Ranking All 8 Bear Species From Least Deadly To Deadliest
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2024
- There are 8 species of bear alive today and these animals can be found in many different habitats around the world. All bear species have the potential to be deadly but some bear species are more deadly than others. In this video i will be ranking all 8 bear species from least deadly to deadliest.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:42 Giant Panda
1:50 Spectacled Bear
3:23 Sun Bear
4:31 Asian Black Bear
6:05 American Black Bear
7:30 Sloth Bear
8:57 Polar Bear
10:02 Brown Bear
Bear maximum sizes:
Giant panda: 160KG
Spectacled bear: 160KG
Sun bear: 70KG
Asian black bear: 160KG
American black bear: 250KG
Sloth bear: 190KG
Polar bear: 900KG
Brown bear: 750KG
Attributions
Spectacled bear images:
Tambako The Jaguar
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Greg Hume
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Milenioscuro
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Smithsonian's National Zoo
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Sun bear images:
John Quine
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J. Patrick Fischer
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Konrads Bilderwerkstatt
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Rushenb
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Ruchapong deemak
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Asian black bear images:
Garshelis, D. & Steinmetz, R.
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Sloth bear images:
Nathan Rupert
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Marieke IJsendoorn-Kuijpers
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Hubert Yu
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Rudraksha Chodankar
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Kandukuru Nagarjun from Bangalore, India
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Giant panda images:
eMammal
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Spectacled bear footage:
Smithsonian's National Zoo
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Short faced bear images:
Dantheman9758
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Black bear images:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Sloth bear footage:
MODERN TV
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Brown bear map image:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)
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i think polar bear should be #1 just because of the fact that if you do come in contact with one and youre unarmed and have no way of truly defending yourself you die you cant scare it you cant play dead you cant fight back and you will not escape
You can't even dive in the water, this is truly a one sided annhilation
If the bear is white, say goodnight
If its white like nose powder, its your final hour
Polar bears are so over hyped like yes maybe they eat humans and see us as prey items but compared to most of there preferred prey items we hardly a snack the seals and other animals have higher fat content which is better for animals in general but especially on sub 0 climates to stay warm and have energy and if a bear had a choice between us or a seal it would go for the seal way more worth the effort so most if not all the times a polar bear attacks a human it is purely because there is no other option whether it because it starving and no other more nutrient rich food source is around and or we get to close and force it to feel the need to fight other than that the polar bear doesn’t want to waist the energy to kill us because yes we are probably easier to kill than a seal or another bear or a caribou but we are also less nutrient dense than said animals so it’s low risk for very low reward makes more sense to use that energy to get meal that will feed the bear and the cubs for days than for a few hours if that
@@aricstradtmann9972When you’re in a frozen wasteland and have to travel miles between meals, I’m pretty sure any large predator would snack on the first living thing they see, including humans.
Polar Bear should definitely still be number one even though they rarely come into contact with humans.
Well your request was heard cause we melted their original habitat causing them to migrate closer to us, so that list definitely about to change. They also mating with brown bears so there’s another dlc nobody wanted 😂
@@dreammaker9642 sweet, we love that white polar bear energy, hunting humans
The scariest thing about them is how they're so casual while attacking their prey, like they're taking a sandwich out of the refrigerator.
@@dreammaker9642I heard about that. Aren't the offspring of a Polar bear and brown bear even bigger than the parents?? I can't remember but I do remember hearing that particular "new species" is even more aggressive! 😮🤯
@@LordRain1031 If I recall it depends on whether it’s a male polar bear and a female grizzly or vice versa. Although I think that affects more the name than morphology but yeah they are huge and it’s not they aggressive just more likely they as carnivorous as polar bears which will eat you without a second thought. Tbh that’s what happens when our dumbasses destroy their habitat, now they our problem 😂😭 the irony is quite funny
You forgot the deadly gummy bear. Every year a number of toddlers in North America choke on them. They are small, very quiet but can be deadly. It's best to leave them alone in their native dollar store habitat.
They also forget the deadly Australian drop bear. I would also put panda at number 1, cause they've started to learn kung fu.
