All 8 Species of Bear (+7 Subspecies You Haven't Heard Of)
Bears are one of the most magical animals on the planet. There are 8 species found on 4 of the 7 continents. From the gigantic polar bears of the Arctic to the tiny sun bears of Southeast Asia, the Ursidae family also contains many interesting subspecies featuring a wide range of colour morphs. In this guide, we'll explore 15 species/subspecies and where they abide.
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01:36 Qinling Panda
02:06 Spectacled Bear
03:00 Sloth Bear
03:55 Sun Bear
04:48 Asiatic Black Bear
05:53 American Black Bear
07:01 Cinnamon Bear
07:41 Kermode (Spirit) Bear
08:27 Brown Bear
09:25 Kamchatka Brown Bear
10:12 Himalayan Brown Bear
10:58 Syrian Brown Bear
11:43 Tibetan Blue Bear
12:19 Polar Bear
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Sources & Further Reading
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Animal Diversity
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Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear/
The historical range of the panda
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Qinling Panda
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Cloud forest definition
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Spectacled bear and hibernation
www.worldlandtrust.org/specie...
How many sun bears are left?
a-z-animals.com/animals/sun-b...
How many Asiatic black bears remain?
a-z-animals.com/animals/asiat...
The colour variations of the black bear
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Dormancy and hibernation
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Bears in Kamchatka
www.theguardian.com/world/200...
russia.wcs.org/en-us/Wildlife...
Syrian brown bear
www.bearconservation.org.uk/sy...
The Tibetan blue bear
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I live in Xi'an which is about 45 minutes from the QingLing Mountains, I got to see one of the brown pandas while hiking with my colleagues in 2019. We saw it walking then subsequently fell on its face for no apparent reason. The wonderful majesty of the panda.
Wow bro and how do you have access to youtube living in china ?
@@a.p.maratha VPN.
@@usapanda7303 what's your social credit?
@@usapanda7303 wait do you watch china memes?
@@tobilikebacon I live in Beijing. we dont watch the China memes, we love them
Fun fact: a Syrian Brown Bear once served in the Polish military in WWII. Troops bought the bear as a cub from a young boy and kept him as a pet, a way to keep the troops spirits up, but later found as the bear got older he was very smart and helpful. Wojtek, as he would be named, was taught to carry ammo crates and even managed to catch an intruder who snuck into their camp (though this mostly was just by the intruder stumbling onto a bear and shouting in fear and surprise). When the troops were moving to Italy they were told no pets were allowed on the ships, so they formally inducted Wojtek into the army. Wojtek survived the war and was moved to Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland alongside many Poles in diaspora. He lived out his life still getting visits from his army buddies who would jump into the enclosure to give the bear cigarettes (which he would just eat) and vodka. Wojtek is still the symbol of that specific division of troops in the Polish military, and a national hero and icon of Poland.
Wait, so after WWII the UK kept Poles in Zoos!
@@maneatingcheeze No, but during WWII, the UK kept Poles in flying circuses.
Wasn't Poland, like, annexed at the start of WW2? So... what Polish military in WW2?
@@daakudaddy5453 plPolish exile millitary. Iirc they operated as part of the British and Commonwealth forces.
@@daakudaddy5453 remnants of the polish army continued to serve after their nation was overtaken by the soviets and nazis.
The Spectacled Bear is the last remaining species in the lineage of short-faced bear. The Giant Short-Faced Bear was possibly the biggest land carnivorous mammal that ever lived.
Such an awesome legacy
And the giant cave bear
@@chickyproductions4347 the Cave Bear was pretty big, the size of a modern Kodiak brown bear but with a much bigger head. But short-faced bears would dwarf a cave bear. A South American Arctotherium skeleton (another short-faced species) found in 2011 belonged to a bear that may have weighed 2500 lbs. That's double the average cave bear size and hundreds of lbs heavier than the heaviest estimated cave bear, which is still bigger than any bears alive today.
