this cougar is no joke....

Ok, question...is that a small bear ( although I don't think so from the size of it's hump) or a big freakin' cat. The are almost the same height at the shoulder.


That bear should have known not to get between a momma and her baby though.

David
 
The video was a setup.

There are four different camera positions. So we happen to be filming a cougar and her cub from four different camera angles, and then by coincidence this grizzly happens to stop by, waltzing in from an angle at which we can conveniently take head shots with one of our cameras?

Okay, then.
 
I saw a mountain lion in Eastern KY when I was about 9 (my Red Ryder wasn't up to the task), and it scared the living bejezus out of me. Luckily it just ran off when we saw each other. I was always told not to turn your back or run because you will trigger their prey instinct. Im not sure how true that is, but I walked out of the woods with nothing more than the hell scared out of me.
 
That cougar is ripped. Look at all the muscle in that cat. I never want to meet either of them in the wild. I normally hike with my 14 pound Rat Terrier, who isnt afraid of anything. I can see my dog trying to bark and chase that cougar and become a small snack!!:)
 
I was hiking an abandoned forest road (it was flooded out the winter before.) one and a cougar jumped out in front of us about 150-200 feet away. It was pretty far away but, there's nothing like seeing one in person!

I didn't realize how puffy their tail was! :D
 
Like someone said in the posts below, I have never seen a Bear lower and shake the head like that. It did seem a little one sided, unless that bear just wasn't in the mood for tearing something up.
 
Zaner01 said:
The video was a setup.

There are four different camera positions. So we happen to be filming a cougar and her cub from four different camera angles, and then by coincidence this grizzly happens to stop by, waltzing in from an angle at which we can conveniently take head shots with one of our cameras?

Okay, then.
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Or the more likely scenario is that the fight was filmed from one angle and the cub/headshots were filmed separately and then edited in.
 
This looks entirely staged, and professionally edited. Note you never once see the cubs with the bear...only close ups.

I'm calling this a big setup by the Hollywood guys.
 
Marty has a history of staged wildlife interaction... :thumbdn:

Doesn't make it any less entertaining. :p
 
Zaner01 said:
The video was a setup.

There are four different camera positions. So we happen to be filming a cougar and her cub from four different camera angles, and then by coincidence this grizzly happens to stop by, waltzing in from an angle at which we can conveniently take head shots with one of our cameras?

Okay, then.
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There was only one camera on the fight.

Additional and unrelated footage was added, and the scene was edited for length and drama. There might not have been a cub involved at all(in fact I strongly doubt it), and that could be a male Lion. They did not do a very good job of editing, either.

The closeup of the lion's face is a different lion with a river in the background.
 
The bear didn't didn't fight or he would have eaten the kittens and mom. He didn't make any offensive move. My dog does this when he gets attacked by something small like chihuahuas or puppies. He doesn't fight back. He just kind of shakes them off while he's getting bitten just like what that bear did. The only dog he ever fought with was a big rotweiler.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
All of which has no bearing on the fact there was only one camera angle in play. . .
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Anyway, I didn't think the bear looked aggressive at all. I'm confident that if the bear was interested in fighting, it would've ripped the cougar apart. It has such thick fur around its neck that it didn't seem to take any damage.

I've read that in Roman times when they'd fight animals in the coliseum, the match was 2 tigers vs 1 grizzly, and the grizzly won most of the time.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
All of which has no bearing on the fact there was only one camera angle in play. . .
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My point was that the situation was staged.

Whether it was shot from multiple angles or other footage was edited in (like the cub, obviously) is irrelevant. The situation was a setup, and if you think it represents natural animal behaviour, you're mistaken.
 
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