I LOVE Bears. How can they be so dangerous
when they have ears like these? Bears are definitely my favorite wild
animal, Other than maybe crocodiles, And Sasha… my vicious, oh so wild apex predator. There are exceptions to my love of bears though.
Sloth bears? Hmmmmm kinda gross (disgusted face) Pandas? Well theyre cute but so so stupid. Sun bears? They just kinda ruin bears for me.
Cave bear? Lets just say im glad you’re extinct. Moon bears aka Asian black bears?
More like stays in the back bears. Back of my favorite animals list….
(whisper) thats not true I love you. Polar bears? Theyre okay. But theyre no
Pizzley… or Grizzly, or American Black bear… … I really like bears. Ursaring is part sun slash
moon bear, and part grizzly. Sun and Moon bears are very closely
related and often confused for one another, i mean they both have these partial rings
on their chest and are found in Asia, so I dont blame people for the confusion. If you’re ever confused, simply ask yourself: DOES HE LOOK LIKE A B-
BEAR that is ugly? …. Then its a sun bear. I do love these puffy shoulder-neck fluffs theyve
got going on. Very fitting of Ursarings shoulders, and Ursalunas… shoulders. But these bears are black, and these bear
pokemon are brown. So theres definitely some bear mixing going on. Like with the Pizzley,
a Polar bear grizzly. So cute. And so so sad. They are mixing more and more, because earths warmer temperatures
means that grizzlies can expand north, meanwhile the polars are losing all their ice
so they have no choice but to move south. Yay. But Mixing in a brown bear like
the grizzly makes perfect thematic sense. After all teddiursa is a brown
teddy bear, and brown teddy bears are THE iconic plush toy. They are a
symbol of toys as a whole even. And their story is pretty simple. Stuffed animals,
bears included, had been a thing for a while, but it was in 1902 when they took off.
Then-US president Theodore Roosevelt was on a big game hunting trip with many other
hunters. And while they found plenty of animals, Theodore had not located a single
bear, which made him a bit sad. One of his assistants though
did find one, cornered and tied it up, and invided Theodore to shoot it.
But! … thats unsportsmanlike. So he didnt. News of this event was later published in a paper,
later a political cartoonist satarized the event, and when a Morris Michtom saw that cartoon,
he and his wife, who made stuffed animals, made a stuffed bear dedicated to him, and called
it “Teddy’s Bear.” it grew popular enough that mass-production began, and the rest is history.
Little kids sleeping with their stuffed bears soon became commonplace, and we
see it in media all the time. And this association with sleeping, both because
kids sleep with teddy bears, and because bears “sleep” all winter… as well as the existence of
‘moon’ bears as well as the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor constellations in the night sky- is
why the Teddiursa line not only has a whole moon motif going on… but also whey
they all have “ursa” in their names. So what is an “Ursa?” well thats
just Latin for Bear. simple as that. But more people these days associate the word with
the constellations moreso than bears as a whole… But whats with these constellations
that look like cookware? Why are they also bears? Well… the “big and little dippers”
as they are also known, are just parts of the bigger constellation. You’re looking at the bear's butt you weirdo. Heres the whole thing:
You can probably see the bear now. Its so obviously a bear the various civilizations
all over the world came to the same conclusion. The Greko-roman story is about Jupiters
Wife turning Jupiters mistress into a bear, later discovering she had a son, she does
the same to him, Ursa major and minor. The Lakota and Algonquian each use their
word for bear for that set of stars. The Wasco Wishram say the constellation is 5 wolves and 2 bears left in the
sky by Coyote, THE TRICKSTER! In old northern Europe it was believed
the great bear lowered a younger bear to the earth, and when it was killed
its spirit rose to become ursa minor. Its one of only 3-star groups mentioned in the