Wow
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Ah I’m so glad to see Kodiak Bears included! I used to live on Kodiak Island, they were quite large and intimidating but usually left people alone. Now all other bears I see are tiny in comparison (like someone saying there’s a HUGE black bear, I look at it and I’m like “that’s the size of a dog bro that ain’t big”)
When someone says that’s a huge black bear, they usually (hopefully) mean relatively to black bears, everyone should know that grizzly’s are much much bigger than black bears
i once saw a black bear in idaho he was the size of kodiak bear he was jet black a male and lived in rockey mountains of idaho near a dense forest i tried 2-3 times to hunt and kill him but could not i first shot hit but it was a bad shot from far away and i was sure it barely hit him or did not hit him at all eventually i took him down his weight was around 890 pounds but im sure it was higher then that the record black bear was around 905 pounds so it was not far of the world record the average weight for a male kodiak bear could range but its average is 905-910 pounds but can go well over 1050 pounds it was the craziest sighting i had ever saw
Although illegal in India for wildlife protection laws Sloth bear, if raised from childhood, can be very docile and trained like a dog. They were trained to do tricks, which was outlawed by the government and last dancing bear was rescued in 2009
So sad 😭 I’ve also seen them used for fighting as entertainment
@@OBIIIIIIIII That happens in Pakistan not India. They use everything from bears to hyenas to wild boars to get them to fight dogs
@@KanishQQuotes Well it is a common occurrence in some northern Indian villages too.
@@KanishQQuotes tha's awful, unconcious humans.
That's terrible
Not entirely correct. The grizzly is an inland subspecies of the brown bear. The coastal brown bear is larger than the grizzly but less aggressive due to better access to food for instance in Katmai Alaska and the Kodiak brown bear is the largest brown bear, they have been isolated for approx. 10,000 years and they have very good access to food. The Asian black bear came to North America when there was a land bridge between Asia and North America and became the North American black bear and so did the Eurasian brown bear which later became the North American brown and grizzly bear. The polar bear also originated from the brown bear.
He says in the video, there are 17 subspecies
I was just commented about the polar bear behind an evolution subspecies of the grizzly. I didn't know that grizzlies were a subspecies, I'll have to look more into that. My question now is 'are all bears considered subspecies?' because they all must of evolved at some point. Imma do some research lol.
Very interesting! Thank you for the feedback and taking the time to add more info
aCtUaLLy
Yeah everyone knows that lol
I had the joy of seeing Bart, a kodiak bear that's been in films during a Sportsmen Show in Toronto, Ontario (around 30+ years ago). If a person doesn't have a healthy does of respect and awe for bears, all they need to do is see a kodiak bear... the shear size of one paw... Beautiful animals! I'll always remember what one of Bart's trainers said, "Bart trains when he wants too". 😅
I think the Quingling panda is really cool, it has beautiful colors! I'm pretty sure it's also where Pokémon got Pancham and Pangoro's shiny forms.
i believe i saw a spirit bear while hiking as a kid in the rainforest. i didn’t know about what exactly they were at the time but it was still the most absolutely enchanting experience of my life.
I can only imagine! you're so lucky!
They don’t live in the rainforest, they live in temperate North American forest
@@hibopotammusking3973 There are temperate rainforests in North America, some of which are inhabited by that type of bear.
@@hibopotammusking3973 The Great Bear Rainforest is a temperate rain forest on the Pacific coast of British Columbia.
@@cailanmckim3849 While in the miltary I had to camp out in a temperate rain forest in Washington. Saw no bears, but did almost pitch my tent on an enormous anthill, with the biggest ants I ever saw in my life. Shudder.
It'd be interesting for you to do a series of recently extinct animals for each of these families of carnivores (I see you have also done one for cats and dogs). For example, the recently extinct Atlas Bear was found in Morocco and Algeria in the Atlas Mountains and went extinct in the early 1900's (I think). For the cats, you could've included the extinct Javan Tiger, Caspian Tiger, and Bali Tiger. And for dogs, the Warrah (a strange creature from the Falkland Islands) died out in the 1870's. Each of these animals went extinct due to human factors and would underline the very real threat of the surviving species you've wonderfully exhibited meeting the same fate.
That is a great idea! I like the thought of being able to promote conservation by showing recently extinct species/subspecies and also animals that are critically endangered. Thanks for the feedback!
I was thinking about the Atlas Bear as soon as he said "4 continents". It would have been a nice animal to finish this video with.
@@Textbooktravel I think it’ll be especially impactful if you show how humans caused each species to become extinct. Showing our impact more blatantly.
