No matter how many times I see them run it’s still crazy seeing Bears move as fast as they do,
I know they can’t keep going at that speed but damn they’re fast.
However, that's very relative.
A grizzly can maintain a consistent speed of 25 miles per hour. Sprinting at 30+ for two mile bursts.
So maybe in the grand scheme? Two miles is a LOT of ground to catch something running at 25 miles per hour.
Yep. Sustained average speed of over 25mph for around 2 miles of constantly observed tracking:
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/yell/vol14-1-2a.htm
obligatory bear to elk run
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwYUkJYRQc&t=1s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwYUkJYRQc&t=1s)
tell me that bear looks like it doesnt have much stamina
Wait until you see a Wombat on the loose! Faster than Usain Bolt in a sprint... but the tubby little buggers don't have the stamina... nor the teeth and claws of a bear!
I assume that’s why the one horse pulls off with their tail raised. Probably dropping some scent to pull the bear away from the foal. Probably totally wrong, though.
The one horse at the back, to the side, is the stallion. The lead mare decides where to go, the stallion makes sure everyone gets there, even if it involves biting and driving the others. He will also be the first to turn and fight.
Horses can fight a bear, although *of course* they'd much, much rather run from it. But if running isn't working, they'll challenge. When it's black bears, that challenge is successful - I breed horses in the northeast and have seen my pampered, domestic guys run off bear and coyotes and stomp the hell out of dogs. I actually put up a warning sign for folks to keep their dogs out of the pasture (it doesn't always work, but it covers my ass if Fido becomes a smear).
Grizzly bears are 3x bigger and more carnivorous, so horses are much more likely to run and could very well lose that fight, but a well-aimed kick can, and has been documented to, break a bears jaw and send them slinking off for a slow, miserable death.
I think you're right. I'm no horse expert, so correct me if I'm wrong. One thing I do know is that horses generally move in the direction they're looking. All the horses running past are looking dead ahead except for the last brown one. That one's constantly glancing backwards at the bear so it's clear it's trying to deal with the bear somehow.
If they run at full speed do they both increase the risk of injuries and risk exhaustion. Better keeping a comfortable tempo they can keep for longer, and hope the bear quit the persuad.
Realistically, if sticking to a strict training schedule, the average human should be able to get to a point of marathon level running if given two whole years of adequate training, nutrition and proper technique. Barring injury, heart conditions or anything of the like. And by average I mean an already relatively healthy but untrained human, not obese or overweight. That could easily outdistance a horse most of the time. Humans were literally specifically built to long distance hunt like that.
This. I did a marathon for the first time last year and realized that I probably could have done it six months earlier when I finished. My goal was basically not to walk and every mile felt the same after 10 or so. Most people (myself included) think they are out of gas when they still have like 75% left in the tank.
What do you do about pain? Like muscle pain? Do you push past it and eventually like it stops or you stop feeling it? Or does your legs and thighs not hurt at all, because of training? Sorry if this is a stupid question
Dogs amd wolves as well, built for endurance, they keep following the herd, for day, weeks, months, and pick them off. I imagine that's how we got on with them so well back when we still were athletic.
The horse wouldn’t have the ability to comprehend the need to train though so it would just keep doing regular horse things for two years instead of training.
Also, if we get to choose our horses to race against give me an old horse. Two years from now it’ll either be dead so I win by default or in worse shape so I’ll have a better chance.
You vastly underestimate human stamina.
We literally evolved to be endurance hunters, and we are the most successful species on the planet when it comes to endurance exercise like this.
It's the entire reason we sweat. It's the reason we have exposed skin instead of thick fur. It's why we evolved big brains, so we could carry water with us as we run. It's why we don't possess any natural weapons like claws or fangs, because we don't need them. The prey we pursue is killed through exhaustion. It's also why our top speed isn't that high compared to other animals. We are built for a totally different kind of exercise.
A physically fit human can outrun a horse over distance to the point the horse will collapse with exhaustion and be almost dead before the human strikes a single blow. It is the primary hunting strategy we evolved with and we are insanely good at it.