bible, Job 9:9 describes it as the great bear. My favorite interpretation has to be from The
Iroquois. My biggest issue with this constellation is that bears dont really have tails
that long. And in the Iroquois story, those 3 stars are not the bears tail, but rather
3 hunters in the distance chasing after the bear. And the Burmese say its a crab. . . . . . . But what of the Japanese? Pokemon
is a Japanese game after all. Well there isnt so much a bear connection, but
there is still a very interesting one. In Shinto, this constellation SPECIFICALLY,,, belongs to
(ah men no mean ah khan nushi) Amenominakanushi. The oldest and most Powerful Kami. One
of the components of Arceus in fact. So VERY fitting that Ursaluna
was introduced in this game. But heres the follow-up question. Why is it the new Stoutland? In pokemon sun and Moon we were
introduced to Ride Pokemon, and Stoutland was the one we rode to do the
sniffing and the digging. Makes sense its a dog. Detective dogs and drug dogs and hunting
dogs are all trained to do exactly that. Depending on the breed, a
dogs sense of smell is between 10 THOUSAND and 100 THOUSAND
times better than we humans. -a group that includes me. Yes, I like you have around 6
million olfactory receptors. The part in the nose that lets you smell. A bloodhound, the dog with the best nose, has
300… million. And in a wider variety of kinds too… AND the part of their brain that deals
with smells, is 40 times bigger than ours. But get this! Black bears… smell 7 times
better than a Bloodhound! Most other species 5 times
bette than a bloodhound. A bears MAIN scent is smell. Polar bears follow
their nose for 40 miles! Yeah! They smell food 40 miles away. Granted there isnt
much in the arctic to block smells… but even in forests your typical bear
can smell food 20 miles away. The saying “follow your nose” comes to mind. One wiff. *SNIFF* They know all of their directions Like the star-map that the Ursa-constellations
have been focused on for thousands of years…. … … YES Ursaluna gives you directions the
same way the Ursa constellations do. Heres the method humans in the northern
hemisphere have used since before written history. First, find ursa major, its easy, because the 7
brightest stars in this constellation are quite bright compared to most, and also
they form a VERY distinct shape. With that shape of the bears butt, aka the
big dipper, you can take these two stars, and have them point you RIGHT to polaris.
OR, you can recognize this shape, and start looking for Ursa minor, or the little dipper,
which is the same shape, though not as bright, but then you follow ursa minors tail,
and at the end of it is POLARIS itself! So whats Polaris? Well its also known as the
north star. Its been used to tell direction and time for eons. Isnt direction just where you
are or are looking in space? Hmm? Time and space? Dear god it all comes together And there are many other constellations
around these ones that have lines that line up pretty well with the Ursas. All
helping orientate you. As seen here. It’s such a big part of northern life that
Alaska has ursa major on their state flag! But again just its butt…. The weirdos. The official state of furries. . . . . . . Fun fact, bears even HEAR a lot better than
we do. Around 40 to 40,000 hertz, while humans hear around 20 and 20,000. Meaning technically
we can hear bass just a TAD better than bears. But that doesnt matter much because
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way you save! …like a basculegion. Big thanks to raycon for supporting our content. New question, so Teddiursa has a crescent
moon, Ursaring has a hollow ring perhaps representing a new moon, and Ursaluna then
has a filled-out circle… so a full moon! … Thats not a question. Um. Bid did you notice that ursalunas
strange eyebrows resemble clouds in front of the moon? There thats
a question. Small clouds just kinda covering the lower part of the moon
is a very common way of depicting it. But why cant it move its eyebrows? OH! Because its PEAT! Just like the
stuff on its back, and all over.