The Budget Museum recently did a video about animals that went extinct throughout human history
Wonder how many species went extinct because of bears? For all we know we saved a bunch of species
You have done the best video of this type on KZhead. You understand biology and know how to explain it very well. Many makers of videos like this confuse the terms species and subspecies which causes those who aren't good with biology to confuse those terms. Your videos are what I will link to when I need to show good animal info.
As somebody who lives in the United States I'm pretty sure that most people do not consider brown bears and grizzly bears the same there is a major size difference and as far as I know grizzly's only live in the extreme Northern parts of the United States and Canada and Alaska. I happen to live in Northern Georgia which is the extreme South of the United States and I have a brown bear that lives on my property it is not a pet it is about 400 lbs and it scares me that he might eat my dogs I own huskies and German shepherds
All Brown Bears on the US live in the extreme northern parts of the country
In Georgia, that would be a brown colored black bear. He mentioned those in the video.
Hi, zoologist here who has worked with several of the mentioned bear species/subspecies! A few corrections/additions I've not seen other people me too directly. 1) There are 2 recognized subspecies of Sloth Bear 2) There are 2 recognized subspecies of Sun Bear. 3) There are 7 recognized subspecies of Asiatic Black Bear. 4) He mentioned it! How bears don't do true hibernation! Yes! 5) There are 16 recognized subspecies of American Black Bear. 6) There are actually 22 recognized subspecies of Brown Bear, but 5 are believed to be officially extinct. 7) Africa used to have a bear species on the continent. But sadly, the Atlas Bear is extinct. 8) Overall, mostly accurate. Most of the other stuff I haven't mentioned has been mentioned by other people in the comments. If I were to give it an 'official zoological' grade, I'd give you an 91%. Edit: oh questions and comments, thank you for not notifying me KZhead....
As a teacher, I love comments like these. Helpful, clear and kind. This is my first visit to this channel and your expert feedback lets me know it is a good one. You Tube would be a better place if others followed your lead. BTW: I'd give your comment 100% (with a bunch of stickers).
Also: Have you checked out "Animal Logic" ? That is another very informative channel and I'd be curious to read your comments regarding one of those clips.
I can Bearly like your knowledge :)
Wasn't it the Romans who took all of the Atlas bears? Mainly to fight in their colosseums
Question friend; are Kodiak bears their own thing, or are they just brown bears?
There is a Brown Bear species you missed: The Gobi Bear, said to be the rarest bear in the world
In the desert of Gobi? Interesting
maybe its so rare he missed it.
what?
@@udozocklein6023 - *Udo Zocklein,* Have a look here. I needed to research the claim myself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobi_bear
@@JamminClemmons sorry i thought this is some sarcasm / joke / metaphor / or something i do not understand. I did not expect this to be about an actual bear.
These family/superfamily videos you have been putting out are amazing I’ve subbed and hit the bell. Keep them coming!
The Black Bear is also found in Louisiana, it's literally called the Louisiana Black Bear. I have seen them many times on my property in Claiborne, Parish Louisiana.
So would they have any need to hibernate being so far south? They're a fairly common sight in my neck of the bush in northernish Ontario Canada, didn't realize their habitat went as far south as Louisiana and Florida. Cheers
I’m surprised that nobody mentioned the “Pizzly Bears.” Due to habitat loss and reduction of sea ice caused by climate change, it’s going to become more of a common appearance to see polar-grizzly bear mixes; especially around the Hudson Bay in Canada.
I’ve called them grolar bears on interior of Alaska
You mean grolar?
I call them growlers
The bears name starts with the Fathers species. If the father species is polar bear then it will be pizzly, if the father is grizzly bear then it will be grolar
@@s.c.p.foundation901 So you're just supposed to ask the bear about the family constellation? And what about adoption, maybe the bear itself is not sure whether it's a pizzly or a grolar..?
Great video just one correction Sloth bear's are not slow moving. to the contrary they are one of the fastest of all bear species . The name sloth bear was given to them because of their large claws which is similar to a sloth . Not because they are slow.
Thank you! Very interesting, I've done a bit more reading and I didn't realise they could sprint that fast. Is it not true that they generally move in a slow and sluggish fashion, though? I will try and be more specific in future videos, thanks for the feedback
@@Textbooktravel Unlike Sloths, they also tend be very aggressive and are responsible for lot of attacks on humans.