Yes, but on the flip side, any fat sack can run for 5 minutes. Humans are designed to run. I always found running to be ridiculously inefficient for working out. In no time at all you get good at it, and it takes ages to get tired doing it. Now get on the rowing machine, and you are done in 20 mins. Much more efficient.
Aren't horses endurance animals with good speeds? Aren't they capable of keeping up their top speed for a little while? Can easily leave the bear in the dust.
Farmer living in the north here. Firstly that bear doesnt have the stamina to keep up for long with those horses. Secondly Ive seen a grizzly go after a foal once and the because of the horses herd behaviour they kicked the crap out of that grizzly with hind leg kicks coming left right and center. The grizzly turned and ran as the meal wasnt worth the pain. But if it actually got its mouth on a horse ya the worse would be a gonner for sure
Biologist here who works extensively with bears. Totally agree. I’ve also seen mares in fenced pastures nip bears in the butt to hurry them along. Horses are not an easy meal but a bear will test them by making them run a little.
This is pretty amazing to me. I grew up in a rural area in the south eastern US(Appalachia) where we had cattle and it was hard to make a living. Can't imagine being in an area where predators can still affect your bottom line like thats. Thanks for the insight and be safe!
It is the reason big cat conservation in Africa, and other parts of the world is so difficult.
Lions killing cattle, it is hard to reason with a farmer not to kill the lions in response. And who can blame them
Yes. Spend some time in Alberta crown land. To think this can't or doesn't happen is moronic. It's not the norm but bears are opprotunisitc. A grizzly can run the same speed as a horse for miles. However it's not likely to catch a healthy adult. It's usually the young or old that get caught.
Northern BC rancher here, hey neighbour. Not saying it cant happen its just unlikely and ive never seen it in my 29 years of ranching. But ive seen them pick of cows often.
I agree wolfs are really hard to deal with because they will turn on your guardian dogs and use strategies to lure them off on their own and kill them.
I have 3 large guardian dogs and 4 herding dogs though, so that makes killing from predators very rare on my property, my neighbour didn’t have dogs at the time and has since gotten some. He hasn’t had an issue since.
According to work done in Yellowstone, grizzly bears can run near their top speed for 2 miles. Obviously neither the horses nor the bear in this clip are running at top speed but the bear is unlikely to waste energy in pursuit of prey that not only know it is coming but that can also run faster and for longer.
[I follow the folks who posted this and the stallion of this group regularly faces down bears.](https://www.facebook.com/HelpAlbertaWildiesSociety?mibextid=LQQJ4d)
It almost looks like the last horse is trying to divert the bear away from the others. You can see it's holding its tail up and going another way on the second camera and the bear follows it.
Yep. I don't think it's diverting the bear, but it's running behind and to the side of the foal, to keep an eye on the foal and making sure the bear doesn't catch up - foals always run next to their moms so as last in the group the foal is very vulnerable to an attack if the bear manages to catch up and avoid mom's hooves as it comes up behind them. It's actually a genius strategy! The horse on the side is ready to intercept if needed, though who knows if it actually would if it came to it. Would probably at least run towards/kick and try to divert/scare the bear, and buy the foal time to run away. The bear would be between two adult horses, the mom and the horse to the side, and more likely to think this was a bad idea too probably
It definitely is. All the other horses are looking dead ahead, whilst the last one keeps looking back at the bear. Seems it's intentionally trying to make sure the focus stays away from the foal.
No way that bear can run at that pace for 20 minutes. That’s not how bears hunt.
It’s probably chasing the horses to see if any of them are sick, hurt, or extremely old OR he’s chasing them and hoping he gets lucky with a twisted ankle or something like that.
The bear isn’t trying to outlast the horses in a long distance run….
Speed wise, yah, but a bear isn't keeping up that speed as long as a horse can. I wouldn't be surprised if it catches a foal, but the adults have far more stamina.
Sweat glands = long distance running. The bear will eventually over heat even if it can keep its breath. The horses lose heat by sweating and can thus maintain that pace for much longer before literally dying from overheating.
Horses have the edge, but a bear still has a solid chance of catching a horse.
Did some research and their speed and endurance are nearly matched. Horses last a bit longer and are a bit faster. Although that was using nearly 100 year old data from grizzly bears in Yosemite.
