Januari 04, 2017
- i'm coyote peterson. with beauty often comes danger and we tend to forgetthat in the wilderness, we are no longer at thetop of the food chain. (bear growling and roaring) (adventure themed music) there's no wilderness greater than the backcountry of montana, an epic expanse of untamed beauty, that is home to some of north america's
most incredible animals. every year thousands of adventurous hikers set off down rugged mountain trails, escaping the confines of every day life and immersing themselvesinto the wild. being lost in nature, we all hope to catch a glimpse of something beautiful,a chance encounter, and an experience thatwill never be forgotten. the scenario we just painted for you
is a common instance that can happen when hiking out here in the backcountry of montana. what you're actuallylooking at here is adam. now, adam was raised in captivity and he's a bear that's used for educational purposes and as an ambassador for his species to teach you guys what to do, and not to, if you ever encounter one of these beautiful animals in the wild.
scenario number one, and best case for you, is that you stumble upon a grizzly bear and it doesn't see you. stop, stay quiet, back up slowly and get yourself movingin another direction. now the second scenario you could find yourself in you turn a corner and all the sudden, it's you and a grizzly bear. you see the bear, and the bear sees you.
this is the most dangerous situation that you can be in. grizzlies don't typically want anything to do with humans what you want to do is make yourself look as big as possible. woah bear, woah bear, woah bear! if that bear feels threatened it should turn around and walk back up into the forest. once you know that thebear is out of eye sight you hop into your car, or wherever it was that you came from
and get yourself to safety. now the third, and worst case scenario is what happens if that bear advances. you are never, i repeat never going to outrun a grizzly bear so don't even try. (bear growling) a lot of people think, "hey, i've got on my hiking pack, "let me get off my pack,throw it to the bear,
"and try to distract it so that you can get away." this pack, on your back,this is your barrier between the bears teeth and it's claws. what you want to do is drop to the ground and get in the fetal position as quickly as possible. get down here like this,tuck in, press your arms against your legs and most importantly, get your hands behind your neck. grizzly bears don't typically eat people,
what they see us as, is a threat to their territory. as soon as that bear feels that the threat is eliminated it will probably just disappearback up into the wild. (bear roaring) now, he might take a couple bites, he night take a couple swipes, but using this tactic increasesyour chances of survival by about 90%. (bear roaring) wow!
look at that set of teeth! i just gave you three great tactics for surviving a bear encounter. but, there is one other thing that could save your life, bear spray, don't ever head off into the backcountry without it. if you have a bear encounter, and you've got time to get this off your hip and spray it, these bears have incredibly sensitive noses
there's a good chance that bear is going to head off in the other direction,and you're going to escape the encounter unscathed. man, that was intense. getting swatted at by a grizzly bear. okay, so now we want toget you guys up close with some of adam's incredible features. grizzlies areopportunistic omnivores, meaning that they'll eat anything that they come across
from grasses, like yousee him chomping on here all the way up through a moose. bears use their noses to follow their prey they can find dead animals, they can find berries they can find just about anything and oftentimes what grizzlies will do is follow a wolf pack to where they have killed a moose or a caribou and they'll actually be able to scare those wolves away and then they've got their meal.
that's the opportunisticthat i'm talking about. all he needs to use is his size and mass to drive anything off of a kill. one feature about this bear that is incredibly impressive is those front paws. absolutely enormous. and at the ends, armedwith five massive claws that average about 3.5" to 4" in length. a single swipe of that paw can take down a deer.
one thing beyond thoseclaws that's impressive are those teeth. the bite force of a grizzly bear is about 1,100 pounds per square inch. that's enough to crush a bowling ball, you don't want to be within the grasp of a grizzly bear. grizzlies also have incredible hearing that's why you don't often see bears in the wild because they can hear you coming for miles away.
now the grizzly is the largest brown bear species that we have here in the united states and at one point in time their territory ranged from central, all the way through the western united states. unfortunately, as humans encroach upon their territory, they've been pushed to nearextinction here in the lower 48. only 800 grizzlies stilllive here in montana and about 600 in wyoming all of whom live in yellowstone national park.
completely awe inspiringto be in the presence of a bear the size of adam. the scenario that i showed you guys today is something that hopefully you never find yourselves in but i hope that you learned a little something in case you ever find yourself in that worst case scenario. i'm coyote peterson, be brave, stay wild we'll see you on the next adventure. if you thought that was one wild adventure
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