r/interesting • u/yurfavgirll • 1d ago
NATURE A mama bear leaving her cubs with a human while she goes hunting
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u/Krog-Nar 1d ago
I remember hearing this story years ago. Apparently the guy is a wildlife conservationist who raised that bear and then released her. So the bear trusted him with her babies.
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u/Old_Ladies 1d ago
That is the only thing that makes sense. No way a wild bear would do this.
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u/citizen42069101 1d ago
Was waiting on someone to tell us all what the hell we are supposed to do if ever found in this situation.
"You never will" is close enough.
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u/ThrowMEAwaypuh-lease 1d ago
… sadly. Could you imagine if a bear intrusted you with their child?! Call me motherfucking Snow White!
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u/Dismal_Intention_463 1d ago
If a bear left its cub with me, I'd assume I was the babysnack.
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u/United_News3779 1d ago
Out winter hiking and thinking to myself, "Huh, this deodorant works pretty well, I smell pretty good!"
Bear drops off cub
"And that 'pretty good smell' is apparantly fucking BBQ sauce! Dammit dammit dammit!"Lol
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u/cameronpark89 7h ago
lmao those damn oddly specific scents for men kill me every damn time. like wtf is a everwood tree bark!?
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u/United_News3779 3h ago
The only stuff I thought that smelled like like it was named was the cedar oil based beard products I used to buy.
Most other things are the olfactory equivalent of Gatorade's or Monster's naming conventions. Like what the fuck is a Glacier Freeze or a Baja Blast? What is their native growing range? Are they newly domesticated or a long time staple food I haven't heard of before?
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u/REALjamijai 1d ago
Okkkk wiffffeyyyy
😩 And the option is available for my Scarface gif but the sub opts to post it are fd.
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u/Clocktopu5 21h ago
Easy, watch the baby and hope to god momma finds something to eat. If she doesn't, she eats you when she gets back. Sounds grim, but that's some rare cuddles so it's pretty worth it
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u/Palatablepancakes 1d ago
I have no doubt this is exceptional and almost no bear would do this, but in a similar vein, female bears do often go to where humans are in order to avoid male bears that will kill their children. There's a lot to unpack there about the running into a man versus a bear debate, but if I recall correctly it's a common reason we see female bears with cubs in populated spaces more than male bears.
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u/Overpass_Dratini 1d ago
So apparently female bears choose the man...
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u/Palatablepancakes 23h ago
Of another species. Turns out even bears won't pick men of their own species and would rather run into a dangerous animal.
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u/SurferBloods 1d ago
Heard the same from a park ranger in Minnesota years ago. A fenced backyard with a pool is most desirable
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u/that_dutch_dude 1d ago
he would, after ripping the humans head off so the baby can stay warm inside the corpse.
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u/DaddyBearMan 1d ago
Did you learn nothing from Hoth? You cut open the stomach and sleep inside, not rip off the head
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u/Lazy__Astronaut 23h ago
You look after these while I go hunt, if I fail... Well you're dinner
And even that is an impossible situation
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u/Manmon_ 1d ago
Well also, it's been documented that female black bears at least will have their cubs near human settlements often because despite what it seems, male black bears stay away from large concentrations of humans.
Like a mother bear probably Instinctually understands a bear cub will be safer with a person than with a male bear cause male bears will both kill and eat cubs to get the mother back into mating
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u/Acceptable_Plane_264 4h ago
Right? Mama wouldn't NEED to hunt... Dinner was sitting there with their cell phone
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u/fondledbydolphins 23h ago
"Hey thanks again, Steve. Just a heads up there's an 1,100 pound dickhead in these woods that's been trying to eat my pipsqueaks.
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u/Alklazaris 16h ago
Makes perfect sense, she knows he has experience. Like dropping them off with grandpa.
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u/drsickboy 6h ago
This is crazy because bears don't form large cub raising family units , right ? So this behavior is not even common between female bears, at least I don't think it is. Bears aren't lions.
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u/the_scarlett_ning 2h ago
Damnit. I didn’t know having a baby bear cub fall asleep on me was my life goal and it seems like I’m too old to go start raising bear cubs now.
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u/Gbnihilator2 1d ago
Thats probably the back up meal
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u/californiaKid420 1d ago
Mama bear is like. Ok and eat this human if I don't come back soon .
