Betty is 27 years old but aged instantly from immense fear.

Everyone was confident they could outrun Betty.

“Kids stay close , these are some of the most dangerous animals on this planet“ - mama bear

Cub: “Who are those strange creatures staring at us, Mommy?” Momma Bear: “Tourists, son. Keep it moving.”

Their back up plan was Betty.

The people in this video have no idea how close this was to be on LiveLeak instead of KZfaq.

In a situation like that, one should always run up to one of the cubs and start petting it - to show momma that you are friendly.

It’s all fun, until someone dies. Then they kill the Momma bear and her cubs! Crazy!

I can't see how that is safe. Mother bears are very unpredictable. You guys got lucky.

Sorry Grandma, you're gonna have to take one for the team while we RUNNNNN!

Mama Bear: "Those are humans. They occasionally will want to feed you and talk to you and take photos. Just smile and walk on."

Everyone in this video should be thankful they're still alive. That was an unbelievably amazing and just as dangerous of a bear encounter a human can have. Thank you for sharing!

She`s like: "ok, kids. These creatures cant do shit to us. Just relax"

They weren't worried of the bear as they knew they had the old lady to act as bait if the bear was to attack

As long as I can run faster than Betty I'm good.

Although mama Bear looked relaxed, she could’ve in a split second switched to attack mode, Bears are unpredictable to say the least You can see her at 0:50 doing that move with her jaws, Bears do that chomping move when they get nervous, that’s an aggressive move and shows that she was actually thinking about it.

what exactly was the exit strategy there?

Not very strong gene pool for this family.

You can tell those cubs were curious and almost went over to the people....would've been gg

I am speechless. Most reckless thing I have ever seen. Grizzly bear mothers, with cubs are about the most dangerous thing walking around. That could have gone very bad, very fast.

I couldn’t tell but it looks like at 0:50 or so it started smacking its jaw, which is a sign of agitation. I don’t think these people know how lucky they were. I am assuming the sheer number of people is what prevented an attack, and no one moved suddenly but even still lucky.

Had one of those cubs strayed over to check them out, it would have been game over.

The claws on that thing

I was on this same exact tour with those same guides in June 2018...best trip I’ve ever been on in my entire life :)

Being that close to a bear and her cubs is like playing with fire! They were very lucky she didn't attack them.

If you ever do visit Alaska, don't be like these people. Bears are much faster than they look, and if they do decide to go after you it's not going to be pretty.

This was irresponsible and that "guide" needs their license revoked.

Not a bear-human relations expert, but I think the key distinctions between this very close encounter with a mother bear and her cubs and more eventful instances (besides what some others have commented about this particular National Park, Katmai, hosting bears that are used to human presence, which I have no comment on) are that here: (1) it would seem the mother bear was continuously very aware of the humans presence from a long distance/time leading up to this, due to clear line-of-sight environment (2) the mother freely, pretty calmly (some chewing motions but no grunts) walked in the direction of the humans, of all possible directions she could choose to walk in, _with her cubs_ mind you. (3) the humans were relatively numerous and more densely packed into a group (less worth the bears energy and perceived safety to antagonize preemptively), and (4) the humans safely stayed put as and after the bears approached and importantly did not approach the bears at any time (the one lady shouldn't have elevated herself to look into the camera imo tho). Had the humans suddenly moved location/walked in a way that seemed like an advance to the bear, or the cubs by extremely bad luck investigated them, disaster was more likely, but none of that happened. This is all to refute a lot of the simplistic comments that confidently state how 'totally stupid' these people apparently are for 'getting that close to a mother bear and her cubs'. The only stupid things were the people splitting into two opposite groups for the bear to pay attention to, potentially making it feel more cornered, and the light chatter/camera noises. Almost all bear attacks on humans who are not literally hunting/chasing bears (they get what's coming to them as a risk) happen because the human (or humanS; though they're probably usually disparate enough to be seen as smaller single threats) has unknowingly or foolishly advanced on and so threatened the bear, since bears do NOT hunt humans, and then failed to do the proper defensive bear safety protocol. The victims in those scenarios are also likely up and moving around up until they see the bear/her cubs and/or the bear sees them, which comes as a sudden surprise to either party at what is now deemed a threatening distance to the bear, filling the encounter with much additional stress and uncertainty for both parties. None of that happens in this video.