Haha
Also forgot the Australian Drop Bear. 🥺 🐨
there is an even deadlier species in america, its called the dummy bear.
it usually wears red hats. and is always armed with an assault rifle. plus several more in their "trunk".
this is a deadly bear. clearly. it is the only bear who carries arms.
They’ve become increasingly aggressive in recent years due to the de-store-istation of the 99 cents only stores
The polar bear is the most dangerous living bear species and it's not even close. When encountered in the wild, brown bears will sometimes just leave you alone or can be scared off. That is most definitely not what a polar bear would do which is immediately kill and eat you - every time.
Polar bears run away from Grizzlies every time. Did you know that? Grizzlies are stronger, much bigger claws, expert brawlers and don’t overheat☝🏻
@@expatalan6511 I didn't know that. Thanks.
@expatalan6511 grizzly bears are fat. Polar bears muscle
@@mikegeee3319 It's the exact opposite. Not being rude the information is easy enough to find, Polar bears don't want that smoke
Depends on the subspecies. A subcontinental brown bear is likely to leave you alone, but not always. Every Kodiak I've encountered did as it damn well pleased and didn't back off until it had our food or we had to shoot it.
Bears are some of the scariest land predators. At least with most carnivores, you have a chance of fighting off or scaring them away. Bears are just so large, durable, thick-skinned and aggressive.
I agree in the sense that it inspires respect, but we must bear in mind that except for the polar bear, the majority of bear attacks (which in themselves are very rare) are not lethal, the vast majority of the time they are due to mothers protective with their cubs or sudden encounters, Predatory attacks are more common in the polar bear and, to a lesser extent, in the American black bear.
Idk man I would personally be way more scared to be close to a lion rather than a bear lol
I think most people vastly overestimate their ability to fight off a leopard.
@@edmondantes4338Big cat attacks have more fatalities per capita than bears. Hell, even lynx have successfully killed healthy adult humans. Cats are more precise with their attacks, which makes them more dangerous.
@@thebabbler8867a cat can be rather easily scared away. However, a frightened bear is unlikely to be shooed off.
Pandas should be one cause they know kung fu fighting
^
they're fast as lightning
Spectacled bear should be higher too, don't want to get between Paddington and his marmalade!
😅😂🤣
Well pandas are surprisingly vicious and I mean I expect it cuz there still bears but did you know that there been seen feeding on carcasses and even hunt small mouse like animals
Polar bears are #1 - this is resonated constantly in this feed.
Nah, it's a pooh bear for sure.
You forgot sea bears
In America, if the bear is black, fight back.
If the bear is brown, get down.
If the bear is white, say good night. 😂
If the bear is sloth, you'll be squished like a moth.
@@TaylorUmongusHas I don't think the sloth bear would stand a prayer against a grizzly, let alone a polar bear.
@@markdubois4882 Polar bears run for their life at the mere sight of a brown bear. It wouldn't stand a chance unless it was a cub, adolescent, female.
If it's yellow, let it mellow 😂
Good advice, except grizzly bears can be black, and black bears can be brown ;)
This is actually useful because I always wondered which were safer to see and be around vs ones you should hide away from. Granted, all bears have the potential to be dangerous but, wanting to experience nature, it's still nice to know! Thank you!
But it's not very useful, because he didn't rank them on actual dangerousness, but on some weird amalgation of dangerousness and number of killings.
Hokkaido, Japan resident here. Brown bears are incredibly common here, even in the largest city of Sapporo it isn't strange to see bear sightings in the city, especially in July and August. While they mostly live in the mountains that surround the northwest part of the city it is common to see them in the suburbs of those areas.
During the pandemic the lack of activity caused the bears to to come further into the city; one bear was spotted in a shopping district close to Mt. Maruyama, which is typically far from their natural habitats.
We saw similar bear behaviors from the American black bears. They seem to have come further into cities since the pandemic. We live in East Tennessee, not far from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which has many black bears. Since the pandemic, a bear entered a restaurant in downtown Gatlinburg (the city closest to the mountains). There was also a bear on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.
Video Idea: North American animals that would destroy Australia’s ecosystem.
I can think of quite a few examples.