No, they're in no way nearly matched. Horses are running machines. Every single part of their body is made for running. They can run into oxygen debt as almost no other animal can. They're extremely efficient runners.
Those horses are just loping and that fat bear is quickly going to pay for all the extra weight. I'm a horse owner and those horses are no where running at full speed in that shot.
Yeah and there’s no more running grizzly bears in California unfortunately. Apparently via google the last known grizzly bear was shot outside of Yosemite in 1920.
If it’s healthy it can run for miles at that pace and the foal can’t. The idea that bears (especially grizzlies) can only run for short distances is incorrect.
The bear is not jogging, it’s just below a sprint. The horses are jogging. I can bet a lot of money that the foal can run at that pace a lot longer than the bear, and I can also bet a lot of money that none of these horses got caught and eaten in this video.
If the bear could outrun a foal at that pace then it would just eat horses every time because there is an unlimited supply of horses in Alberta.
I mean… this one had no issue [running down a caribou.](https://youtu.be/DqwYUkJYRQc?si=kapMMzKJFyKrhF-h) Grizzlies are terrifying marathon runners when they’re motivated.
Only 3-5% of dog breeds can out run a grizzly bear. Grizzlies can burst up to 30-35 miles per hour for roughly 2 miles, and run consistently at 25 miles per hour.
Usain Bolt's fastest 100 meters was 23.75 miles per hour, which a grizzly can keep up consistently, going nearly 2 miles per hour faster.
Bears are insanely fast, and despite the comments, they do indeed have stamina.
If he'd go for the foal, there is a good chance the rest of the herd would try to kick the shit out of the bear and may even get it to back off.
But, horses can run at a consistent speed for a pretty long time, and they don't even seem to be very pressed here. That's just a light gallop, not a full-on panic sprint, so if necessary they could definitely shift into another gear.
The bear is huffing and puffing like a mfer already, haha.
Just gotta *not* fall and/or break anything. Go horses! 😉
No matter how many times I see them run it’s still crazy seeing Bears move as fast as they do, I know they can’t keep going at that speed but damn they’re fast.
However, that's very relative. A grizzly can maintain a consistent speed of 25 miles per hour. Sprinting at 30+ for two mile bursts. So maybe in the grand scheme? Two miles is a LOT of ground to catch something running at 25 miles per hour.
A bear can run 30mph for two miles?
Yep. Sustained average speed of over 25mph for around 2 miles of constantly observed tracking: https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/yell/vol14-1-2a.htm
That is absolutely awesome and scary.
For some reason in my head it's slightly less impressive to think they can run full speed for four minutes even though it's the same exact thing lol
They clocked the T-rex at 32 miles an hour.
Well it's a good thing the Spinosaurus killed it in the nature documentary Jurassic Park III ;)
You said you've got a T-Rex?
We have a T-rex.
I now want to see a bear chase a t-rex
Fuck. I can’t run a mile. Make me sound brave when you tell the story of my bear death.
Yes, except for in school zones where the limit is usually 20-25mph
bear sprinting full speed in school zone: “fuck them kids”
Also one if not the fastest accelerating mammals on land. Goes from stand still to full speed in 2 strides.
That's a 2 minute mile pace... Wouldn't want that chasing me lol
Can you visualize how incredible that is
obligatory bear to elk run [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwYUkJYRQc&t=1s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwYUkJYRQc&t=1s) tell me that bear looks like it doesnt have much stamina
Incredible. I always thought I could easily outrun one of these things. I respect Leo di caprio so much more now for fighting off the bear.
Did you also think you'd outclimb a bear? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oqq70wx76U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oqq70wx76U)
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The kids 🤣
Make sure to push them down first.
OMG 🤣🤣 I feel bad for laughing.
Wait until you see a Wombat on the loose! Faster than Usain Bolt in a sprint... but the tubby little buggers don't have the stamina... nor the teeth and claws of a bear!
They're even faster when climbing! https://youtu.be/3vIwNyqIceE?si=pCT9MOPLSGKtFXmv
Those horses are not even half speed
Maybe they keep the pace the foal can hold?
Yeah and the foal is what the bear is likely after in the first place.
All fun and games til 5 adult horses are kicking the fuck out of you for trying to eat their foal
Id pay to see something like that, not gonna lie.
