black bear attack on Tejon Ranch

***THIS VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC ANIMAL VIOLENCE AND DISTURBING IMAGERY/SOUND*** This wildlife trap-camera video was recorded by Tejon Ranch Conservancy biologist Ben Teton (@ben_teton), as part of a long-term study of invasive wild pigs and their impacts on the native ecology of Tejon Ranch. The recording captures the predation of a wild piglet by a young female black bear as she attacks a sounder of pigs wallowing in an upland spring. The piglet screams, alerting the lead sow (the matriarch of the group), who returns to attempt to fight off the bear and save her young. It is unclear if she was successful in this rescue attempt, but it is important to appreciate how valuable a kill like that would be for the bear, particularly during the dry summer months when food is scarce. It is extremely rare to capture a predation event of any kind within the small frame of a trap camera, and an event as dramatic and illuminating as this is almost unheard of. This video not only reveals the speed, power and ferocity of a hungry black bear but also the tenacity and social fidelity of the sounder group, particularly the sow, as she risks her life to literally wrench her offspring from the jaws of death. Despite its graphic content, trap-camera footage like this provides a rare and intimate look at what these animals face every day in their struggle to survive in the wild. http://www.tejonconservancy.org/ @tejonconservancy For licensing inquiries please contact licensing@break.com

Comments

1. fresh bacon
2. Amazing
3. Russian bear destroys capitalist pig!
4. bear goes up to camera and says this is you Jimmy... I'm coming...
5. It's amazing all of this happened in directly in front of a trail camera, as if the bear knew exactly where it was, and what it was for.
6. That bear was an asshole. Hope the humans tracked down that asshole bear and shot it after reading him his rights to remain silent. Serve some justice in that lil' piggy's memory point blank. Raise your glasses in memory of that brave and innocent piggy who put up a good fight. Fuck that bear! What a dick.
7. was that a hog, boar or domestic pig?
8. thank you for this! it helps me to cum
9. nice
10. kill that evil bear that pig didn't do anything wrong. fuckin speciest bear supremacist.
11. R.I.P Piglet 2016-2016
12. The elusive and rare man bear pig.
13. YEESH!! Glad my BLT doesn't make that noise......
14. best video ever!
15. Holy balls
16. He's a big fan on baby back ribs.
17. Black bears doing their part in the fight to eliminate these feral non-native invaders from their habitat before they destroy everything. Probably taste pretty good too, especially the little ones, though they sure do make a lot of goddamn noise when bitten through the spine.
18. thats not an black beer
19. I liked how dad pig saved him.
20. LMFAO! awesome