Saving South America’s Only Bear Species

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The Andean bear, also known as the spectacled bear, is sometimes called the Paddington bear, after the fictional bear in children's books written by Michael Bond. The spectacled bear is the only bear species in South America, and its numbers are dwindling. In Peru, the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, a National Geographic Unique Lodge of the World, has set aside land as a rescue center for the bears.
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When you're a National Geographic guest at the lodge, you'll be invited to join an Inkaterra explorer guide on a private visit to the lodge's Spectacled Bears Rescue Center. Learn about the behavior and survival challenges of this rare species as you observe spectacled bears with local researchers, help with a feeding, and discuss rescue and rehabilitation efforts. For more information, click here: www.nationalgeographiclodges.c...
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@beastmaster0934 4 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Spectacled Bears are the only living members of the Tremarctinae bear family. This group also includes the now extinct Short-Faced bears (Arctodus simus and Arctotherium angustidens)

@beastmaster0934 3 жыл бұрын

@The Ambient One They were Both measured 6 feet tall on all fours, and 11-12 feet tall on their hind legs

@danielc5807 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, but I just found out that spectacled bears are a thing, and I'm absolutely smitten! 🥰

@thePlum 3 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@meekashabazz6135 2 жыл бұрын

Me too 🙄

@frozeneternity93 8 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that there were actually bears in South America. I thought was some of the appeal of Paddington

@margui6224 6 жыл бұрын

Peru and the United Kingdom, together, should create an organization called Save the Real Paddington Bear to save the species for extinction.

@earth7551 4 жыл бұрын

@I Lish! !! Yes !! !! Right Now !!

@malinachainey1564 Жыл бұрын

Oh that would be FABULOUS!

@PGMlp338 6 жыл бұрын

Woooow Peru has a beautiful nature

@randomgfan1942 7 жыл бұрын

Africa used to have a bear called the Atlas Bear.

@simonj3413 5 жыл бұрын

RandomGfan 19 indeed, it was a subspecies of the brown bear

@mostakahmedsimon1304 3 жыл бұрын

@@simonj3413 Really?

@mostakahmedsimon1304 3 жыл бұрын

I heard a little of Atlas Bear that once roamed Northwest Africa.

@Randomname235 3 жыл бұрын

Yes atlas bear is long dead

@Randomname235 3 жыл бұрын

There also use to be a huge bear in California called the california grizzly bear

@francoaires5750 6 жыл бұрын

En el norte de Argentina (Jujuy) se encuentran estos osos , son hermosos

@rholic4774 4 жыл бұрын

Si, a pesar que se colectaron heces y huellas aún no lo encontramos ;c

@itztiggz8357 8 жыл бұрын

Looks like the nicest species of bear,

@pikppa 7 жыл бұрын

Also probably the most harmless. They are nearly exclusively herbivorous and rarely eat meat at all.

@fergferg44 6 жыл бұрын

what about panda

@faptedesprestiinta2337 5 жыл бұрын

itz tiggz nah ! In my oppinion, polar bears and brown bears (especially grizzly bears) are the nicest species of bear.

@beethanyy 8 жыл бұрын

am i the only one who finds animals more beautiful that humans sometimes

@PandaG0419 8 жыл бұрын

But we are animals. As for your question...no, you are not the only one. I find myself in the same boat.

@MikhaelAhava 8 жыл бұрын

+AZ_91 yeah same here

@FutileGrief 7 жыл бұрын

Not sometimes. Always

@rangogamer1386 7 жыл бұрын

beethanyy All the time. They're amazing

@forestdweller5581 6 жыл бұрын

You should try studying humans not caught up yet in industrial society. Human hatred is very dominant while industry destroys. Check North Sentinel Island. ;)

@magretp4377 3 жыл бұрын

I watched a documentary about bears and a species in particular caught my attention... The speckled bear. A group found a few and one if the bears they named her Laura... Laura died in this documentary and it broke my heart...

@urRAWRsoundsfunnyLOL 8 жыл бұрын

I didn't even know bears existed in South America

@calmcat8073 4 жыл бұрын

What a cute bears.

@chrislopez8046 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful creatures!

@victorleno4114 8 жыл бұрын

aww I love south America I wish I could go down there to see the beautiful small towns

@thePlum 3 жыл бұрын

That's amazing, I did not know of this species before!

@aldairvilla 6 жыл бұрын

In Colombia we have many spectacled bears in natural parks and they are protected from hunting

@Lucsu25 4 жыл бұрын

@lesROKnoobz 8 жыл бұрын

Don't tell any rich dentists about them.

@majesticworld255 6 жыл бұрын

Subtle, but OUCH!!! lol

@JustinAbroad 5 жыл бұрын

These are protected. you cant hunt them.

@Lucsu25 4 жыл бұрын

@@JustinAbroad yes but, un soudamerica no one kers about dat

@margui6224 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. This beautiful bear is facing extinction.

@cynthialoyalty3611 6 жыл бұрын

I got to pick a animal for my Project on science and i pick this bear so i'm learning about this bear!!!!!

@lesROKnoobz 8 жыл бұрын

They look kinda like Sloth Bears.

@pikppa 7 жыл бұрын

They are very related to asian bears

@Tachyon1457 3 жыл бұрын

@@pikppa no they're not, they're the last of the Short Faced Bears.

@giagarex 3 жыл бұрын

@@pikppa No other bear species is closely related to the spectacled bear

@Gianno_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@giagarex no spectacled bear is more closely related to it’s ancestor tor’s the short faced bear than to other common bears

@mostakahmedsimon1304 3 жыл бұрын

I love this animal.

