Bear vs Wolves: Battle for Food | Wild Scandinavia | BBC Earth 

He had to wolf that food down quickly 🤣

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Unfortunately, its not likely since wolf populations grow until they run out of territory. Humans keep expanding, which stops their reproduction. Or causes them to overpopulate and then they get hit with mange and other diseases and die off. 700 is probably a healthy number relative to the amount of wilderness the area has.

Wolves are very competitive and territorial, so vast regions of land are needed to sustain large wolf populations without all out conflict. As Jabber said above the increase in human population and the encroachment on natural land is only hurting the ability for wolves to proliferate.

The population has grown a lot the last 50 years or so, but we’re now at a point where wolfs and humans (or human interests) collide, so I find it hard to see that the population will be allowed tho grow much more.

​@@BarbaOlof it isn't being allowed, but Scandinavia could easily house more than two thousand wolves without a lot of conflict, look at Spain a country that is still doing very bad work with wolves and a lot of people hate them, but they still manage a population of thousands in a more dense country. The reason the population isn't allowed to grow is because political parties use erradicating the wolf as a way to gain rural vote without committing to actually help farmers , then they just do a cull and everyone is happy, except the environment, and since a lot of people over there think there are more wolves that there actually are, there isn't a lot of opposition against this authorised wildlife crime, however they've been slowly climbing if only because the number of hunters has gone down so there is less lobbying pressure and the EU is protecting them but the moment that protection goes away, which the EPP is trying to take away you can kiss goodbye to that species because they will drive them to extinction, again.

@@JabberCT have you seen the amount of wilderness Finland, Sweden and Norway have, it's more wilderness than most of Europe, and 700 isn't appropriate as it is what is known as genetically isolated population, which means inbreeding makes it unsustainable, most scientists agree that the population is so genetically similar their resilience dooms them to a disease killing them in a hundred years if they aren't helped, plus if you look at the distribution, the most wild areas, the north are deliberately kept free of wolf because it would make it harder to artificially control numbers and the population would grow to what the environment can actually hold, currently its mainly hunters that don't want to have competition from predators so they lobby to keep populations low, look at Romania, a lot more area is farmed and it's about as big yet wolves population there is 2500 and it's not as isolated. The reason wolves are on the brink in the north is purely political and that's the reason every cull is met with opposition from the scientific community as it's been proven that the effects of culls on livestock attacks is very limited until you drive the population to extinction. The argument that the environment cannot hold more wolves is usually made by politicians and lobbyists trying to justify the culls to environmentalists and the european court and it has been proven as a blatant lie, 700 is dangerously low for such an isolated population and keeping them on the brink is only a shameful political move to satisfy hunters and offer short term fake comfort to farmers and herders, specially when followed with demands for countries like india and small states in Africa should care for predators because they look exotic

Wolves are STRONNGGG

​@@suhzewkie yup There was a video not long ago that a wolf was carrying a deer and jumped over the fence with it!!! They are strong as all hell man.

I mean think about it would you rather fight 10 wolfs or one bear. Its close but I'll take my chance vs a lone bear over 10 wolves.

@@speedy5622 yikes man. That legit is a tough chance but hey we never know

oh god as a hunter you shold know more abouut animals ..bears would run from a 5 year old girl singing & walking through the forest.

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Really good quality pictures

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Grown brown bears take what they want from wolf packs on regular basis. This one had eaten and was full.

Humans don't need to since they all ready know how

@@stevekargbo5539 They have forgotten.

@@stevekargbo5539 only the smart ones.

Bears rarely fall back on their Wolf encounters, wolfes are usually retreating since they all or most of them will die in a fight with bear and each of them knows that

Nice way of putting it

Nice way of putting it

Yep. Wolves and ravens were revered in Northern Europe for many years. Nowadays everyone hates them because of associations with the devil and evil or just bad omens. Ravens were almost exterminated by gamekeepers here in the UK. A far cry from how Anglo Saxons and celts used to respect them

@@theotheseaeagle another aspect of the push to demonize native traditions.

The Norwegian government only allows for a few dozen.

In other words, the wolf is hunted by order of the government.

It's stupid, the goverment convinces fat hunters that the wolves are killing all the wildlife and for the safety of our forests and towns we need to keep them below 300 in population

Not very strict. Norway is probably the worst country in the world when it comes to wolf management. They have a goal of having 40-60 individuals within a "wolf-zone" bordering Sweden. All wolves leaving this zone will immediately be shot. Sweden want to limit the population to 170 from 465, but some associations are pushing for 100 or 0. Compare these numbers to Poland, Spain and Italy that has thousands of fully protected wolves and you see how extreme the wolf policy in the Nordic countries are.