That also explains its odd evolution method,
I mean, you give ursaring a peat block, while in the crimson mirelands… when
its a full moon… that’s a lot of steps. And it begs a few questions. Like
what is peat? Why is peat? Bear? So what is Peat? Well it is an accumulation
of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter unique to natural areas
called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors and more. Its like clay or mud
except organic. Hence the ground type. And if you notice this world map of peatlands, youll see Japan doesnt really have much… except
in hokkaido, which is sinnoh… which is hisui! According to the pokedex: Hisui’s swampy terrain
gave Ursaluna its burly physique and newfound capacity to manipulate peat at will. And that
likely has to do with bears being burrowers. Bears rarely use the same den twice. So
each year they have to dig a whole new one. They particularly like digging under trees,
so the root cover becomes their ceiling. And you;ll notice that a lot of ground type
pokemon are based on animals that do this. Moles, shrews, snakes, rabbits, cicadas. And in fact, the Ezo Brown bear is particularly
famed for digging big holes in the sides of hills. And Ezo sounds familiar… why is that…. Oh
right! Its what Hokkaido used to be called before they renamed it during the Meiji period, which
is the same era that inspired Legends Arceus, which similarly sees Sinnoh named
Hisui instead…. How could I forget. The Ezo Brown bear is one of the largest
bears. And are famous on the Shiretoko Peninsula in eastern Hokkaido. Females with
Cubs often spend their time near people, and often approach fisherman.
And in over half a century, no accidents or casualties have been reported.
This peculiar connection with Hokkaidos people may be another reason why Ursaluna plays
a vital helpful role in Legends Arceus. It being an Ainu Kamuy may also play a role. The
Ainu are those indigenous to Hokkaido. And “Kamuy” can be translated as god, or spirit, or both.
In this case we’re talking about Kim-un-Kamuy, the god of the mountains, and bears. So here
Ursaluna has a mountain of peat on its back. The connection with the Ainu may also be
referenced with Ursaluna’s cloud eyebrows. Compared to the Japanese of Honshu, Ainu men are
said to be hairier, and have bushier eyebrows. Even Ebisu, a Shinto god, is said to be
Ainu, and is typically depicted with larger, rounder eyebrows. And Ainu women would
traditionally get tattoos for various reasons, sometimes to distinguish ethic
groups, sometimes to show that they were married. The most characteristic
of these are of course the mouth tattoos, but tattooing the backs of their hands
or their eyebrows was also common. Oh? That young Ainu woman has an
Ezo bear cub, whats up with that? Well! A big part of their worship of
Kim-un-Kamuy was the iomante ceremony. If a hunter finds a hibernating bear, and she has
a newborn cub with her. They will kill the mother, and bring the cub back to the village
to raise it as one of their own. Some say they would even give the cub human
breast milk. They would continually feed it high quality food, sometimes the
best cuts of meat the village has. And when it turns two, they tie it to a
post, and shoot it with several arrows, and sacrifice it. The village partakes in
its meat and blood, and they place its skull on the end of a spear or post, and wrap it
in its fur. It is now an object of worship, and the bear has been sent off to
the world of the gods or spirits, where it will tell them of all the good deeds
and hospitality the village showed them. The practice was made illegal in 1955, in
part due to the bears dwindling population, even today the species is considered vulnerable.
But in 2007 they were given religious exception of the animal rights laws. Though these days the
ceremony no longer involves killing the animal. But raising a bear as a family member from
cubhood is sort of what little kids do to teddy bears right? Sleeping with it,
feeding it at tea parties, playtime. Raising a teddiursa into an Ursarin or
luna is the Pokemon worlds equivalent. Whether that connection was intentional or not,
what is for sure true is that Ezo bears are extremely important in Ainu culture. So obviously
then there HAD to be a new Bear pokemon for Hisui. Make it an Ursaring evo to
sort of finish that line off. Put it on all fours so its a natural
ride pokemon to utilize the bears sense of smell and connection with giving
directions with constellations and stars. Make it evolve at a specific time and
place to reference time and space. Make it covered in Peat because Ezo bears burrow a lot, and also peat blocks are
also extremely important to the Plus bears taking mud-baths isnt uncommon.
And like most animals who do it, its to remove parasites and help regulate body temperature
and moisture levels. So a blanket of muddy peat draped over Ursalunas shoulders works well.
Could even see it as the top of a puffy fur coat. So all in all, its a line of bears! Who
would have thought. But I do love how they incorporated the bears cultural status as a
very important thing in the sky. Very neat. But not nearly as COOL as what
they did with Avalug in this game, .. oh I can BEARly wait for you to see
that one…. Never stop using your gnoggin.