The cougar
The coyote
The grey wolf
The moose
The bison
@@arkprice79don’t forget the human :)
@@arkprice79 also grizzly bears
@@Alex-hd9ef yeah, that too
@@Stay_mad_bud They would only be comfortable in cooler conditions in Australia because of their adaptations
So the Kodiak bear is a brown bear. I was in Anchorage years ago and saw a stuffed bear in a bank. I could not believe the size of it. HUGE!
paid actor. real bear would nt be anywhere that big.
As a Canadian, do NOT mess with any type of bears EVER
I mess with gummy bears all my life. Sometimes I fight them off, sometimes they get me.
Fortunately I’m not Canadian, so I can mess with them?
With the criteria you arranged this list… I think your top two are spot on…. I see a lot of people saying polar bear should be number one, but I think if you made a list of the worst chances of coming out alive during an encounter, polar bear would be number one easy… but a lot more people come into contact with brown bears, and those are the Bears I am most afraid of. Just look at the story of "grizzly man". Either of those bears will show no mercy… They don't kill you then eat you… They kill you BY eating you alive. I don't wish that fate on anyone. I don't plan on ever venturing into polar, or brown bear territory. Ever.
Love your informative, calming, entertaining videos. Keep it up !
Thank you i really appreciate it and i'll keep them coming :)
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Great video! I think you arranged them perfectly and you gave great explanations why you did. At first I thought the American Black Bear would be above the Sloth Bear until you explained why. An interesting fact; American Black bears are more numerous than all other bear species combined.
Thank you i appreciate it and you've given me another great fact :)
American black bears are generally sweet hearts, but there are so many that there are a lot of odd-ball mean ones too.
I expected black bears to be near the bottom, considering how often they join people's picnics.
I wouldn't say sweethearts, they are just wary and often shy and would rather avoid confrontation with humans. A black bear will fuck you up and eat you if the circumstances are right and the oppurtunity presents itself .
@@dorseyscott2114 Exactly! They just don't like fighting but when they are serious, there isn't much you can do. Playing dead works on Brown Bears, won't work on a determined Black Bear.
But...Baloo isn't friendly IRL? 😢😢😢
At least we have Po...well, unless you're a villain.
Po will eat you alive if he's starving
@@Basedcat679 Po is only upto 350 pounds, with a raccoon type face. A Polar Bear can be around a ton in weight. A Polar Bear would easily make a meal out of Po. Plus they are around 10-11 feet in length. That's a big polar animal.
@@sgodsellify and?
@@sgodsellify why u saying this to me?
@@Basedcat679i cant even imagine situations where pandas would actually starve, they basically have food everywhere
I have been waiting for this one man thanks bro❤❤❤❤
you're very welcome :)
What about Teddy?
Easily the most dangerous.
I think that it was based on a brownbear.
He also forgot to mention a Pooh bear!
@@aDumbBoiAndHisCats LOL no it isnt. I actually happen to own one and it sleeps in my bedroom! Worst it's done is scratch me and bite me without even drawing blood. Would probably be just above or below the panda imo
@@itsemachine You have a domesticated breed.
Great video as always Tsuki! I was very surprised that the Sloth Bear was so dangerous (mostly due to its deceptively peaceful name), but it makes a lot of sense given it has to fight off tigers and leopards in its natural range. Also when it comes to North American Black Bears, I'll be less worried about them and more worried about armed young men who look like extras on Peaky Blinders next time I'm out hiking.
Great video ,Thanks !!🙂
I think the panda should be number one for killing with cuteness.
Well done I liked your work very much
Like always, tsuki cooked another banger.
Might be weird but I miss the intros from your older videos. I usually watch your stuff when I’m winding down for the evening and the chill music was awesome.
We have to go back!
You forgot the koala, the teddy, and the Grylls
Great video
I would love to see a simmular video about big cats or sharks
I've been around both Grizzlies and Polar Bears working up on the North Slope of Alaska. Grizzlies are unpredictable, and may attack you, but Polar bears are entirely predictable and will eat you alive or dead. They've never experienced having vegetation to feed on, and with the melting Arctic sea ice making it much harder for them to hunt seals, they are only going to get more desperate and aggressive towards humans. Any way you look at it, both of them will kill you easily and you have no defense other than high powered rifles or a hand-cannon larger than a .44 Magnum. I wouldn't even trust a 12ga pump shotgun because of how much punishment they can take.