@beda5107 5 жыл бұрын

They are the image of one of the coins in Colombia. They roam in their natural habitat near to where I live :)

@bens.5180 8 жыл бұрын

I live in south America and I got to see these bears at a zoo

@aishwaryasingh6859 4 жыл бұрын

Better see them in their natural habitat

@UnwantedGhost1 Жыл бұрын

@@aishwaryasingh6859 Unless the ones outside of the zoos are on the brink of going extinct.

@grandmasteryoda6717 10 ай бұрын

A beautiful beast worthy of protection and conservation.

@magretp4377 3 жыл бұрын

Yes we need to help these evo systems survive.. we must help..

@magretp4377 3 жыл бұрын

I am Infatuated with wild life Especially bears and I pray we change how we do things and we help our wild life live ... we have to help all species of the animal kingdom live...

@carayaportus80 3 жыл бұрын

Tienen que cuidar y preservar esta especie poco comun , the Andes bear , cuando estaba en colegio nos hablaban aserca de este hermoso ejemplar

@carayaportus80 3 жыл бұрын

Desendiente directo del oso prehistorico

@aquariusprod8369 4 жыл бұрын

I love this bear

@Fnatic2010 8 жыл бұрын

Please save only bear specie that lives in Desert!!! Last year there was only 22 of this species left on earth. Gotta save Mazaalai(Gobi bear).

@forestdweller5581 6 жыл бұрын

Estimates say hundreds of species a day are wiped out and faster all the time. I worked hard to save some and they died. The reason is industrial society and we cannot step outside of it. It will destroy our species too. There was very little extinction before. I hope you can do whatever possible for the bears you care about and wish you luck. They deserve your help as everything ends and you will have a worthy life for helping.

@jesminakter2376 6 жыл бұрын

I heard that spectacled bear is related to the prehistoric Short Faced Bear!!!

@ChrisDMReloaded 3 жыл бұрын

Andean bear = spectacled bear = oso de anteojos I saw one in a zoo in my country Peru, i am sad that humans destroy their habitat and ecosystem

@creativitymetalsscrapwaffe409 6 жыл бұрын

Chingaza Park Colombia there exist bears and deers, those bears come from Black bear of north América

@TheBirbGuy 4 жыл бұрын

Here I am,watching this for online class.

@pikppa 7 жыл бұрын

Why hasn't there been a clear censiment of bears' population? I get it is difficult due to their habitat but still

@ThankGodImBlack370 6 жыл бұрын

Specs from Barry Tales brought me here.

@user-yw3go8sk5r Жыл бұрын

「メガネグマ」南米唯一の熊です。アンデス山脈周辺にのみ生息。目を囲む斑紋が名前の由来です。動きは俊敏で木にも登ります。果実が好物で、肉食からほぼ植物を食べる様に変わりました。家族の絆が強く性格も穏やかで親子は２年間果実を食べながら暮らします。

@krisiantharshbarger215 3 жыл бұрын

I desperately want to see a Spectacled Bear

@behhqoyulliuKylejbenFloyd 2 жыл бұрын

i am in year 2 and we leand about this

@user-ee6qz4wh9y 8 жыл бұрын

جميل قناة خورافية

@utahraptor2121 2 жыл бұрын

Please save this species it's the only member of the Short Faced Bear family

@robertocaesar 4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Fry brought me to reflect here about my own country

@user-yw3go8sk5r Жыл бұрын

気候変動で乾燥が続くとメガネグマは山頂へ移動するしか無い。降水量は砂漠地帯と同じ情況。水分をたっぷり蓄えた好物のプロネリアも消滅するだろう。メガネグマは地上から姿を消すかも。

@tdiddle8950 2 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? Who doesn't think of bears when they think of Machu Picchu???

@Mathafakah 2 жыл бұрын

I just found out about this bear species after watching one eating a cow alive.

@darrentan4579 3 жыл бұрын

Spectacled Bear South America Seven Continents

@tyrannotherium7873 Жыл бұрын

The Modern short face bear

@anonymousperson3433 2 жыл бұрын

I’m here because of Olivia Williams

@youdeservetobeloved4048 4 жыл бұрын

Do these live in asia as well?

@maxalexander8712 3 жыл бұрын

i don't think the spectacled bear lives in asia.

@ShamefulSheep 6 жыл бұрын

Liam Neeson

@fabianofilipet7110 6 жыл бұрын

7 MOAR LIKEZ

@magretp4377 3 жыл бұрын

When humans move into these animal habitats we are taking from the animal wild life that already lives and breathes in these areas.. when we hunt we take away from there hunting grounds.. same as taking there fish and fruits that they depend on. We need to Replant, regrow, help the salmon flow, help mother earth replenish

@Cotopia 6 жыл бұрын

TIL there are bears in my country

@tdiddle8950 2 жыл бұрын

And Africa does have bears...they're just smaller: they're called 'honey badgers'. Ornery little things they are. And don't respond that honey badgers are in the weasel family, because I'm just-not-tryin to hear that. They're little ornery bears from Africa!

@saadali5407 Жыл бұрын

Oil companies are destroying amazon rainforest

@tekchandpatel4014 4 жыл бұрын

PATEL JI

@tekchandpatel4014 4 жыл бұрын

ILovi

@magretp4377 3 жыл бұрын

Us as humans need to respect the natural animal habitat and help it thrive.. Animals depend on there habitats to provide them with food and water and shelter. And when we humans take away there natural resources we help kill there species...