The Mysore Bear story truly horrific
@@Textbooktravel Not any slower than a black bear. They may not be having as much stamina as a brown bear, but they are not sluggish most of the time.
@@Textbooktravel they move slow cause they are lazy but they can move fast when they want to
This is so eye-opening, I love learning all of this ❤
There once was Brown bears on the east coast of the United States of America! They were hunted to extinction along with the eastern mountain lion and this one wasn't a predator but the Elk was also hunted to extinction in the eastern states.
Indeed. And some areas, such as the Ungava peninsula in eastern Canada, had brown bears until very recently (19th Century, based on remains in Native American archeology sites and from historic records from traders in the area).
It figures
I'm suggesting this for no other reason than they're my favorite animal, but a video on the diversity of opossum species would be wonderful. There are so many more than the Virginia Opossum in South America and I'd love to see them covered. They're all so weird and wonderful and also cute.
Yess
Love possums!
What a difference between the Possums of southern United States and those in Australia - rat vs cuddly ones
@@lilRadRidinHood Opossums are marsupials from the Americas with a signature "play dead" defense mechanism and hairless tails. On the other hand, possums are from Australia, and they've got fluffy tails and are known for hanging from trees. Even though people often use 'possum' to refer to an opossum, especially in North America, they're actually unrelated creatures from different continents!
im not one for more educational videos but the simple charm of this caught me! subscribed, thanks for the video
The maps really help make this an excellent video. Great job.
Incredible quality and workmanship for such a small channel. It’s a shame you don’t have more of a following, but I hope you accumulate one as your work clearly is deserving. Bravo baby…Very much enjoy your clean and relevant imagery (no generic background images put in for the sake of) and your intelligent and well-spoken dialogue. I’m a full blown mark for your goodies…Keep them coming homie. Peace…
Thank you so much! I appreciate the feedback, lots more coming soon :)
@@Textbooktravel you did great on this video I love it
Looks like his oldest videos only 3 months old, give it some time and I bet his channels gonna blow up. Also that's coming from someone who just found it yesterday
@@anorexicanarchist4712 definitely this channel being only 3 months old and bringing in atleast 20k consistently is a very good sign
Wow, I had no idea that the bear was so diverse.
Bats are going to blow your mind... (Theres over 1400 species)
@@ethanwright5461 Aren't bats about a third of all mammal species? Rodents are a quarter. That puts the rest of us mammals in the minority.
@Bender Bending Rodriguez Yeah, but it never really tells you .. Which bear is best
Great video! I never knew how much I needed to se this until now lol
Fascinating, beautiful and intelligent as usual. Many thanks.
There used to be brown bears in north Africa as well. The Atlas bear subspecies unfortunately was hunted to extinction by the late 1800's. The Ronan empire also played a large role in their extinction (as well as local lion and tiger populations in north Africa and eastern Europe) through hunting and capture for gladiator tournaments.
The Ronan empire?
@@Sara3346 I'm sure you could figure out that was a typo on your own 😉
@@Me-yq1fl Yep, that's why I said eastern Europe. North Africa was in respects to lions and bears.
@@adamhess7788 The Atlas bear, Atlas Lion and sever antelope species were lost due to unregulated hunting and habitat loss in the 20th century, millennia after the Romans.
Me when I spread misinformation online 🤪
You got one thing wrong though. Sloth bears are not slow moving species, they can move and run just like any other bear species. They are called so because of their sloth-like claws.
Apparently, the narrator was just a reader instead of being an expert. He even allowed background "music" while he was speaking which was totally unnecessary.
And from what I've heard, the Spectacled Bear is the closest living relative of the extinct short faced bears that roamed the Americas alongside the brown bears and black bears of its time
Thank you for your video. I homeschool my children, and we enjoyed learning all about bears and where they live. When I was a kid, I was told bears only lived in North American and China. And there were only 4 kinds, polar bear, yellow stone griz, black bears and pandas. I appreciate your video more than my children did.
Thank you for another succinct description of this important group. I'd never heard of the Qinling panda so that was enlightening.
Thank you, Glenn! Me neither and I was so happy there were some photos I could use, lots of the subspecies I wanted to cover I couldn't find any images/videos for
wonderful video as always, Its so interesting to me that no species of bear currently live such a biodiverse continent like Africa aside from the currently extinct Atlas bear
Thank you, Eslam! Yes you're right, with all of the bears that exist in the tropical forests of Asia, it makes sense to assume there would be a smaller species in the Congo as well. I hope you found the maps useful, if you have any feedback or other animal families you'd like me to cover, please let me know. Merry Christmas!