You could have what ever gun you want you could have a nuke even if a polar bear is after you the only thing you will see is the black of the nose and at that point it's to late your dead
9:28 💀💀💀 the bluntness
Polar should be 1
Although you say it comes into less contact with people than the brown (which is true), when it does it's after you proper.
True. Its about how dangerous the bear is, not how many people it's killed.
I have seen one bear and I was happy to see it as a cinnamon bear my cousins thought it was a brown bear but I told them it wasn’t fun experience
there was a black bear in my neighbors yard about a year ago, my dogs that were outside at the time didn't even notice it
It would be called a black bear, cinnamon is one colour variation. In North America the brown bear is called a Grizzly bear and there are three sub-species, depending on where they live.
you forgot teddy bear ! ahahaaaa ^____^
Lol
Sloth bears should have taken the number 1 rank . They basically attack unprovoked and due to India's large population , they are the deadliest bear atleast a Brown bear won't try to attadk you unless provoked.
You should of included the dropbear from Australia. No-one has ever survived a sighting.
Not the drop bear
If no one has ever survived a sighting, how do we know they even exist?
@@TheSwiftMagician go for a walk at night in the Australian bush WITHOUT any kind of light and get back to me.... if you can
Always put a dab of Vegemite behind your ears in Ðropbear country. LOL.
Like everything in Australia, it's designed to kill you.
10:50 God… what a GORGEOUS looking area! It just looks absolutely amazing there.
Hey tsuki! Post again the dwarf snakeheads' info vídeo, was a good vídeo for us who worship channas...
Sloth bears are larger due to this Very few animals will mess with them.
Sloth bears are aggressive due to the many animals that will mess with them
I’m not particularly afraid of bears, but the thumbnail photo is terrifying.
100% agree
If you aren't afraid of bears, then you should be 😂
45 years in Ontario. Five years in the Rockies and BC mountains, ten years in Yukon and Alaska. I’m still in the woods 4 days a week mtn biking hiking and skiing. Bears are no joke! Be prepared and be bear aware!
Good video. Both black and brown bear attacks are on the rise here in north America. They seem to be becoming more aggressive in the last decade. They are mighty animals and should be respected whenever you are in their territory. I carry protection whenever I am in the woods, just incase.
Thanks!
I follow rewilding stories with great interest and it is educational to see the amount of hard work that goes into successful reintroductions. It's also rather joyful when escapees - such as beavers in Britain - successfully reintroduce themselves. Long may they flouish - and please, can we reintroduce lynx to Scotland?
You forgot about the teddy bear, the gummy bear, the cocaine bear, the pooh bear, the Chicago Bears, the bear market, and Bear Grylls.
I'm surprised that the polar bear and sloth bear aren't even higher.
Great vid. Personally I feel the spectacled bear should be put a bit higher up, they are large sized bears up to 400lbs and recently have been showing more of a carnivorous side. Might be due to food resources but it is showing nun the less. Big Males normally face threats alone as they do coexist with cougars and its range overlaps ever so slightly with jaguars. In My opinion they should be up there with the asian black bear
I grew up in the far north of Canada. Polar bears are #1 trust me. Theres no escaping them if they see you unless you have a large caliber rifle handy. They are fast and dont run away like other bears do. Making noise only alerts them to your location where as making noise will cause all over bears to avoid you. I heard of a man in our village died years ago after being spotted ice fishing from 2 miles away that Polar came running and killed him before he made it back to his snowmobile which was only a 100 yards away.
You forgot Kodiak bears and Grizzly Bears. You need to redo this list with 10 bear species
They are both brown bears
Grizzly, Kodiak, and polar bears are all adaptations of Eurasian brown bears. They can interbreed, which means they are the same species. They have diverged because of their environmental adaptations.
We are not counting subspecies here only species
@@krisf4969 True. However, both Grizzly bears and Kodiak bears should have been mentioned in conjunction with Brown bears, because; a) Grizzly bears for their large size and ferocity. b) Kodiak bears for their absolutely massive size and potential threat to unwary people.
