This Bear Was Drowning In The Ocean. You Won’t Believe What This Guy Did About It.

[Music] it's not often that wild animals will wander into our personal space they typically want to avoid us at all costs but on the rare occasion they do they can get into trouble even the strongest predators on earth can find themselves in a sticky spot once in a while bears for example aren't exactly the kind of animal you'd consider helpless still bears are curious creatures and when they get caught between a rock and a hard place it's up to us to help them even at the risk of our own lives that was no more evident than the case of one bear in alligator Point on st. James Island in Florida the 375 pound black bear had been sniffing around the neighborhood when he wandered into a home wildlife conservation officers were called to sedate him and safely relocate him to the wild but moments after the bear was shot with a tranquilizer things began to go very wrong it may sound harsh to shoot an animal even by strictly non-lethal means but the wildlife officers had no choice as much as the bear wanted nothing more than to mind his own business he would have encountered a human soon enough even though using a tranquilizer was the humane option to ensure the bear and area residents stayed safe there was no guarantees the process would go the way they planned it of course the plan quickly backfired because instead of sedating him the dart immediately sent the bear into a panic the wildlife officers readied themselves for the worst but they didn't realize just how bad things were about to get the large bear who must have been terrified by the officers chasing him made a beeline toward the nearby water and he began swimming out as far as he could unfortunately that was when the sedatives started to kick in and he became drowsy the sleepy bear clearly couldn't keep himself afloat and he began to drown adam warwick a biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission knew he had to act quickly or else the poor bear would surely die without hesitating the fearless and determined Adam DOE Vinh to the water and swam toward the huge bear most people couldn't imagine doing something quite so brave but to Adam it made perfect sense at least in the moment it was a spur-of-the-moment decision I had a lot of adrenaline pumping when I saw the bear in the water Adam later said of the experience thank goodness for that adrenaline if he'd thought too much about it he would have realized how dangerous the situation was for him what if the bear attacked him Adam didn't have time to think twice he grabbed the enormous bear with both hands and wrapped his arms around his neck then he started to kick toward the shallow water where the other wildlife officers were waiting the bear wasn't entirely asleep and he was understandably distressed he frantically tried to climb on top of Adam in an effort to stay afloat but he was losing the ability to move his legs that may have saved Adams life but it also made moving to safety more difficult despite his stressful and incredibly risky mission Adam stayed as calm as he could as he approached more shallow water he grabbed the bear by the scruff of his neck and carefully led him toward the boat so his fellow officers could assist with rope if they needed to thankfully Adam was able to pull the powerful predator roughly 25 yards toward dry land moving the bear might have seemed relatively easy in the water but it was a different story on the shore the unusual pair finally made it safely to more shallow water after what must have seemed like an eternity though the bear was sedated he could have lunged at Adam or swiped at him with his claws at any moment incredibly Adam suffered only one scratch during the entire ordeal other than that he was perfectly fine who would have known that he'd come out of this risky mission relatively unscathed once the unlikely pair reached the shore Adams colleagues stepped in to help the exhausted man and beast collect their bearings was going to take a lot of people and a lot of bravery along the way to the team drove a large tractor towards the water's edge to transport the groggy bear back to his home in Osceola National Forest there was no way they would have been able to carry a 375 pound animal without a little help thankfully the bear didn't suffer any injuries after his wild jaunt in the water it was safe to say that he probably wouldn't go anywhere near water for a while following his experience most importantly this massive bear was safe and back in a habitat that suited him best hopefully by now he's learned to avoid wandering in residential neighborhoods heroes are those who do the right thing without fear despite what the consequences might be Adam certainly met this criteria stepping up to do the unthinkable when no one else dared and saving the life of one of the most dangerous animals in the world in the process [Music]

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Id: olij9z1wj1o

Length: 4min 52sec (292 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 19 2018