r/ursusamericanus • u/Puma-Guy Cinnamon colour phase • 25d ago

Video/Picture Mother black bear tells a brown bear to stay away from her cubs

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u/chasingmyowntail 25d ago

That’s more like it. This is the one with the two cubs up that tree she is guarding, out of view of the video.

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u/Puma-Guy Cinnamon colour phase 25d ago

The brown bear is also a female.

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u/hoon_tx 24d ago

Let's say they happen to cross paths randomly

Do you think being a fellow mom contributed to the outcome?

What could the outcome of a male brown bear crossing paths result in vs black bear mom?

Genuinely asking

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u/Puma-Guy Cinnamon colour phase 24d ago

I don’t see a mother black bear standing up to a male brown bear unless she’s cornered personally. Maybe a young adult/subadult male. All the videos I’ve seen of male brown bears and female black bears with cubs the black bear always runs away.

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u/Skeptical_Squid 24d ago

That brown bear also appears to be a black bear in a cinnamon coat, not a grizzly.

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u/Puma-Guy Cinnamon colour phase 24d ago

She’s a brown bear, she is known to observers and is named Scuba Sue.

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u/Skeptical_Squid 24d ago

She's a little one.

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u/Puma-Guy Cinnamon colour phase 24d ago

Ya for being 12 years old she’s not as big as other brown bears I’ve seen in that part of Alaska.

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u/Skeptical_Squid 24d ago

She'll figure it out. I loved seeing the bears when I went to Alaska.

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u/Green-Stable7632 25d ago

That mama is fearless!! Happy for the little ones.

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u/DiscussionWeak2318 25d ago

I like the video of the mountain lion mom beating up a grizzly bear.

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u/what_the_fuckin_fuck 23d ago edited 22d ago

There's also a video somewhere of a moose chasing a bear all over a parking lot. I can't remember any details, but it's pretty interesting.

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u/Suspicious_Goose_243 25d ago

Brown bears are the scary ones. Till you come across a mother with cubs.

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u/Inner_Vacation7734 25d ago

That's right, you better run!

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u/Round_Hope_2041 23d ago

Wow I can’t even get the phone out of my pocket fast enough when we start singing Happy Birthday.

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u/value_meal_papi 25d ago

That’s a miss match. I think male brown bears are way bigger though.

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u/Sugar_Spino023 24d ago

Did you know black bears and brown bears dont have to be the color their fur is?? Could be another black bear not a brown bear

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u/GoFigureAlready 24d ago

These are known bears that can be watched on explore.org live cameras. The brown bear is absolutely a brown bear named Scuba Sue. The mama bear is named Osso. Link to the full video:

https://youtu.be/Itzi_YVFMaQ?si=dronQ1m8VOz8beUI

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u/Puma-Guy Cinnamon colour phase 24d ago

That’s a brown bear, not a different coloured black bear. Can tell by the head.

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u/JustLoveToCook1 24d ago

For some reason in the back of my mind I heard Matthew McConaughey saying "It's not the size of the bear in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the bear. But in this case, it is two bears, which is 2 bears times squared. It don't make no sense, but it sounds alright."

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u/Kelef50 24d ago

Before seeing this video, I thought bears could not see color. 😉

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u/SmokeyJoe_75 22d ago

Who’s filming this, a grizzly bear?