a bear because of the instant neuro reaction in the brain, where bullets may destroy the nerve that would send the pain signal.
A shocking way to boop the snoot.
But if the bears eat all of geese eggs than how do they ever have a successful breeding season?
The ONLY thing that kept you alive was luck. If the bear is certain there is a bountiful food source, that fence will barely slow it down.
Did anybody else hear that story about the lawyer who got mauled by a polar bear in Torngat Mountains National Park? He had an electric fence around his camp too, and it did nothing because the polar bear was hungry and determined enough to brave the shock to get to the guy sleeping in his tent. There's a reason they recommend you take armed guards with you when you go into polar bear country...
Yes I remember that. Their group didn't have an armed guard/guide tho. Easy for me to say, but I don't think I would feel ok with just an electric fence between me and the biggest bears on earth.
Treadwell hubris isn't on my list of sins.
I think people underestimate just how grim a death it would be, literally eaten alive. People always think they're smarter than they are.
Ikr scariest thought ever omg terrible
Timothy Treadwell and his gf got eaten alive. 6 minutes of the attack was recorded and he was alive for 4 minutes screaming and asking for help while being eaten.
@@mat5473 yeah watched it a long time ago. Its sad that his gf could of lived, but she stayed with him the entire time. I would have ran so far away for help although help probably would of arrived too late it was their best chance of survival because standing their for moral support doesn't do anything.
But I'm not making fun of a bad decision in an intense situation, at least it shows how loyal and brave she is and those are honourable traits. R.I.P. to both. Timothy trusted bears so much he went their completely defenseless with no weapons, its so sad how naive he was with wild animals
@@Hybred IIRC his girlfriend finally tried to vacate the area whenever the bear dragged him away and then the bear tracked her down. They had written about this exact bear in their journals, that she obviously had it out for them and made them feel uncomfortable. They had established a bond with all of the other bears through the years but she was unfamiliar and it only takes one bear to fuck your world up. I think it just so happened that they were visiting a little too late in the season and there had been some sort of salmon shortage in the area so food was a little more low than usual? It’s been a while since I’ve read about this....Although I think I remember the girlfriend being extremely apprehensive and irritable because she felt uncomfortable and wanted to go. I believe that was intuition. Gut feelings should NEVER be ignored. It’s a shame they didn’t listen to theirs and that they weren’t carrying a weapon because I can imagine very few worse ways to go.
Wolves eat your guts first, because they know it won't kill you.
That last polar bear was huge!! I mean Jesus it looked even bigger than that small camp as it got closer lol It must be a huge male!
Another way to protect yourself from polar bears is to make sure you bring plenty of coka cola...
Polar Bear looks Scary and Cute at the Same time.
Read "The Terror" novel.
never run out of batterie… At night i would keep watch too
It's a bit like that film "Speed." Can't let the bus drop below 50. If the battery drops below 10%, your dead...
The air around a high voltage has a smell animals can detect but they do not have any reference until they touch the fence. 7500 volt is not exceptionally high, 10,000 volts is the max. Voltage should be as high as possible because of the long hair on Polar Bears and they could become very aggressive. If you were cooking dinner when one showed up you would want as much power as possible.
Watching these videos makes me want to pursue wildlife biology
They are pretty cute though when they sniff for our scent. hahaha
"It surprises the bear so much that it tumbles"...…...I wouldn't be feeling safe with that fence.....so what happens when the battery fails.....literally sitting meat burritos.
Pretty sure i saw a gun case
@@SusanKay- no you didn't
Crazy that these are one of the few predators that will actively hunt humans as prey
True man,
It protects the humans by not dying of polar bear attacks,
and it protects the polar bears by not getting shot by humans in panic !!!
This is should be a mandate for all the explorers into forests or other places.
I’d definitely sleep with a pillow under my gun! :-)
Wow so hard to see this video is 9 years old and Job Kootte died two days ago from a polar bear attack while sleeping in his tent on a camping without any fence or what so ever in an area with an estimated population of 1000 bears
The fence was nothing... he just saw you were recording and didnt wanna get canceled on twitter
Polar bears look extra cute
How are you supposed to sleep at night after seeing these all day.. ?
Fun fact: the camera starts trembling at 2:11 because the person holding it is frightened to be on the SAME SIDE of the fence as the HUNGRY apex predator
No wind and the cameras zoomed in so it makes it shakey. Pretty sure it’s on a tripod. But this might be a joke I’m guessing
"Hey Boo Boo, looks like a camp with a 'picanic' basket"....LOL...I can see the electric fence being a good deterrent, used frequently on farms, so long as the solar panel and battery hold out. Just hope one of the bears does not mistake the battery box for a cooler. On the one shot, it looked like the battery and panel were outside of the fence.
Good day youtuber! Marvellous. Your videos keeps me up😆 all night Good going!
I just watched a bear dig under an electric fence. Given experience and enough time the bear can defeat this barrier.
An intrusion to your camp area would be unbearable!
He had to bear North to find it in the first place.
Would be smart to yell "hey bear", right after it got shocked.
This will teach the bear that close contact with humans can cause pain,
and will avoid humans in the future when they yell at the bear.
Rudolf Wickond or roar at it and show it your full size
Rudolf Wickond no that would alert the bear there is food inside the wire!
The speaking low and saying "hey bear" is to let the bear know you are there and are no threat to it on a trail and you will be slowly backing away.