Because of the sheep and cow and reindeer industries, who roam freely in the wilderness without any enclosure in the summer. So for the sake of the industry they destroy the lives of wolf, bears and wolverines.... I live there so i know how it works :(

Yeah the wet steps when walking were a bit excessive, but doing sound effects is hard, and having the scene without any sound would be weird

Wow I didn't notice that. I watched the foot in mud bit again and there was so much noise I don't know how you noticed it. Did you used to work in video production or something? I think it's ok.

Yeah cuz wolves have a better mentality and are more smart than hyenas

@KereTista-km9ck we have a scholar right here🥂🥂📣😁😁 dude u have the intelligence of a kindergartener. What a clown

Bad comparison, lions are also pack animals. A lone lion would absolutely skedaddle if confronted by 10 hyenas.

​@@Gooner184 Noo

People just put some weird meaning on those animals like they're super brave, lions are pussies who run away from fights constantly and eat babies. Wolves are too, they can just outmaneuver the bear and bite it in the ass until it bleeds to death if they want to, bear is too slow and fat.

You like ravens too huh

I'm not familiar with Norse mythology. Maybe there wasn't as many bears in Scandinavia.

@@olliefoxx7165 A lot more than today.. And they were a part of it. But not so much. The most known is probably the Berserkers. Elite fighters that wore bear skins.

What? One of the most legendary Viking kings was Björn Ironside. Björn literally means bear. Berserkers, the Norse warriors, wore bear hides to make them look more intimidating. Berserk means bear hide shirt. And if we expand to the Nordics as a whole, bear is the king of the forest in Finnish mythology. Bear has loads of nicknames in the Finnish language as it was seen as such an important image of nature. Mesikämmen, otso, kontio, kouvo, metsän omena...

@@heinedenmark I have heard of the berserker wearing the bearskin into battle. That must have been a fearsome sight. If a man wore a bearskin he must have been a very brave, cunning and strong warrior. I have read where the berserkers were eventually shunned from society bc they were to savage and dangerous to be around. Perhaps the bear became associated with the berserker and it was shunned in mythology as a result of the association. Very interesting.

@@tapio_m6861 I'm talking about Norse mytologi.. Finland has little influence in that. And I did mention the Berserkers 🤷‍♂️

A simple tripod shot is so underrated. The BBC seem to think the camera needs to constantly be moving, swooping and so on in Planet Earth II as if it was Peter Kay's The Way To Amarillo.

Serious? But then again, weasels routinely kill hares much larger than themselves...strategic and VERY strong bites.

@@Spear_of_the_Raven_Ash weasels typically hunt rabbits. Hares are too nimble and strong to have much success overpowering, though a determined weasel or stoat could probably make short work of one

@@theotheseaeagle you're correct, it's martens that'll take down hares. And wolverines are known to catch and kill caribou! Especially in the deeper snow. Also, here in North America we have fishers (like an overgrown marten) that are known to be profficient porcupine killers...and they sometimes predate foxes too.

Also my pet ferret is only pet that ever consciously played a joke on me… he used to hide things then come find me and get me to follow him to room he hid thing (usually a sock or something lol) and then roll around giggling watching me look for it… and he would kill rats and mice etc if they ever got into the basement. Great family of animals.

A wolverine has never killed a polar bear lmao

Stick to ketchup

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Well, the hunting is sort of necessary to not have the wolves attacking sheep, rain deers and come to close to people. I personally don’t live in an area full of wolves, but I do understand those that those who do would want to keep the of their back yards.

And they should be allowed to establish to the north where there is very little farming and agriculture, of course protect reindeer herders but a wolf pack is a lot less dangerous to them that than the lichen scarcity caused by bad forestry practices, which are also supported by the government, how odd it seems the government can decide if they want to support the sami people or not care about if they are given a paycheck

@@BarbaOlof wolves rarely attack sheep, and governments acknowledge this, but they earn too much money from the rich trophy hunters from America or sadly even here in the UK. They are actually trying to ban the import of animals hunted for trophies here in the UK (thank god). But yea agriculture and the safety of people had nothing to do with it, it’s all about satisfying the bored rich people that want to shoot something for a pretty ornament or to pose for a picture on their Instagram

@@Solstice261 - There have been attempts, but the wolves naturally soon migrate south to better pastures again. Sadly, people would rather kill them than wall in their livestock or risk losing one now and then.

@@mokarokas-1727 i see I imagine they tend to want to follow reindeer when they migrate south, and since there is more than enough space nothing is keeping them, still with how many wolfs some countries in Eastern Europe have. Allowing only 700 for a whole part of Europe is horrible, I think here applies the fact that wolves never left eastern Europe so people there know how to be safe from them, guard dogs are common thing as well as keeping an eye on livestock, this means that livestock is generally well protected without having to be told so to them having wolves is normal while for people in northern Europe ir is a change that makes their life harder, however it's hunters the ones that are more willing to exterminate the species, farmers don't like wolves and will appreciate their erradication but it's hunters the main ones lobbying for their disappearance

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No. It's Rebecca Ferguson

Finland I believe

@@Kingsaxxy3872 why?