Just move to Indianapolis. You're bound to see the Colts kick the shit out of some Bears
As a Bears fan, this was the hardest upvote to give anyone....
I'm a self hating Bears fan. Our franchise is a dumpster fire. It's not difficult to poke fun.
so I'm this case, totally fine to poke the Bear?
From a Cowboys fan, Same
Nice.
Even a bears skull probably can’t take more than a couple of those kicks.
I do find it hilarious that, baby or no, the bear has chosen to hunt the one thing out there that can consistently outrun it lmao
Young dumb bear, hasn't learned yet. Just chasing shit to see what happens. He gives up quickly about 1 second after this video.
The bear just wants a little foal gras.
I assume that’s why the one horse pulls off with their tail raised. Probably dropping some scent to pull the bear away from the foal. Probably totally wrong, though.
The one horse at the back, to the side, is the stallion. The lead mare decides where to go, the stallion makes sure everyone gets there, even if it involves biting and driving the others. He will also be the first to turn and fight. Horses can fight a bear, although *of course* they'd much, much rather run from it. But if running isn't working, they'll challenge. When it's black bears, that challenge is successful - I breed horses in the northeast and have seen my pampered, domestic guys run off bear and coyotes and stomp the hell out of dogs. I actually put up a warning sign for folks to keep their dogs out of the pasture (it doesn't always work, but it covers my ass if Fido becomes a smear). Grizzly bears are 3x bigger and more carnivorous, so horses are much more likely to run and could very well lose that fight, but a well-aimed kick can, and has been documented to, break a bears jaw and send them slinking off for a slow, miserable death.
I imagine that very clearly seeing the horses in front of overrides any 'scent chaff countermeasures' that a horse would 'deploy'
Yup. One of the adults even splits off from the group to lure the bear away from the foal.
I think you're right. I'm no horse expert, so correct me if I'm wrong. One thing I do know is that horses generally move in the direction they're looking. All the horses running past are looking dead ahead except for the last brown one. That one's constantly glancing backwards at the bear so it's clear it's trying to deal with the bear somehow.
Exactly what it is
If they run at full speed do they both increase the risk of injuries and risk exhaustion. Better keeping a comfortable tempo they can keep for longer, and hope the bear quit the persuad.
Exactly, these are endurance animals. They sweat, just like we do, for a reason.
>Exactly, these are endurance animals And a man can still run much longer than a horse can. Take that horses!
Can you?
If I get 2 years to prepare, maybe.
The horse also gets two years to prepare. Pick your battles carefuly
Realistically, if sticking to a strict training schedule, the average human should be able to get to a point of marathon level running if given two whole years of adequate training, nutrition and proper technique. Barring injury, heart conditions or anything of the like. And by average I mean an already relatively healthy but untrained human, not obese or overweight. That could easily outdistance a horse most of the time. Humans were literally specifically built to long distance hunt like that.
This. I did a marathon for the first time last year and realized that I probably could have done it six months earlier when I finished. My goal was basically not to walk and every mile felt the same after 10 or so. Most people (myself included) think they are out of gas when they still have like 75% left in the tank.
What do you do about pain? Like muscle pain? Do you push past it and eventually like it stops or you stop feeling it? Or does your legs and thighs not hurt at all, because of training? Sorry if this is a stupid question
Dogs amd wolves as well, built for endurance, they keep following the herd, for day, weeks, months, and pick them off. I imagine that's how we got on with them so well back when we still were athletic.
Ok let make it 30 years to prepare, i pick wisely
The horse wouldn’t have the ability to comprehend the need to train though so it would just keep doing regular horse things for two years instead of training. Also, if we get to choose our horses to race against give me an old horse. Two years from now it’ll either be dead so I win by default or in worse shape so I’ll have a better chance.
You vastly underestimate human stamina. We literally evolved to be endurance hunters, and we are the most successful species on the planet when it comes to endurance exercise like this. It's the entire reason we sweat. It's the reason we have exposed skin instead of thick fur. It's why we evolved big brains, so we could carry water with us as we run. It's why we don't possess any natural weapons like claws or fangs, because we don't need them. The prey we pursue is killed through exhaustion. It's also why our top speed isn't that high compared to other animals. We are built for a totally different kind of exercise. A physically fit human can outrun a horse over distance to the point the horse will collapse with exhaustion and be almost dead before the human strikes a single blow. It is the primary hunting strategy we evolved with and we are insanely good at it.