11:09 I don’t know, if the Arnie binged on salmon for a month and packed on some pounds he’d look like a bear, and would certainly be the deadliest bear on the planet
I'm dumb, I was legit waiting for the koala bear, xD I've heard they can be aggro though, lol.
Many comments are valid, but I went into this video with the exact top 3 ranking you had
Fitting that Paddington Bear's relatives are #7.
An error: In Canada's Province of Manitoba, Polar Bears regularly wander thru many areas, especially in town of Churchill.
Also, he made no mention of Canada's intimidating Grizzily Bear.
In your expert opinion, who wins?
Kangaroo or Chimpanzee?
Chimp 100% kangaroo will try to run after enough damage the chimp will fight to the death
the chimp for sure
This is a “Hell Ya” type of title’d video, Friday night, 1 am, layin in bed, deadliest bear rankings, hell ya.
"You should not come in contact with the grizzly bear" 😢 does.. Does... Does that mean I can't cuddle that chubby, fluffy, 1,500 death machine 😭
Great video....bears are awesome......I miss Bart
Nobody show this to Joe Rogan
💀
That man has killed more people than any bear species by spreading deadly misinformation during a global health crisis.
4:19 (Human-Sun Bears Conflict in Mizoram, North East India) That's where I live. As Forrest Galante mentioned in the JRE podcast these sun bears are hyper aggressive and they may be the smallest species of bear they aren't that small either.
I was talking to a Polar Bear the other day. He said that people taste like chicken. 😂😂😂
You should have gone into more detail on both the Black and Brown Bears, as there well known and important subspecies such as the unique Kodiak Bear, close to Polar Bear size and quite deadly; and the Grizzly Bear, a truly dangerous albeit intensely interesting Bear. But quite aggressive "
You also forgot the Chicago Bear... of course, they're no threat to anything nor anyone.
NFC North title coming up in 6-5-4-3-2-1.................
Dwight K. Schrute loved this
I've always found it interesting that bear species in India/South east Asia are always the most fluffy, long haired bears when from what I understand it's way hotter and more temperate than what North American bears live in and their fur seems way shorter overall.
I have had more than one close encounter with a polar bear, and they weren' at all threatening! Not that I lingered to make a closer acquaintance! Coming from somewhere that has no large predators, it's hard to imagine what it must be like living somewhere like India, where as well as bears and leopards (and rabid dogs), there are several herbivores who can be killers. And of course, with an ever expanding human population, these tragic encounters are increasinly common.
Fun Fact: the deadliest bear is the one that kills you.
bro answered the man vs bear debate with the american black bear
Koala bears are seriously underated. If they piss on you during a cuddle you can die from stinkiness.
Haven't watched the video yet but I'mma say top 2 are Sloth bear and Polar bear
What about Huggy Bear? Never underestimate the power of the ol' skool playa 👍🏿
Polar Bear, Brown Bear (Kodiak/Grizz), Sloth Bear ... etc. There is a reason why people in Alaska are heavily armed besides Moose.
While the brown bear comes in contact with humans more often, if you meet a polar bear in the wild and you aren't carrying a high powered rifle you can consider yourself dinner for the bear. Therefore I would slot the polar bear in at Number One.
1. Polar. You are food to them in all circumstances.
2. Asian Black bear. If not the modern record, than the accounts if the British global survey expeditions and other historical geographic survey teams give more than enough words to put asiatic black bears well above anything else. In the words of the English, the bears were far more aggressive and unpredictable than anything they had ever come across any where else in the world, seemingly entering fits of flying rage for no reason.
3. Sloth Bear
4. North American Brown Bear
The best grizzly bear's weakness is to play dead
Years ago a colleague had a bf who was a scientist and had landed a 3-month posting to an arctic station. She said when he told her she said "Oh, I hope you see some polar bears." He replied, "I don't. If I see them they've already seen me and one of us is probably going to die."
Finally sloth bear has been ranked properly
The Atlas Bear should have been given an honorable mention.
It's a subspecies of brown bear.