When it comes to bears, the rule of thumb is this: If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, get down. If it's white, Goodnight

She was popping her jaw after she passed. Kind of her way of saying "you are too close, and I don't like it". "Bear puppies are so cute".-Mandy Baxter; the Last Man Standing

Bears usually avoid large groups of people, but it seems that mother bear had no natural fear for humans. Otherwise it wouldn't have gotten so close with her cubs. Dangerous situation nevertheless.

could've easily turned into a liveleak video if anyone moved

That mother bear is absolutely, breathtakingly beautiful!

Was I the only one annoyed by the lady popping up in front of the camera making weird faces ?

They must have been in a circle.

Why didn't you try and pet them?

The bears probably think they're at a human zoo.

Never underestimate the poor judgement of stupid people in groups.🤪

This group filming saw the bear coming from far away, so they could have moved away, but instead, they stayed on the bear's path, and you could tell the bear wasn't comfortable. It turned around to make sure that the guignol was not following them.

That was such a healthy looking bear. Perfect weight and beautiful fur coat

You guys should've took a baby bear and said it's just a prank bro

1:06 - Why does there always have to be 1 person who mugs for the camera?

This is probably the dumbest stunt on the internet right now.

I would have no shame in tripping Betty. She had a good run in life.

This video should be titled "lucky people who cheated death" This is a brown bear for god's sake. It's not a panda.

OMG! Mama bear with two babies. She sure was in a good mood that day! Those cubs were too cute!💗🐻🐻💗

I love how mama bear is steadily looking on her side to see if her cubs are keeping up.

Love it how people and nature can just co-exist sometimes. Like here, where the bears just mind their own business and the people keep to themselves, keeping peace between groups and allowing 'deadly closeups' like this, to be possible with no real fear for safety. Now had the cubs wandered to the humans, there might've been a different story. But you never know.

can't cure stupid. especially when they kept clicking that camera, thankfully the clicking didn't scare the cubs or it would have been a whole different ending to this video

I love the people's reaction, like "All cool! We got to see a massive mama bear with her cubs up close!". In reality, more like Mama bear didn't perceive you as a threat and as such did not destroy your faces and rip you to shreds.

Lets appreciate that this is not clickbait like other videos.

It is a wonderful video with the exception of the woman who felt she was more important than those bears. If you have the need to stick your face in the photos when something this magical is taking place, then just stay home and take pictures of yourself.

Real smart, have groups of people on either side of a Grizzly with cubs. Damn lucky you didn't get mauled, that bear must have just had the best meal of it's life prior to seeing you.

And they are laughing. They don't have a clue how extremely fortunate they are to be able to share this clip.

That lady scared the hell out of me. I thought the bear turned back around 0:55

YOU GUYS ARE. SO SILLY..SO HILARIOUS.....I DONT KNOW WHICH IS MORE ENTERTAINING..YOUR SHOCKED FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OR THOSE THREE ADORABLE BEARS ..OMG..LOL..LMAO.

What incredibly beautiful animals.

That poor bear if she had attacked to protect her cubs they all would have been killed and it would have been the fault of a stupid guide & tourists!!

I had a similar encounter at the Denali Nationalpark 25 years ago. Bears are not aggressive - when they know you are there, minding your own business, they do not care about you to much. There was an airstrip close by, so the bears have likely seen humans before. Also, the video was shot in midst of july, salmon season just started, there is plenty of food, that is much more nutritious than humans.

Instead of protecting the bears, you endangered them...because we all know what would have happened to that bear had "mother nature" kicked in!

0:36 In awe of those claws, goodness gracious.