The idea on a deterant of any kind is to make the threatening animal feel uncomfortable or pain and to leave the area rather than be killed. Backing up the fence with spraying the bear with bear spray would enhance the electric shock.
Man Like Gov you are exactly right! Only works for black bears and sometimes grizzly bears!
While you are yelling A polar bear would eat you alive in seconds!
Realist, yeah, I’m not sure bout that. I think I’m with ol Rudolf on this. Because the bear already smells you and there’s good chances it has already seen or even saw you immediately prior. So, yeah, I think it would be a good idea to make the same verbal cue you’d use for potential future close encounters.
Unless, however way, you know for certain that the bear doesn’t know you’re there, than yeah, stay quite. But, probably unlikely so “HEY BEAR, BACK THE F’CK UP, please.”
Rudolf Wickond good idea. But no one got the balls to do that
I like how the bear is so badass that it would just walk up to a geese's nest and eat its eggs
what if the bear just throw a goddamn half wood and ruin the fence?
It works if they approach it cautiously during the day. I read about a bear walking into one without seeing it at night and by the time it has a wee shock the bear has already knocked it down and was inside the camp eating folk.
I think it was the Matthew Dyer case and there have been others. I'd suggest light but that might attract them for all I know.
We use the fence during the arctic summer (permanent daylight).
@@joukeprop - Well, my comment was a general comment about fences as the video seems to be generally about fences. Your video also states: "For adequate protection, the electric fence should be used in combination with other means to detect and scare polar bears." So you are not suggesting they are bear-proof.
I read that a French woman was attacked on Svalbard last year leading to a bear being shot dead and a campsite manager was killed in a site without fences again they shot the bear. I know there is a big debate about camping and Polar Bears in the area and I really am not knowledgeable to comment on it.
So sorry if my comment bothered you.
I think the authorities make people very aware of the risks. I'm not sure the polar bears understand the risks to their lives, though.
it’s so fluffy.. I’m gonna die 😵
4:18 Polar Bear: What in the god damn kentucky fried fuck is this sorcery????
How about a second electric fence after the first...just to feel better?
My favorite animal!! 🐻❄❄
l knew a guy who worked for adf&g in southeast ak. used this method on brown bear back in the early 70s. he said it worked for a little while, till one day a bear got zapped bit the fence and took of with the wire stuck in its teeth. tore up the fence in the process.
It tumbled in such adorable way 🤭🤭🤭🤭
Would not want that fence to fail.
Massive apex predator "tumbles"
Me: aww
I don’t know that bear looked pretty interested to me 😳
“Then in a rush the bear retreats to the sea”
Polar bear: shoot, why am I playing around, I’m late for work.
Polar bear encounters the element electricity for the first time and isn’t a fan
They took all the eggs! So cute
Those fences give a false sense of security. I saw a video two days ago where a bear dug up under the electric fence. It only took about 3 minutes.
@eds9c1 Look, the electric fence is indeed an illusion of security, that bear in the video could have easily destroyed it while they were sleeping and then its free game
Love the electric fence. Next time I go camping, I'm taking one.
I'm Canadian , and I have got to say, polar bears are so damn strong that they could probably smash that fence to little splinters
The fence itself isn't strong, Edgett. It's the electricity.
“I’m Canadian” must automatically be a polar bear expert then 😂
Man thats 7500 volts, the shock would drop the bear izi, not kill but aware it that more 2 touchs and he will be dead
We use the same technique for protecting our honey bee hives during cranberry pollination , from black bears .
That's probably what this technique is adequate for :)
@@Alexander-qz6px 💯
Bear: The food is there... just have to find a way to get to it 🤔
A friend of mine wraps his electric fence with bacon. He says when the bears get jolted in their mouth it is much of an effective deterrent.
The bacon doesn't attract the bears with its smell? I would refrain from having any sort of food outside where bears can smell them.
better idea for title is "safer in polar beareas"
Love bears! Thnx so much for this vid
one angry, even if painful, swipe at that fence and its probably down and out and back to the free lunch program offered up by the system at hand.
But they were armed with rifles....
scary that they see us a food
How can an animal that is powerful enough to kill a tiger be so damn cute like a labrador.
it's like a blair witch project of recordings. Lots of adrenaline in the making of this video.
I wouldn't feel safe in that camp enclosure unless there was a Tiger Tank with some shells in it...
Aww it singed his nose and he's so unfamiliar to it. Now he's going to be anxious everywhere he ventures.
Me trying to find an ultralight option for backpacking in polar bear country.
We are just an easy to catch, tasty, nutritious snack to the bear.
Bear: 🤔 what the hell just happened
I'm sure those guys in the tent peed their pants a little or even shat a little
They were shaking a lot
Great footage.
Yea I'd put so much juice on that fence one shock alone would send any bear running for its life.
Y’all store your food in bear resistant canisters?
Those Bears Were Only Curious Not Starving For Mammals
he just wants a small bite
If you combine the fence and a loud noise, eventually the bears would be deterred by the noise alone.
Last bear was the Peter Griffin of bears.." you think that's bad remember the time I smelled that fence"
So with a high population of polars and eggs laid in the open how on earth did those birds survive long enough to populate especially since the bears are well fed on eggs
Crazy how a little Zap keeps them back!
He had a heart attack behind that hill