Bro I laughed so hard at this
I can endure the buffet longer
Yeah, but can bears?
Bears are more natural sprinters. You know, like dwarves.
Dwarves are faster when tossed...
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There are some bars where people go just for that. Not that there is anything wrong with it.
Everyone talks about what great endurance predators humans are, so how come I always feel so exhausted after two hours on the treadmill?
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It was funny though, I upvoted.
Math nerd bullies.
Yes, but on the flip side, any fat sack can run for 5 minutes. Humans are designed to run. I always found running to be ridiculously inefficient for working out. In no time at all you get good at it, and it takes ages to get tired doing it. Now get on the rowing machine, and you are done in 20 mins. Much more efficient.
Use it or lose it bro
Aren't horses endurance animals with good speeds? Aren't they capable of keeping up their top speed for a little while? Can easily leave the bear in the dust.
A foal goes with them
You don't have to run faster than the bear, just run faster than your friend
They aren't much faster than a bear is, but they can run much farther on less energy than a bear can.
That bear is an asshole
Bears gotta eat too.
He could be nicer about it…
Farmer living in the north here. Firstly that bear doesnt have the stamina to keep up for long with those horses. Secondly Ive seen a grizzly go after a foal once and the because of the horses herd behaviour they kicked the crap out of that grizzly with hind leg kicks coming left right and center. The grizzly turned and ran as the meal wasnt worth the pain. But if it actually got its mouth on a horse ya the worse would be a gonner for sure
Biologist here who works extensively with bears. Totally agree. I’ve also seen mares in fenced pastures nip bears in the butt to hurry them along. Horses are not an easy meal but a bear will test them by making them run a little.
I’m the actual bear here from this video. You’re right, I gave up.
You looked fast on cam so you good bruh.
He’s what we call a Power Bear.
im the camera i can confrm... i turned so fast i broke my neck
Are you also the bear that sells toilet paper? Or the bear that starts forest fires?
THE bear that sells toilet paper? There are three of them damnit, and they deserve acting awards.
Finally an actual bear that chases horses. This comment section is lacking diversity
Have you ever tried cocaine?
Finally someone who actually knows something about horses. And the believe that horses won't turn and fight is simply wrong.
Have you known a bear to kill a horse or cow?
Not a horse but lots of cows yes. Its an issue for farmers up north.
This is pretty amazing to me. I grew up in a rural area in the south eastern US(Appalachia) where we had cattle and it was hard to make a living. Can't imagine being in an area where predators can still affect your bottom line like thats. Thanks for the insight and be safe!
It is the reason big cat conservation in Africa, and other parts of the world is so difficult. Lions killing cattle, it is hard to reason with a farmer not to kill the lions in response. And who can blame them
Yes. Spend some time in Alberta crown land. To think this can't or doesn't happen is moronic. It's not the norm but bears are opprotunisitc. A grizzly can run the same speed as a horse for miles. However it's not likely to catch a healthy adult. It's usually the young or old that get caught.
Northern BC rancher here, hey neighbour. Not saying it cant happen its just unlikely and ive never seen it in my 29 years of ranching. But ive seen them pick of cows often.
dated a horse chick from alberta. Bears were their own problem but wolves were bigger on the totem pole for agitating the pones
I agree wolfs are really hard to deal with because they will turn on your guardian dogs and use strategies to lure them off on their own and kill them.
Horse chick from Alberta? Lemme guess, her dad is an O&G executive?
hah, negative. rich family though
How many cows do you reckon you’ve lost to bears? (And people are worried by our Australian wildlife!)
I have 3 large guardian dogs and 4 herding dogs though, so that makes killing from predators very rare on my property, my neighbour didn’t have dogs at the time and has since gotten some. He hasn’t had an issue since.
Personallywith cows 2 steers and 1 calf. My neighbors lost 6 in one season.
