Polar Bear vs Walrus colony | BBC Planet Earth | BBC Studios

bonuses on our gathering on low-lying islands they gave birth on see us but with this platform now gone they need a new place to haul out and nurse their young after several days at sea the male bear finally makes landfall drawn by pungent smells emanating from the island by the end of summer the bear has lost half his weight with the ice long gone he is forced onto land in search of food there will be no easy meals on this island walruses are the largest seals in the world they weigh over a ton and are armed with tusks a metre long exhausted from his friend the bear must regain his strength the next day a sea fog shrouds the island the Wallis's sense that they're in danger using the fog as cover the bear approaches the herd the adults close ranks around their young presenting a wall of blubber and high he tests the ban but it stands firm it appears that the world's largest land carnivore has met his match there must be a [ __ ] in the armor somewhere not here this female walrus is shielding her puppy if he can just prise her off the bear's claws and teeth can't penetrate a thick hide with the herd retreating to water the bear must move quickly having failed with one he heads straight for another the chance of his first meal in months is slipping away he seems increasingly desperate it's now or never he must avoid the stabbing tusks if he's the win the flailing walrus is immensely powerful and drags the bear away from the shallows towards the safety of the herd it slips from his grasp only at the height of summer when bears on the verge of starvation will they risk attacking such dangerous prey it was a gamble that this bear took and lost the stab wounds he received from the walrus are so severe that he can barely walk the walruses are calm again seemingly aware that the injured bear no longer poses a threat to them or their young unable to feed this bear will not survive if the global climate continues to warm and the Arctic ice melts sooner each year it's certain that more bears will share this fate you

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Id: v6iDtvGbIOU

Length: 6min 21sec (381 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 30 2008

Reddit Comments

[u/[deleted]]

Title FAIL.

Jesus.

I came here to see some good ass kicking, what I got was a half starved bear dying from being punctured by a clumsy fucking walrus.

Ridiculous.

[u/M0b1u5]

Most inaccurate post title on Reddit in 2009.

100% pure stupid.

Good achievement.

[u/Jazz_Cub]

And then, the polar bear, after simply not giving a fuck, dies due to his failure.

[u/brickman1444]

The comments are lolarious.

[u/cbroberts]

Mr. Walrus needs to learn to help a brother out. One of those giant, fat-ass mother-fuckers was almost too much for Mr. Bear, so if two or three of them worked together instead of everybody falling all over each other trying to get away, I don't think Mr. Bear would ever have a chance.

[u/Sleestaks]

He's like the guy from Taken. Doesn't give a fuck.

[u/General_Lee]

That was quite awesome. Polar bears are huge, and walruses of that size are even bigger. I think I saw some at least 3 times his size there. Too bad the bear couldn't get a small one, not even a nibble.

*Also, "Damn nature, you scary!"

[u/CitadelKeeper]

I too, was hoping for polar bear carnage after reading the title. This was just as interesting, though. Nature is a cruel bitch sometimes, and gambles don't always pay off.

[u/[deleted]]

Sometimes walruses stampede and kill eachother. Polar bear should have gone for that.