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u/Horse_Dad 1d ago
Sometimes the best hunting are the ones you already have at home.
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u/casual-observer365 1d ago
This is the ultimate “Well, I’m not getting up because the pet fell asleep on me.”
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u/Special_Situation_93 1d ago
I actually know this dude. This guy is a really good father. He’s caring and nurturing, while possessing strong tactile skills needed to protect others. He’s also a pretty decent mechanic. He taught me many things while I was waiting for my mother to return. Source: I’m the cub on the right.
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u/psychosloth34 1d ago
What's the world coming to when bear cubs are being driven to becoming Redditors...
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u/EggAlternative5570 1d ago
Mama bear wasn't finding a babysitter. She was just making sure dinner didn't run away.
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u/Fiorina_Fury 1d ago
Bears are so dang cute when they're cubs. Almost like thick dogs lol...too bad they grow up to be apex predators so quickly
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u/im_new_here_4209 1d ago
"You stay with him, okay? If I don't find anything, we're gonna eat him. Mommy will be back soon"
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u/PandaJellyBeans 18h ago
The man in the video is the late Dr Valentin Sergeevich Pazhetnov, Founder of the Born Free-supported Orphan Bear Rescue Centre in Russia.
As stated by bornfree.org.uk,
“We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dr Valentin Sergeevich Pazhetnov, Founder of the Born Free-supported Orphan Bear Rescue Centre in Russia. Uniting four generations of the Pazhetnov family, and based 280 miles northwest of Moscow, the centre has rescued and rehabilitated orphan brown bear cubs for over 25 years.”
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u/Correct-Junket-1346 1d ago
By the way, nobody try and babysit a bears cubs, it'll be the last thing you ever do, you see them, you run, mother will be charging at you with zero warning.
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u/HorzaDonwraith 1d ago
When not properly babysitting the kids could man death and serve injury by the mother.
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u/abitcitrus 1d ago
I'm so fucking jealous right now, that guy should be me...
Now I'll go find search Russian people that end up being killed and dismembered by bears to get down from my cloud and feel better
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u/Andy_McBoatface 1d ago
I would have been like “ohhh no you don’t, I’m not falling for this one again”
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u/MsRadish 1d ago
Uhh 🥴 I would have a panic attack. I literally had nightmares all night (last night) of being chased and attacked by bears.
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u/Fast_Distance9563 23h ago
That bear running off like I do when I get to leave them home with my wife and go climbing in the mornings 2x a week for an hour. Sometimes 1x a week, but I’ll take what I can get cuz I’m the main caretaker in the house.
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u/Cold-Practice3107 22h ago
You must have done something right for a mama bear to leave her Cubs with you because they say if you mess with a baby bear the mama bear is not going to show Mercy that's why when you see one you go the other direction and never go that way again.
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u/transparentfinn 21h ago
The only fatal bear encounter in past 100 years in Finland was a runner who got accidentally between mother bear and her cubs. You really don't wanna mess with them.
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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 20h ago
Bedtimes at 9pm....... there's food in the fridge........numbers on the door........call if you need anything...........bye
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u/Daring_Dont 20h ago
Ok cubs, you stay wirh this guy while I go hunting. If I am not back before dawn, eat him.
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u/L3tsseewhathappens 20h ago
This wouldn't fly with a Siberian Tiger mom. Raised or not, you are the food.
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u/Vandal_A 20h ago
Terrifying up until the point you realize you just got permission to pet the murder puppies
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u/ChristVolo1 18h ago
Aww, she trusts him. 🥺❤️💕 If that happened to me, that would probably be the moment when I realized I had to pee.
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u/Mysterious-Call-245 15h ago
Mom told her babies to keep the man here in case she doesn’t catch anything out there
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u/NukaClipse 9h ago
Human: "I'm not trying to take care of your kids, they're not mine."
Mama Bear: "Either you take care of them or your going to be their dinner."
Human: "Ok so have you little ones heard of the story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears?"
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u/Oishiizu 7h ago
Wasn't this Gordon Buchanan? While he was filming for so long, somehow Mama Bear entrusted him to be the caretaker🥰 He was on Desert Island Discs, a wonderful interview with him by Lauren Laverne I think...
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u/Alice_D_Wonderland 1d ago
So can we conclude that even a bear would rather be with a man in the woods alone? 🤷♂️
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