Thanks to man.
@@mr10tomidnight Starting with the Romans, who thought it would be fun to have wild beasts for cruel entertainment in their many coliseums. :(
Surprisingly, Africa was home to a number of now-extinct bears prior to the Atlas bear. Evidently they were more diverse there in the past epochs prior to the late Pleistocene. These range from the giant Agriotherium to the fast and somewhat wolf-like Hemicyonines to the omnivorous panda relative Indarctos. Of these, Agriotherium alone spread to southern Africa.
@@johnh.mcsaxx3637 i think they just got outcompeted by pack animals. africa is so ridiculous that even cats run in groups.
Thank you for this
We had a spirit bear hanging around our house about 30 years ago. She was beautiful! She eventually had cubs, and one of them was a spirit bear. She was a bit of a trash bear though. We couldn’t put our garbage out until trash day or she would raid it. She hung around our house in the summer for about 10 years and then we never saw her again.
Just discovered your channel and I love it! I really appreciate all the details and facts that you include in the video, it shows your dedication to sharing knowledge. Also, you made the attributions clearly, which is something that should be done by all KZheadrs, but not actually done by most of them. I'll certainly recommend your channel to other people!
Brown bear also lives in the east- northern regions of Italy even if it becomes not as big as in the rest of the world. In the centre of Italy, on the Appenino mountain range lives a smaller subspieces of the brown bear called “marsicano brown bear” Nice video buddy!!
Those aren’t “ brown.bears”. That’s a color phase of a black bears, actual brown bear species are coastal, unique and only are found entirely in coastal Alaska, Kamchatka peninsula in Siberia and a few along very north coastal British Columbia.
@@troyottosen8722 LOL, did you even watch the video? You could not be much more wrong about this than you are. Try to look brown bear up on Wikipedia...
@@Kris_Lighthawk Your obviously a kid! Go to school, punk!😳
@@troyottosen8722 You think I am a kid?? You who don't even bother to do just a little bit of research before wrongly correcting people on KZhead? I actually happen to be 51 years old and have have a master degree in biology.... But since you can't be bothered to look up a few facts, here is some for you: The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a species of bear that lives in North America and Eurasia. Some (or all, depending on who you ask) of its subspecies in North America are called grizzly bears. The brown bear is the only species of bear living in Europa (except for some polar bears in the very far north) so telling someone that the bears living in Italy are not brown bears, is obviously very wrong, and it is even worse to postulate that they are black bears, when black bears only live in North America.
@@Kris_Lighthawk Ready to look more stupid? I live in Alaska, ultimate bear country, around , brown bears, grizzly, black bears daily the past 40 years up here in our wilderness! Your a wannabe! Simple! You don’t have coastal brown bears where your talking about! By the way so called biologist, I also am a fishing guide/bear viewing guide here in the ultimate bear area of of Alaska! Clueless one!😳
Great video!! Informative and interesting. Excellent narrative as well. I've liked and subscribed just from watching this. Kudos, keep it up!!
An excellent overview, lots of info I did not know. Thank You. 👏🐻👏🇦🇺
Cool video guide ... thanks for sharing.
Great video!! A lot of useful information condensed in a comprehensible package!
Thank you for this informative video on bears. I had never heard of some of the species and enjoyed learning about them.
I was crying and having a bad day but then I saw this video, and 14 minutes of happy bear pictures has made me happy
OMG!!! Those Bears are just soooooooo cute. And that Panda looks like he was waiting for that camera :)
I love bears so I thoroughly enjoyed that. You definitely have a new subscriber here. Keep up the good work
Straight to the point and very informative!
KZhead recommendations always comes through with great stuff. I'm gonna take a second to brag about my state's local subspecies, Ursus americanus luteolus, or the Louisiana Black Bear. They were considered endangered for a while but have recently been unlisted.
Great video👏
I have been looking for videos about animals so long and then a video from you popped up and its more than i ever expected, i really love that you also put kg up not a lot of people do that, love your content, happy New Years Lots of Love from denmark
Thank you Cecilie! Lots of love and happy new year back! I visited Denmark as a child and loved it! I remember visiting a viking museum and legoland!!
