Rabs Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Not sure if you guys in the US will be able to see this but I hope so.. Man that must have been scary... (even in the enclosure). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH4KrdBp5OQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 One of the BBC's top camera men! Great video! Described it as the most scariest moment in his life!! Awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyT Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 I would have unloaded a duece in my pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10K-DB Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 You just gave me an idea for a band name,,"Polar Bear",,and the warmup band could be called "The Cubs" Great Vid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 I believe the Polar Bear and Grizzly are the largest carnivores on the planet. On land that is, White sharks are bigger but are in the ocean. I think I would have **** myself if I'd been that guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 People do stupid things. Here's a sure-fire cure for constipation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evimg_T_38U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT ED Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Its such a fine line between brave and stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Its such a fine line between brave and stupid. Indeed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=g7rZTZBOrqQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 People do stupid things. Here's a sure-fire cure for constipation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evimg_T_38U Is it just me or does this bear have a look of... "I wanta play" about him? Like the way a dog will bounce around in the water expecting a stick to be thrown for him to go fetch. :unsure: I do believe if I'd been in that group I would have insisted that we start moving away as soon as the bear was with in 75 feet or so. They can run very fast, it would have been slowed a bit because of the water but on land they can reach speed's of 30-40 MPH in a short distance. A fast human sprinter can break 20-25 MPH with-in a 100 meter's but will then get tired and have to stop. My fat butt is not quite so fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeterpicker Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I am not of the belief that humans seeking these close encounters are doing anything but making the animals less wary of people and thereby far more dangerous. Timothy Treadwell did his cartoonish nonsense and ended up exactly where then Native Alaskans thought he would. It's one thing to study them and quite another to tempt fate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 This guy swimming with the polar bear is a professional animal handler, and if that bear decides it's time to eat he's just as dead as some fool out in the wilderness sitting by a stream where's bears look for food. The pros are paid the big bucks to do this stuff and even they are at risk. When we were at Yellowstone about 4 years ago, a park ranger told us that the same people who won't get out of their cars because of a stray doberman will try to take close-up pics of a mother bear and her cubs. We are who we are....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 When we were at Yellowstone Maybe you should have gone to Jellystone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJwgNs3BWYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavestate Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Here's another close encounter: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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