@@Kingsaxxy3872they have bears wolf and wolverine

While you are right this video is in Europe. So they are both Europe and America’s top predators.

Neither did Hugh Jackman

Exactly

Not sure about that.

It depends on where you go, when and what you do. Generally? 110 %

Finland

@@SwedishWanderer Nah it looks like Sweden more

@@SwedishWanderer Also the title says Scandinavia, Finland is not part of Scandinavia mate.

@@Thewipah7 Yeah, they made a mistake, Finland is not a part of Scandinavia. This is not in Sweden, because the light coating does not exist in Swedish or Norwegian wolves. Also this kind of filming places only exist in Finland.

@@SwedishWanderer Du verkar vara en som är ute i naturen mycket så jag tänker inte argumentera med dig, men syftar du på björnen eller vargarna när du skriver ''light coating''?

There are two adult wolves and the rest are their offspring...

Ravens and Wolves have a special relationship in both Europe and North America, Ravens will call out to packs when there is a fresh kill near by and the Wolves will allow them some left overs, it’s basically like a business deal, Ravens call them for food and in exchange Wolves grant them scraps and protection while eating.

Wolves are allies of ravens and crows. It is the most complex relationship existing in nature between a mammal and a bird, if I'm not mistaken.

This would be impossible to see in Sweden, it's in Finland.

@@SwedishWanderer That's what I thought as well, but I checked the BBC page and it states clearly that it's Sweden. It even says so in the title. Not that I'd trust them 100%, these nature programs do a lot of fishy stuff, but that BBC would call their series Sweden and film in Finland, I don't know why they'd do that.

@@QualeQualeson I can guarantee you this is in Finland, there are several nature photographers who have taken the photos of the same wolves (you will recognize the light one) in Finland. We don't really have bears, wolverines and wolves in the same place in Sweden.

@@SwedishWanderer I believe you. It's strange that the BBC isn't being called out for it when they put Sweden in the series title. A lot of nature enthusiasts from both Sweden and Finland are likely to recognize as much. Even I, a Norwegian with no direct experience from these areas was puzzled when I saw the footage. Very strange.

Yep you got it right. Almost impossible to see them without baiting

Male lion ok, but tiger would piss the moment it saw wolf,

⁠​⁠​⁠@@justin94431 Tiger’s are known to hunt Wolves to the point they are one of the main reason populations in Siberia go down, while it would be cautious if the pack was around it wouldn’t piss itself from seeing just one.

@@Kingsaxxy3872 Nah wolve pack would kill

@@justin94431 obviously, a big Wolf pack can take down predators far larger than them with the right amount of numbers, I was saying that if the Tiger saw a one Wolf it wouldn’t piss itself but rather inspect to see if it’s alone or not then take it out, and plus a Tiger that feels like it’s near death’s door will maul the shit out of most of them to say” if I’m dead then I’m taking as many of you with me”.

Do you live in southern Sweden, mayhaps Stockholm? Because I can tell for you sure nobody that actually lives where the wolves are wants them to grow stronger

@@TheLastCrusader22 I live in gothenburg, i understand that they are troublesome for people up north, but i still value ecological integrity over making sure people dont feel bothered. The line is crossed once peoples lives become threatened by them, but for now the only problem is livestock loss, which should be covered by insurance (not saying it is, i dont know, but i think it should be covered by insurance)

@@drozzo3211It's the livelihood and cultural survival of the sámi we're talking about, that's more than "being troublesome"! The sámi I've had the fortune of meeting in my life have all been on the same page: there must under no circumstances be wolves in reindeer-herding areas (meaning, in effect, from northern Dalarna northwards, i.e. not even limited to Norrland). Now of course, the sámi are not opposed to there being wolves elsewhere in Sweden, they don't care, but they know better than anyone that you can't command a wolf to stay where we tell it to! Everytime that has been attempted, the wolf has started immediately marching northwards (and they can move up to 90 km a day) and we've had to spend literal millions to tranquilise it from a helicopter and transport it south, wash rinse repeat. There is no greater threat to sámi cultural survival than the wolf. You can read that on their own website samer.se ("Vargen är det rovdjur som är värst att ha i närheten av en renhjord"). So don't claim it's an "inconvenience", it's their entire way of life threatened and that's why they will adhere to "skjut, gräv och tig" if they must (and believe me, they do)

Which God? The same who bring cancer on newborns?

Because ignorant farmers don’t want their live stock to be killed by these “monsters”. It’s so fucking stupid but you’d be amazed of how many people hate the wolf for no valid reason

I imagine because they are incredibly dangerous and have a habit of breeding like ants if left unchecked.

@@oliver5479 So are they killing them only as many as necessary or are they killing them unnecessarily just because they are afraid of them ?