These videos are of the highest content. Congratulations to you, wonderful job! Subscribed.
Thank you!
Awesome video
Nice video🐻
I've now caught up with all of your videos, all very good and informative. Keep it up!
Thank you, Baron! That really means a lot to me. I am going to try and post on a weekly basis starting in January so if you can think of anything that would improve the videos, please let me know. Merry Christmas!
@@Textbooktravel I like to listen to a lot of videos on wildlife while I'm going about my daily life. These are very good as they are! A lot better than some I've subscribed to for years. All happy here mate 😁
@barondavisiscool Awesome, thank you!!
this was a really cool video!
Top 5 reptiles for people who actually wanted a bear?
It is 1:47 am and this is the most interesting thing I’ve seen all week
They’re all so cuteeeeee I want to hug them🥹🥰
It’s pretty interesting how polar bears start appearing on mainland right after the Ural mountains to the east, so although it’s still Russia, geographically it’s Asia now so the only polar bears in Europe are on the islands of Svalbard(Norway) and Novaya Zemlya(Russia). Although there have apparently been extremely rare sightings on the Norwegian mainland and Iceland too.
Love your videos. Keep it up your amazing job. I am your big fan
Thank you so much, that means a lot! I will have lots of new videos coming out in the new year! If there is something specific you would like to see, please let me know
@@Textbooktravel I really love biology especially plants and animals. I am happy to know your channel. I am waiting to know more animal species.
I was hoping that you would mention the sighted interbreeding of polar bears and grizzly bears that are becoming more common. Even without that though it’s a lovely video! Thanks for putting in the time to make it
Got this suddenly in my recommendation, I love it. Very cool to know that there are more bear spesies that i thought
I am 100% sure that this channel will reach 100k subs within no time. Keep posting quality videos.
Thank you!! It's comments like this that keep me going at 10pm when I'm tired of adding a 1-2% zoom on every image and wondering if this is worth my time!! Happy new year!
Intresting and informative 👍🏼
Thank you!!
Fascinating video!
very informative, tnx you
This was very insightful, indeed. Half of the subspecies I never knew existed at all, but nonetheless so educational!
The narrator did not mention or show on screen several subspecies of bears. He apparently was not an expert.
There also were some reports in the 1990's of some white furred bears being found and kept in a zoo in Shenongjia, Northern China, that they thought might be a separate species. Additionally, some people (most notably Teddy Roosevelt) reported seen large, all brown bears in South America (which, if true, would probably be southern forms of the brown or the black bear.) And that might be a more likely identity for Paddington, since he is obviously NOT a spectacled bear. Reddish furred bears have also been reported in the Yamchaga Nature Reserve in Peru (along with lions, odd tapirs, and a bunch of other animals currently unclassified by science. Finally, mention should be made of the Irquiem a supposedly MASSIVE polar type bear found in Sibera (and its Alaskan counterpart the Quoquogaq,) which some people think may BE relict populations of the Short Faced Bear. No one seems to have seen any since around the 1900s,so it is probably extinct again, but there is supposed to be a stuffed one in a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, so maybe DNA tests are still possible.
Wow love this!!! Growing up in Alaska i saw alot of black, grizzlies and even once saw a glacier bear. I had mistaken the glacier bear as a dog from a distance but as i drove closer saw it was a dark silver colored coat and small like a black bear. Very informative video thank you!
Wow this is a very well-made video
I thought I knew a lot about bears. However I was unaware that bears were "magical powerful" creatures! ;)
Very good video, I learned a lot. Wish you would've talked about Grolar bears but I am not sure if they count as a sub species.
I had no idea! Thank you.
I live for this type of content, ty for bear facts
Another subspecies is the Vancouver Island black bear (Ursas americanus vancouveri). It is slightly larger than the mainland black bears and has a massive skull.
the largest subspecies of black bear in the world is in Haida Gwaii, pretty sweet to think as a BC resident myself.
@@bigboytuesday3507 Ursus americanus carlottae. The Haida call them Taan (brother of man). It also has a massive skull.
You forgot to mention Marsican brown bear. A subspecies of Eurasian brown bear listed as critically endangered. Almost as rare as the Gobi bear.
Thank you for teaching me about bears.