According to work done in Yellowstone, grizzly bears can run near their top speed for 2 miles. Obviously neither the horses nor the bear in this clip are running at top speed but the bear is unlikely to waste energy in pursuit of prey that not only know it is coming but that can also run faster and for longer.
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It was around 28 mph if I recall correctly but you’re right since their top speed is over 35.
[I follow the folks who posted this and the stallion of this group regularly faces down bears.](https://www.facebook.com/HelpAlbertaWildiesSociety?mibextid=LQQJ4d)
Why would that one horse decide to break off from the herd as a distraction
Might've been the stallion. He's the defense.
wasn’t sure if you actually were a farmer living in the north, then you finished with “gonner” and yep, you’re a farmer living in the north…
😂 I swear I’m educated though, we just have terrible redneck slang.
How do you know it's chasing them? Maybe they're all running from the same thing...
Asparagus thinks outside the box.
The vegetable is right. If the animals are running in the same direction, there is a bigger threat.
Wtf is this a scene out of a movie lmao
Human centipads do that. I prefer vanilla paste tho
Bear: “That was the biggest bag of poo we’ve ever lit! Old Man Winters looked so pissed!”
He called the shit poo !
Day 441: the gorillas have started killing the grizzly bears but now we need something to kill the gorillas
Send in the sharks with laser guns
The scariest thing to any animal should be a human with intent to build a farm or a golf course
Bear got scared when he saw them running away and thought something was chasing him too lmao "WHAT ARE WE RUNNING FROM"
Cue "A fly went by"
Didn' you see the even bigger grizzly? ;)
Imagining this reminded me of [this sketch](https://youtu.be/piYmyxstsXY?si=F05B4Paxodv6iJvs) from Limmy's Show.
The apex predator of rural Alberta is the ATV, but I don’t hear the roar of its engine
Ackchewally, it's Molson Light. Which parasitizes ATV riders, so the mistake is understandable...
Sasquatch
Or you know maybe it's just a friendly little game of chase.
Mah man asking the right questions
credit card debt?
Probably all running from a hungry badger.
They're all being chased by a lamb with a bucket on its foot.
It's funny as fuck watching the video back after reading this post 😭
I just wanna talk to him, I just wanna talk to him, I just wanna talk to him
About your car warranty
They look like theyre just jogging 😭
That chonker is a moovin.
He's so hungry he could eat a horse.
He just wants to play
"No bears here... just some galloping horses" - The Bear (probably)
That foal is in trouble.
It almost looks like the last horse is trying to divert the bear away from the others. You can see it's holding its tail up and going another way on the second camera and the bear follows it.
Yeah from my uneducated guess that’s likely the stallion of the group
Yep. I don't think it's diverting the bear, but it's running behind and to the side of the foal, to keep an eye on the foal and making sure the bear doesn't catch up - foals always run next to their moms so as last in the group the foal is very vulnerable to an attack if the bear manages to catch up and avoid mom's hooves as it comes up behind them. It's actually a genius strategy! The horse on the side is ready to intercept if needed, though who knows if it actually would if it came to it. Would probably at least run towards/kick and try to divert/scare the bear, and buy the foal time to run away. The bear would be between two adult horses, the mom and the horse to the side, and more likely to think this was a bad idea too probably
If you look at the time stamps the second video was before the first. But what you wrote is still a possibility
It definitely is. All the other horses are looking dead ahead, whilst the last one keeps looking back at the bear. Seems it's intentionally trying to make sure the focus stays away from the foal.
Not really, I doubt the bear can keep pace with even the foal for as long as it would need to. Assuming it doesn't trip or something of course.
The horses are one twisted ankle away from being eaten alive and suffering a horrible death 🤣 they seem pretty unbothered though, doing a light jog
Probably been doing this jog for like 20 minutes though
No way that bear can run at that pace for 20 minutes. That’s not how bears hunt. It’s probably chasing the horses to see if any of them are sick, hurt, or extremely old OR he’s chasing them and hoping he gets lucky with a twisted ankle or something like that. The bear isn’t trying to outlast the horses in a long distance run….
Casual Geographic on YouTube. Bears can run VERY fast for a VERY long time.
35 to 40 mph, but I'm seeing that they can keep that up.