@@NisarKhan-jm1uh Well it's complicated. There are 2 populations that we know of. Clade V is a subspecies of brown bear (related to the brown bears in mainland Europe). The other population (Clade VI) is more closely related to polar bears and Alaskan Brown Bears than any other living bear type.
isnt there the goby bear as well or does that fall under one of these?
it's a subspecies of brown bear just like the kodiak and the grizzly
Up near the Canadian rockies, black bears aren't much of an issue, they'll take off when they see you 9/10 times. Grizzlies are not to be messed with, but we pretty much worship them because they're majestic as hell.
And a Pooh Bear didnt make this list? Pffft. Im telling Winnie.
When it comes to bear attacks, i’ve learned this rhyme. If it’s brown, lie down. If it’s black, fight back. If it’s white, say goodnight.
Whoever put that eyeliner on that bear in the thumbnail is straight trippin' 😅
Drop Bears are definitely number 1. They are venomous too cos... Australia
Good film, but an editor for the narration is recommended to stop so much repetition and over-use, like "head over", and future tense when present tense would be far more concise and "urgent".
I think the fact that Polar Bears eat humans means it should have been number one on this list... yea..sometimes brown bears will but they don't usually see us as a food source.
How likely it is to come into contact with humans have nothing to do with how dangerous the bear is, if the reason they don't come across humans is because humans don't live in their territory.
I know sloth bears while only being a somewhat similar size to American Black Bears, are very very aggressive and it’s resulted in numerous cases of them attacking humans. (Usually not even in a predatory manner either as their primary diet is termites I do believe).
(At least I’m pretty sure it is indeed Sloth Bears I’m thinking of… I’m like 93% sure lol)
I always picture this guy in full Sherlock Holmes costume whilst narrating these videos
That Asian Black Bear literally looks like a family dog with a fancy dress costume on.
Is the Kodiak bear a member of the brown bear family because they are quite formidable
Yes they are the largest sub species of brown bear
Thanks RUclips for recommending me this video about bears after my crush literally turned me down for one earlier today
i think that the survival rate per encounter should definitely be weighed more heavily, and that polar bears should be first place.
I can't think of an animal more terrifying than a polar bear. Thank goodness they live so far away.
Switch brown and polar bears and you're spot on.
I’ve had brown bears walk right past while fishing. A polar bear would have attacked. Every single time the polar bear will attack. If it sees a person 500 yards away it will attack them every single time.
While living in the mountains in the West coast of the U S, I used to run into black bears very often while walking my dogs, and they will usually just carry about their business if they are foraging on a tree or just run the other way to avoid you. As long as they don't feel cornered, they go their own way. I would not want to run into a Grizzly or Kodiak bear....that's a different story. Polar bear ...forget it .......
I've read a book on bear attacks in Yellowstone (granted, the book was published a few decades ago) which related stories of black bears attacking humans for food if they were right out of hibernation, while stating brown bears were much more likely to attack in defense of their cubs and would take them to safety if they heard people coming. It was a fascinating read but it sure led me to believe black bears were more dangerous than brown. I see the more current statistics indicate otherwise. As much as I like them, I plan on giving ALL wild bears a healthy circumnavigation.
Fun facts about bears
Bears derive their name from a football team in chicago.
Bears eat an estimated 2 million salmon a year. Attacks on bears by salmon are much more rare.
the chicago bears on the other hand, based on their record, could nt eat their other hand if it was placed in their mouth and all they had to do was just bite down.
I think the polar bear should be number 1.
Didn’t Rudyard Kipling make Baloo a Sloth Bear
Yes
@@tobiasedwards2643 but the book description shows him with brown color instead of black (maybe he was a sloth bear with aberrant coloration)
@@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434 it’s possible
Or maybe they tried to change his species from sloth to Himalayan brown bear. Which makes sense cuz there are some trained brown bear to work on movies but sloth bears aren't plus on my analysis rank wise sloth bear would be top dangerous bear consider kill rate since last century.
@@tahayarkhan6911 certain live action adaptation even using American black bear which of course not exist in India but at least still similar enough with sloth bear especially in coloration part
The only way I can see brown bears above polar bears is because brown bears are much more common to come across