When i young (early 2000s),used to see many sloth bears in east india, the showman would carry them and they would roam streets performing. Sloth bear are famous for fighting tigers as their habitats clash.
This was wonderful! I've been trying to get the differences straight. I knew I was right, that there WERE different species that were NOT all Sloth Bears or Asiatic black. Amazing size and color variations. And that blue bear, especially the one pic where it was almost entirely blue, was absolutely gorgeous! I've also seen material about the grolar(I think?) That does not surprise me. I'd bet there is only going to be more within species once they are forced together by all the human mess. We could be very sorry for the interference in nature... Intended or not. Grizzly/Polar hybrids. That's scary to me. But tho I've had nightmares about bears all my life, I still love them and learning about them as I do all creatures. Even spiders once in awhile lol! Thank you very much for this easy to watch list🙏🐻🐾💗
wow I can't believe i've never heard of many of these! they're adorable! im so glad i got to see them!
Bears have no right to be as adorable & cuddly for how strong & dangerous they can be and that's why i love them.
Alaska has also had spirit bears, but obviously crazy rare. There was a book written about a young man who was mauled by one twice back in the 80s I think. He was close to the boarder of Canada on the Pan Handle deep in the bush writing a survival guide or something when it happened. He survived.
I'd love a video about all frogs and toads, but I'd imagine that would be quite the effort given how many thousands of species there are globally.
Historically, there was a bear species in the Atlas mountains in Morocco, so into historic times bears lived in Africa as well.
i love bears so much this is the best video ever
awesome video
I personally think if you had mentioned that 'Spirit Bear's' are the product of Leucistic Genes, which is distinct from Albinism due to the fact they lack the pink eyes of albinos etc. It'd help people understand that rare genetic mutation, and also compare Leucisem to the Melanin characteristics of blank Panthers just to further the explanation for people's understanding. Like I know people like me completely knew what you were referring to, but not everyone actually knows what Leucisem really is and has a hard time differentiating between the two.
Okay so this is the explanation. When he said the white coloration is “due to the lack of a gene which prevents the production of melanin” I was scratching my head, thinking, “is that not albinism?” Thank you for the clarification
@@JPLyons-jp7dz no worries, and yes it can be confusing if people brief right over it without naming the gene itself and explain it. Because on outter, it does seem very much like albinism. But you will find white lions, tiger's, wolves, kangaroos etc. Are actually Leucistic. But fun fact, not all species that suffer albinism get those pink eyes, which can get very confusing. I think this guy whom made the video has what it takes to get some worth following content. I just think small things like differentiating between Leucisem and albinism could really make him stand out. Also I have noticed that his research did lack in a few videos so far, but in his defence.. if your not looking exactly for what he lacked, then you won't stumble upon it. Like I personally suck at recording (my voice is horrendous to narrate) and my video editing skills are sub-par. Also I lack the ability to explain anything without glossing over it, I'm told this is because my autism.. . always thinking about 3 paragraphs ahead. Where as someone like Brian Cox can not only explain it clearly, he can break it down that simple that anybody can understand such a complex thing.
@@inaaronshead7331 Thanks for pointing that out, his explanation for that was facepalm awful. Do you know any super diligent channels on youtube? I find most if not all of these channels to have inaccuracies, and the bad thing about this is that you can only catch the inaccuracies that you know, who knows how many inaccuracies about a subject that you don't know, so these informative videos becomes kinda pointless because it is not trustworthy.
@@quitlife9279 I have to say.. I have not found a channel that is super diligent.. and some of the more followed channels either exaggerate severely on animal sizes and weight.. or they pick a personal/crowd favourite and over sell it's abilities. I've had heated debates.with so called 'professionals/experts' in there own channels comment sections about facts they have had wrong.. with a ton of proof to back it up . And they have pretty much pulled the "nah, uh.. I work with these animals daily, I know more than people whom case study them'. Which comes straight back to personal bias, that's why I am hoping that this channel whilst it's young, can learn from its comments on how to improve its quality over all. And just be open minded to digging deeper when it comes to research, because alot of what you find on the first search, is based on outdated information. One very popular channel at the moment, entertaining as it is, over exaggerates alot on certain feline sizes.. and admits that he does quick google searches for animals he doesn't know. Even Tier Zoo has questionable bias sometimes, I'd say for most grounded information based on current research Sci-Show as they don't show bias, but they tend not to focus to hard into going into the facts.. another is like PBS eons or something.. they do get facts wrong, but will promptly correct themselves and ADMIT that they were wrong.. but again they don't dive overly deep into everything. The other problem is both are told from a scientific perspective, which means they tend to also focus heavily on theories.. which is a little mind numbing, because theories aren't certain. But that's also what you expect when watching science based shows.. the Zoological channel's so far, though.. yeah much worse.