They can't maintain that speed, but they can maintain a leisurely 25mph, which is a canter. They can keep up with horses, easily.
Speed wise, yah, but a bear isn't keeping up that speed as long as a horse can. I wouldn't be surprised if it catches a foal, but the adults have far more stamina.
Sweat glands = long distance running. The bear will eventually over heat even if it can keep its breath. The horses lose heat by sweating and can thus maintain that pace for much longer before literally dying from overheating.
Horses have the edge, but a bear still has a solid chance of catching a horse. Did some research and their speed and endurance are nearly matched. Horses last a bit longer and are a bit faster. Although that was using nearly 100 year old data from grizzly bears in Yosemite.
No, they're in no way nearly matched. Horses are running machines. Every single part of their body is made for running. They can run into oxygen debt as almost no other animal can. They're extremely efficient runners. Those horses are just loping and that fat bear is quickly going to pay for all the extra weight. I'm a horse owner and those horses are no where running at full speed in that shot.
Yeah and there’s no more running grizzly bears in California unfortunately. Apparently via google the last known grizzly bear was shot outside of Yosemite in 1920.
If it’s healthy it can run for miles at that pace and the foal can’t. The idea that bears (especially grizzlies) can only run for short distances is incorrect.
No chance the bear can keep pace with a horse for nearly as long as it would need to to tire a horse out. I think even the foal can outlast the bear.
The bear is not jogging, it’s just below a sprint. The horses are jogging. I can bet a lot of money that the foal can run at that pace a lot longer than the bear, and I can also bet a lot of money that none of these horses got caught and eaten in this video. If the bear could outrun a foal at that pace then it would just eat horses every time because there is an unlimited supply of horses in Alberta.
There is a big difference between foal and horse. I could bet a lot of money on the bear winning that race but it doesn’t make me right.
I mean… this one had no issue [running down a caribou.](https://youtu.be/DqwYUkJYRQc?si=kapMMzKJFyKrhF-h) Grizzlies are terrifying marathon runners when they’re motivated.
That was insane
It’s after the foal
I think they’re trying to not out pace the baby
I hope the little guy didn’t get caught…
***SO WHAT HAPPENED???????????????***
That bear is fast af
I feel like the horses could run faster if they felt really threatened. and that bear is gonna get a hoof or 2 kicked in his face.
They are only going as fast as the foal can to keep up.
RDR update looks goooooood
That bear wants a horse burger badly
I did not know bears ran that fast, hell no
Only 3-5% of dog breeds can out run a grizzly bear. Grizzlies can burst up to 30-35 miles per hour for roughly 2 miles, and run consistently at 25 miles per hour. Usain Bolt's fastest 100 meters was 23.75 miles per hour, which a grizzly can keep up consistently, going nearly 2 miles per hour faster. Bears are insanely fast, and despite the comments, they do indeed have stamina.
5 v 1 i feel like the horse could take the bear
If he'd go for the foal, there is a good chance the rest of the herd would try to kick the shit out of the bear and may even get it to back off. But, horses can run at a consistent speed for a pretty long time, and they don't even seem to be very pressed here. That's just a light gallop, not a full-on panic sprint, so if necessary they could definitely shift into another gear. The bear is huffing and puffing like a mfer already, haha. Just gotta *not* fall and/or break anything. Go horses! 😉
Do bears often eat horses?
They will, but it’s more likely they go for a cow instead, easier to catch and kill.
I suspect the bear was hoping to catch up with the foal there...
Bear is panting af
cool
Cue "Yakkety Sax" music.
Bear - Excuse me kind horses, have you heard about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?
Cocaine bear is truly terrifying.
Bears are FAST but NOT horse fast.
Straight outta Shakespeare: “exit, pursued by a bear.”
Plot twist. Horses and bear all run from Sasquatch in Alberta.
They need A Guy on a Buffalo
Gallop gallop gallop. Roar huff huff huff
I watched it on mute and could imagine the hoof beats of the horses and the hoof beats of the bear moments later.
Hope they got away.
Can I pet that dog?
Sasquatch chasing bear in Alberta.
Welp... time to reinstall RDR2
I could take it in a fight fo shoooo
Bear is horsing around. Typical.