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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.nationalgeo...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 111

  • @beastmaster0934
    @beastmaster0934 4 роки тому +37

    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
      @beastmaster0934 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @danielc5807
    @danielc5807 3 роки тому +29

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

  • @PGMlp338
    @PGMlp338 6 років тому +12

    Woooow Peru has a beautiful nature

  • @frozeneternity93
    @frozeneternity93 8 років тому +48

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

  • @margui6224
    @margui6224 6 років тому +66

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

  • @francoaires5750
    @francoaires5750 6 років тому +20

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

    • @rholic4774
      @rholic4774 4 роки тому

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

  • @itztiggz8357
    @itztiggz8357 8 років тому +20

    Looks like the nicest species of bear,

    • @pikppa
      @pikppa 8 років тому +12

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

    • @fergferg44
      @fergferg44 6 років тому +6

      what about panda

    • @faptedesprestiinta2337
      @faptedesprestiinta2337 5 років тому +2

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

  • @randomgfan1942
    @randomgfan1942 7 років тому +74

    Africa used to have a bear called the Atlas Bear.

    • @simonj3413
      @simonj3413 5 років тому +11

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

    • @mostakahmedsimon1304
      @mostakahmedsimon1304 4 роки тому

      @@simonj3413 Really?

    • @mostakahmedsimon1304
      @mostakahmedsimon1304 4 роки тому

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

    • @Randomname235
      @Randomname235 3 роки тому +7

      Yes atlas bear is long dead

    • @Randomname235
      @Randomname235 3 роки тому

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

  • @victorleno4114
    @victorleno4114 8 років тому +7

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

  • @magretp4377
    @magretp4377 3 роки тому +4

    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...

  • @beethanyy
    @beethanyy 8 років тому +68

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

    • @PandaG0419
      @PandaG0419 8 років тому +11

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

    • @MikhaelAhava
      @MikhaelAhava 8 років тому +1

      +AZ_91 yeah same here

    • @FutileGrief
      @FutileGrief 8 років тому

      Not sometimes. Always

    • @rangogamer1386
      @rangogamer1386 7 років тому

      beethanyy All the time. They're amazing

    • @forestdweller5581
      @forestdweller5581 7 років тому +1

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

  • @calmcat8073
    @calmcat8073 4 роки тому +3

    What a cute bears.

  • @chrislopez8046
    @chrislopez8046 8 років тому +7

    Beautiful creatures!

  • @aldairvilla
    @aldairvilla 6 років тому +13

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

  • @urRAWRsoundsfunnyLOL
    @urRAWRsoundsfunnyLOL 8 років тому +10

    I didn't even know bears existed in South America

  • @lesROKnoobz
    @lesROKnoobz 8 років тому +16

    They look kinda like Sloth Bears.

    • @pikppa
      @pikppa 8 років тому +1

      They are very related to asian bears

    • @Tachyon1457
      @Tachyon1457 4 роки тому +8

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

    • @giagarex
      @giagarex 3 роки тому

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

    • @Gianno_
      @Gianno_ 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @cynthialoyalty3611
    @cynthialoyalty3611 6 років тому +5

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

  • @lesROKnoobz
    @lesROKnoobz 8 років тому +27

    Don't tell any rich dentists about them.

    • @majesticworld255
      @majesticworld255 6 років тому

      Subtle, but OUCH!!! lol

    • @JustinAbroad
      @JustinAbroad 5 років тому +2

      These are protected. you cant hunt them.

    • @Lucsu25
      @Lucsu25 4 роки тому +3

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

    • @margui6224
      @margui6224 3 роки тому

      Absolutely. This beautiful bear is facing extinction.

  • @beda5107
    @beda5107 5 років тому +2

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

  • @thePlum
    @thePlum 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @mostakahmedsimon1304
    @mostakahmedsimon1304 4 роки тому +2

    I love this animal.