@@inaaronshead7331 i guess we just have to do our own work and fact check ourselves, it's a pain but it's a good practice to have in life in general i suppose, everyone makes mistakes after all, even ourselves. I find even with channels that just present recent research, there is still an issue of inaccuracies as well as cherry picking findings to present, just like msm. And quite frankly some of those presented theories/hypotheses extrapolated from research are highly questionable or just plain stupid when examined critically, although I see that it is not always the fault of the presenter but often the researchers themselves who are stupid, but the channels lack scepticism all the same. Always gotta take things with a grain of salt.
I live in central Vermont in the united states, a very rural area with a very healthy American Black Bear population. They are Stunning creatures, but VERY difficult to live along side, particularly in the Spring, when there post-hibernation hunger drives them to raid trash cans, Duck/Chicken coops, compost pits and bird feeders. Then, there’s the youngsters who get separated from mom too early, and don’t know to stay away from humans and mind there own business.
Hmm. Are they edible?
@@cerberaodollam they are. Ive had bear meat a few times in my life. Hunting and fishing are VERY regulated here tho. Hunting particular animals is restricted to certain times of the year, and then, usually only a set amount per person…and other animals, such as catamounts, is generally FORBIDDEN.
@@cerberaodollam also , i forgot to mention ‘Game Wardens.’ These are locals appointed by the state who get involved when a person is being nuisance by a wild bear, fox, raccoons or such. Generally with a bear they evaluate the issue…the gender of the bear, the age and factors like that. Then many things could happen, the bear could get reeducated by being shot by a rubber bullet (hurts like hell, but doesn’t actually harm the animal), it could be humanely trapped and rehome, or in worse case, it could be shot if evaluated as a threat (i don’t think this happens very often tho). They also police and educate the humans involved too.
@@dragonfye1 ugh. Government. Always getting in the way of a good time.
@@dragonfye1 also what is a catamount?
What I learned is something very important and I wished I knew earlier. Bear cubs can smile 😊.
When I lived in Xi'an I went on a bike trip to the QinLing Mountains and there was such a wonderful spirit there.
As an Aussie, I'm disappointed to see that you missed out on the small koala bear & their relative, the Drop bear from good ol' Down Under. All jokes aside, great video and interesting stuff. Note: I'm aware that koalas are marsupials and not real bears.
Not to mention the infamous drop bears
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2:50 Whoa, I didn't know Paddington was actually a spectacled bear, since all the depictions show him as a regular brown bear.😲🐻
poor guy, he doesn’t have the most distinctive trait of his species
Oh my goodness! The Tibetan Blue Bear is so fluffy and cute!! I wanna make a plushie of one!
Great video. Bears are my favorite
There is also another interesting subspecie: the Marsican brown bear, found only in a small region in the Appennini mountains in Italy.
In Gobi desert we have brown bear called " Mazaalai". I am afraid Mazaalai might have disappeared forever. I remember few years ago there left only 13 of them . 😢
Good news, it’s estimated that there are 30-40 Gobi bears living in the wild, so the population has increased just very slowly.
@@ameliorateepoch9917 thank you 🙏
good video, thank you
Pretty sure this is my new comfort video.
the intro be like: bears are powerful magical creatures that posses the power of darkness, and are known for defeating one of the seven arc angles, they live in all 11 dimensions, and known to posses various skills in wizardry and craftsmanship. the bear race has been at war with the dark orc race for the past two thousand years, and the power of the legendary bear grandmaster wizard king has gave them 500 years ago is now vanishing slowly because of the crystal of darkness.
Some of these aren't subspecies, they are just color variant. Much like labrador retrievers that can throw yellow, black and brown pups all in the same litter.
My girlfriend and I loved this video. Felt thorough and concise at the same time. Excellent work!
Spectacled Bear🤩 What a beautiful creature!