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Grizzly Bears Catching Salmon | Nature's Great Events | BBC Earth

It's the time of year when the salmon make their annual pilgrimage upstream to spawn, but leaping past the waiting hungry bears is no easy task. Subscribe to BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSubBBC Earth YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/BBCEarth BBC Earth Facebook http://www.facebook.com/bbcearth (ex-UK only) BBC Earth Twitter http://www.twitter.com/bbcearth Visit http://www.bbc.com/earth/world for all the latest animal news and wildlife videos This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service & Feedback https://www.bbcstudios.com/contact/contact-us/

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9 years ago

[Music] this is going to be the end of the road for a lot of salmon these bears are really hungry they haven't tasted salmon for ten months and the big males battle for the best fishing spots the longer the salmon take over their journey upstream the weaker they become and these Falls present them with their biggest challenge yet although the Falls aren't very tall the bears hold the high ground the salmon makes short exploratory leaps to see where the Bears are but they don't always get it righ
t this mother bear has been waiting months for this moment competition is fierce for these first salmon even between a mother and her own comes more and more fish arrived at the foot of the form eventually they have to go for it regardless of the danger [Music] [Music] but numbers are on their side for every salmon that gets caught hundreds make it past the Bears [Music] [Music] you

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@dzmcroy

"It's over, salmon! I have the high ground!" - bears

@MrDuBears

Imagine canoeing down that river then seeing a small waterfall up ahead with around 20 or so bears waiting at it.

@imageek000

it's a amazing how those bears know exactly when the salmon will arrive and wait for them. Ah nature

@hisyam1664

I love when those bears save the salmon from drowning

@Chris25698

The bears are amazing, but if you've seen this program and the amazing journey the salmon go through, they are equally remarkable.

@sebastiaankrul2403

The bears fighting over the best fishing spots and the salmon jumping out to see where the bears are prove how intelligent these creatures are

@captain_buggles

Salmon live in a real life video game. If they want to finish the game they have to get past a bunch of really overleveled monsters.

@chevyfan5303

From the moment they're born, they spend their entire lifetime trying to avoid fishing nets, fishing lures, diseases, predators (killer whales, other species, mankind, etc.).  Then when their natural life cycle is coming to an end, and they're finally on the way to give life to a new batch of offspring, and battling natures obstacles ever step of the way, they jump right into the waiting jaws of a bear.  What a life!!

@danielcorpuz1873

0:49 is actually a calming scenery. The water ambience, the small waterfall, the green forest background and the bears chilling and waiting for food.

@velopzz

The amount of current pressure and the bears are standing on the water like not ! So amazing 🐻

@nomadicroadrat

the photography is extraordinary. Can imagine the amount of time it takes to film just a small segment. Thanks to the BBC for such a program.

@LuckyOwl_

This is one of the most beautifully filmed scenes I’ve ever watched. Amazing world we live in.

@timmylowbie

Blood bath! They had no chance. Those salmon that sacrifice themselves so others may live, i salute you.

@c.galindo9639

Magnificent. It shows how even though the bears are waiting the salmon are also patient with their time as well. I really enjoy seeing how nature works together for all the animals

@oshinb7

A salmon sacrifices it’s life for it’s brethren to be able to pass through the bears. What a legend that Salmon is!

@daryl9678

bears are so kind for saving all those fish from drowning

@shampoo069

I like how the mother shared equally to both and for herself ❤️

@putin2918

2:18 that fish went back home, quit his job, and went on to live his dream as a salmon guru

@vico.2514

I want to eat salmon now lol

@arifali7616

This scenes are breathtaking and amazing for any wildlife exploration lover.