Top 5 Funniest Animal Outtakes | BBC Earth

[Music] from the moment they leave the den black bears can climb but when you're tiny nothing is as easy as it looks one major challenge is working out which trees are safe to scamper up some are better than others red Pines are big and sturdy they look like the perfect choice but with slippery flaky bark they're dangerous going for small Cubs Cedars are better the bark is good purchase for small claws [Music] but the clear favorite is the white pine it has strong thick bark perfect for gripping onto and there are plenty of large branches to use as a climbing frame of course it doesn't matter what kind of tree it is if it's far too small [Music] or if it's dead and even on the big trees the tough bits getting down [Music] [Music] the young female Yosh one is ready they have to try mating her straight away the best candidate is pinpin he's brought to the nursery and placed in an adjoining pen to help things along one of the vets uses a stem of bamboo to touch the glands under Yosh ones tail then it's held for pimping to sniff in the hope you'll find her scent arousing but he is more interested in the bamboo itself it's going to be a long session if the pandas are not attracted sexually to one another they will fight so the vets wait until interest picks up before opening the dividing gate [Music] for young-ja chuan this isn't just her first opportunity to mate it's the first time she has even been close to another adult panda neither of them seem to have any idea of how to go about things most captive born pandas seem to have lost the knowledge of how to get in the right position and the position is crucial because of the male's disproportionately short penis even when things are going well mating can take many camps and things aren't going well [Music] they take time out pinpin this frustration is beginning to show [Music] after a bite to eat they try again [Music] [Music] this time both pandas seem more excited pinpin hangs on to Yosh wands neck in an effort to hold her in place a bit of aggression is normal but after repeated attempts they're both tired and there is a risk of a serious fight [Music] frustration and confusion are not a winning combination mating is called off the Arctic millions of square kilometers of empty ice polar bears are normally solitary you might think they're just finding a partner in this desolate landscape would be the challenge but they have an excellent sense of smell and can detect another bear from over the horizon [Music] male bears can spend weeks tracking the scent of a female who's ready to mate they sniff closely to size each other up she'll raise her Cubs alone devoting herself to them for two even three years it's a huge commitment of time and effort so it's vital to pick a male who will provide strong and healthy genes for her offspring it looks as though she's going to put this potential suitor through his paces she needs him up and down the slopes it's as if she's testing his fitness they start to play [Music] courtship is one of the few times that adult animals play together [Music] [Music] [Applause] this slope is rather steep for the heavier male [Music] it's no good he can't quite manage it [Music] but she seems to have decided that he might be the one was he seems to have lost interest it's her turn to do the chasing and she's got a few tricks up her sleeve [Music] that was enough to entice him up again [Music] [Music] this morning I want to take a closer look at baby Mira to discover how much he's developed in the time of being away but the first gorilla to catch my eye isn't the baby it's his dad an incredible thank chairman ochre weighs more than three times my weight and he's sitting on the branch there is no thick up in my heart these governors have a bigger territorial range than their mountain gorilla cousins they also spend more time in the trees which means their range extends upwards as well as I works in forests like this you know they're just constantly searching for food in fact they climb trees so frequently because assure that a lot of their food is right up there however treetops dining doesn't always go to plan [Music] [Music] [Music]

Channel: BBC Earth

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Length: 13min 19sec (799 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 01 2020