Betty was real lucky. If moma bear got frisky it's the slowest runner who gets fed to the cubs.

And here we see natural selection almost take place

Those cubs are adorable! We were just at Lake Clark and got up close to the bears! Such an amazing experience!

Super happy those lil ones were well behaved. If just 1 would have been a bit more curious to come closer it would definetly ended in The Revenant part 2 Beach Edition!

0:57 Stare into the eyes of death

I would've been out three miles in that water by the time they walked by me

"Don't bother kids. They are tasteless."

That bear can out run, out swim and out climb the fitest humans on this planet. When you see a bear approaching on the horizon you should get very much out of the way. Fools with a capital F

00:45 bear cubs be like...."Mama told us they will take pictures, we have to behave"

How the bear conditions in this pandemic???

shit.. momma with cubs. fuck that. i live in alaska and i dont go into bear country with less than a 45-70.

These people really don't understand what their dealing with, especially considering the cubs. The smallest gesture or sound can cause a mother to attack while guarding its young. Videos like this give the wrong impression to people on the correct attitude toward wild Grizzly/Brown bears. Should NEVER allow yourself to get this close by choice.

Bear: Watch out kids, it's a bunch of wildlife Karens.

They almost, almost won the Darwin Award of the Year

Even those little bears will fuck you up.

I think this is a lot safer being out in the open because the Mother Bear can see the people from a far distance and know they aren't a threat. If you walked through the thick woods and happened to find yourself face to face with a surprised Mother Bear and 2 cubs she'll attack if she feels theatened.

Wow, that is a beautiful grizzly mom and the cubs are to cute! 🥰

That guide must have had his trusty bear whistle just in case.

you should've tried to pick up one of the cubs

Does this name ring a bell ? Timothy Tredwell.

Dahuff79, where did this take place?

As the old joke goes, I don't need to outrun the bear, I just need to outrun Betty.

There’s a reason why the term “mama bear” was made up. You never hear mama fish, or mama dog, whatever, used as that term. People are dumb. 🤦🏻‍♀️

incredibly foolish.

The mother bear was seeing humans all her life since she was the age of her cubs most likely, so she knew from her experience that humans are not a threat. Encounters with sows with cubs in areas that the bears did not literally grow up with humans around are entirely different matter.

She is a stunning sow. Katmai is just magical.

also....I'm sure the "tour guide" bear biologist had to change his underwear after miscalculating the bears behavior. When the bears started coming his direction he had no possible safe out except to tell the group to, "slide back". Slide back to where? The lapping waves of the shoreline? I don't care what title he gives himself, there is NO WAY he could predict what that Grizzly was going to do. He's just lucky this didn't turn into a tragedy with him getting those people killed

That was a very gentle Mamma bear to let you on her beach and that close to her cubs. That surely is a once in a lifetime event. very cool

The thin line between "KZfaq celebrity" and "Darwin awardee"

You’ll be surprised to hear that there is a low chance a bear will attack if you don’t pose a threat or a prey like these people.

Holy crap! No way, not in a million years. I would have been the one panicking.

I never understood how an animal can be so cute yet so terrifying

OMG I would of been s g in my pants! :o) Nature is so beautiful close up & thank you for sharing! Her claws are MASSIVE! I kept looking at the adorable cubs saying to myself " keep going I do not want any trouble with your momma."

I never realized how big they were but jeez big momma. Cubs are to cute🥺❤️

Possibly not intelligent to keep clicking the camera! Oh! Let’s p**s off the huge Momma Grizzly even more by taking pictures of her babies and making strange noises!!

holy sweet jesus... why didn't you "get out of the way" on the OTHER side?

Aren’t the statistical odds of living if you’re within 50 feet of a bear with 2 cubs something like ZERO?? “Let’s scootch over guys, give her some room” lol what?? if I’d be giving her anything it would be Betty.

Bear: "One of us best keep out of my way!"

Bear Cubs: Mommy, can't we eat them? Mama Bear: No kids, humans are dirty. Just leave them alone.