  • @Ben.S25
    @Ben.S25 8 років тому +8

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

    • @aishwaryasingh6859
      @aishwaryasingh6859 5 років тому +2

      Better see them in their natural habitat

    • @UnwantedGhost1
      @UnwantedGhost1 Рік тому

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

  • @magretp4377
    @magretp4377 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @ChrisDMReloaded
    @ChrisDMReloaded 4 роки тому +4

    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

  • @Fnatic2010
    @Fnatic2010 8 років тому +11

    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
      @forestdweller5581 7 років тому +2

      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.

  • @grandmasteryoda6717
    @grandmasteryoda6717 Рік тому

    A beautiful beast worthy of protection and conservation.

  • @creativitymetalsscrapwaffe409
    @creativitymetalsscrapwaffe409 6 років тому +1

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

  • @magretp4377
    @magretp4377 3 роки тому

    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...

  • @felicitytoad
    @felicitytoad 19 днів тому

    Paddington ❤

  • @carayaportus80
    @carayaportus80 3 роки тому

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

    • @carayaportus80
      @carayaportus80 3 роки тому

      Desendiente directo del oso prehistorico

  • @jesminakter2376
    @jesminakter2376 6 років тому +1

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

  • @aquariusprod8369
    @aquariusprod8369 4 роки тому

    I love this bear

  • @pikppa
    @pikppa 8 років тому +1

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

  • @キムケイ-k9f
    @キムケイ-k9f 2 роки тому

    「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。

  • @utahraptor2121
    @utahraptor2121 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @TheBirbGuy
    @TheBirbGuy 4 роки тому

    Here I am,watching this for online class.

  • @キムケイ-k9f
    @キムケイ-k9f Рік тому

    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
    @tdiddle8950 2 роки тому

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

  • @behhqoyulliuKylejbenFloyd
    @behhqoyulliuKylejbenFloyd 2 роки тому

    i am in year 2 and we leand about this

  • @Mathafakah
    @Mathafakah 2 роки тому

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

  • @darrentan4579
    @darrentan4579 3 роки тому +1

    Spectacled Bear South America Seven Continents

  • @krisiantharshbarger215
    @krisiantharshbarger215 3 роки тому

    I desperately want to see a Spectacled Bear

  • @ThankGodImBlack370
    @ThankGodImBlack370 6 років тому

    Specs from Barry Tales brought me here.

  • @saadali5407
    @saadali5407 Рік тому +1

    Oil companies are destroying amazon rainforest

  • @user-ee6qz4wh9y
    @user-ee6qz4wh9y 8 років тому

    جميل قناة خورافية

  • @anonymousperson3433
    @anonymousperson3433 3 роки тому

    I’m here because of Olivia Williams

  • @robertocaesar
    @robertocaesar 4 роки тому

    Stephen Fry brought me to reflect here about my own country

  • @ShamefulSheep
    @ShamefulSheep 6 років тому +1

    Liam Neeson

  • @tyrannotherium7873
    @tyrannotherium7873 2 роки тому

    The Modern short face bear

  • @youdeservetobeloved4048
    @youdeservetobeloved4048 4 роки тому

    Do these live in asia as well?

    • @maxalexander8712
      @maxalexander8712 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @tdiddle8950
    @tdiddle8950 2 роки тому

    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!

  • @magretp4377
    @magretp4377 3 роки тому

    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

  • @tekchandpatel4014
    @tekchandpatel4014 4 роки тому +1

    PATEL JI

  • @fabianofilipet7110
    @fabianofilipet7110 6 років тому +1

    7 MOAR LIKEZ

  • @Cotopia
    @Cotopia 6 років тому

    TIL there are bears in my country

  • @rachelforrester1454
    @rachelforrester1454 4 роки тому +1

    Ummmmmmmmmm, Why BRITSH ?

  • @magretp4377
    @magretp4377 3 роки тому

    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...

  • @elultimo8428
    @elultimo8428 Рік тому

    Or american hunters

  • @ashrafwajdi4844
    @ashrafwajdi4844 8 років тому +1

    1rst bear

  • @possid1459
    @possid1459 8 років тому

    :(

  • @יוסייוסי-פ7ח
    @יוסייוסי-פ7ח 8 місяців тому

    יא

  • @rmsolympic1
    @rmsolympic1 8 років тому

    booboo