This bear has the smartest reaction I’ve seen so far, he checks side to side and up and down to test what’s happening as he leaves the edge of the mirror. Most bears just attack assuming it’s another bear.

@WFshorts

6 ай бұрын

He got lucky and caught the edges and was looking at the frame before noticing the reflection. He'd of flipped out too if he just turned left and saw another bear. It would startle you too if you were wandering around and a reflection that shouldn't be there suprises you, but not if you just found a random mirror, different circumstances.

@_bellatrix_potens_-bps-8366

5 ай бұрын

Nope. Not luck. My cats used to do that to the tv when they see birds on it. They pounce at the screen, and then when they realise they aren’t affecting them and are being ignored they start to frantically look behind the tv even checking the front every few seconds to see if they are still there. And there is another bear and mirror short. The bear does the same thing. Freaks and checks behind it.

@Black.Sabbath

3 ай бұрын

Because they see the reflection first. He came to the edge first and knew it was flat.

@user-il6zz9nw4r

2 ай бұрын

I know, I love how he stood up and kept looking over and into the mirror..No doubt, this is one smart bear...

@GodofWhoopass

2 ай бұрын

That'd be creepy if the bear in the mirror stayed when the other bear left the mirror.

He's smarter than the average bear 🐻.

@marin_1441

Жыл бұрын

Average bear is smarter then humans

@ihavetubes

Жыл бұрын

Bear: I am you and you are me.

@DanWilan

Жыл бұрын

He's prolly democrat

@ricktaylor3748

Жыл бұрын

Defiantly NOT related to Obama or Biden..

@hotrd91614

Жыл бұрын

He's smarter than the person who put the mirror out there

I'm inclined to think these animals have seen their reflections in ponds and streams and aren't so overwhelmed as we might expect when confronted with a mirror.

@kellyalves756

Жыл бұрын

Windows, even. Bears who go dumpster diving had to have seen a store front. After the initial surprise, the bear is probably just assuming there’s some kind of trap involved. “ AAUUGH, oh great, what fresh hell are the humans instigating now?”

@witchflowers6942

Жыл бұрын

the experience of encountering a mirror for the first time is quite different than seen your vague reflection in water or whatever else.

@awright119021

Жыл бұрын

There's a short of a bear attacking it immediately. Some bears might be more intelligent than others.

@witchflowers6942

Жыл бұрын

@@awright119021 It’s true for every species that individuals vary in intelligence, even for insects. But attacking the mirror immediately doesn’t necessarily mean it’s dumber, it could also just be more predisposed to a fight or flight response. The same bear may also react differently under different circumstances.

@bobmarley2140

Жыл бұрын

And evidently, you'd be wrong as you literally just witnessed for yourself.... I don't get your comment

Even bears flex when they see themselves in a mirror

@chateaupig826

Жыл бұрын

😆

@Temboz

4 ай бұрын

Lmao!

I love the way they keep looking behind the mirror for the bear that’s facing them.

@chairmanofrussia

Жыл бұрын

Nah, he’s wondering about the boundaries of the reflection

@Docklead

Жыл бұрын

@@chairmanofrussia that seems hilariously accurate The way this bear just keeps analyzing the edge like it’s trying to discover something

@123TauruZ321

11 ай бұрын

Love? Them? Dumb comment.

@thatonecabridog

11 ай бұрын

@@123TauruZ321 Wha?

@123TauruZ321

11 ай бұрын

@@thatonecabridog The bear landed on it's neck. I highly doubt it's "okay".

The bear was later heard saying, "I saw the weirdest bear in tbe woods. No scent. When it stood up it's head came off. Never saw a bear like that before."

@bobcaygeon6799

Жыл бұрын

Hilarious!!! I did laugh out loud when he/she was rising up to check out the situation and kept at it for a bit. Too amazing!

@brina048

4 ай бұрын

@ottohesslein3230 😂😂😂😂

@tommas2674

4 ай бұрын

smelled humans up to their old pranks.

I love the back and forth looking. It's like the bears constantly like: "Huh...wait a minute...what? How's this...huh."

“This guys timing is impeccable”

In most cases, it’s animals with a great sense of smell that get those shock type aggressive reactions. They are shocked and scared they see something “there” when their sense of smell wasn’t anticipating it

@MEMUNDOLOL

11 ай бұрын

bears have one of the best smell senses in land mammals 7x more precise than dogs have

I love when he goes to stand up to challenge this other bear he sees, & it's almost as if he thinks, "Oh god, this poor bear doesn't even have his upper half. I can't challenge half a bear."

Very interesting to see him working out what was happening. You could almost see the cog wheels in his brain turning! Definitely smarter than the average bear!

@richsackett3423

10 ай бұрын

So about three times smarter than humans.

@Dagger_323

10 ай бұрын

@@richsackett3423three times smarter than you*

@richsackett3423

10 ай бұрын

@@Dagger_323 Humans who think they are the smartest animals on Earth also are the dumbest humans. Every fkn time.

@Dr.Ian-Plect

9 ай бұрын

jow drivel

@TheFightingSheep

7 ай бұрын

No cog wheels, just running the basic bear program, trying to check out the other bear's butt hole. Tried several approaches to get to the butt hole, using the most rudimentary algorithms, when all failed, moved on with it's routine.

You can just feel the existential dread taking over

@CrazyKevin22

11 ай бұрын

BRUH 😂😂😂

This poor bear is probably thinking he ate some bad mushrooms

@yosefshawarma3739

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣that's a good one

@wytworwyobrazni

Жыл бұрын

@@yosefshawarma3739 that's a true one, unlike the idiots in the comments who say it's an Einstein bear

@user-uq5uc3iq4k

23 күн бұрын

@@wytworwyobraznii agree

He's self aware. He knows it's a mirror. Wow.

@alan4sure

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's what I thought too.

@front331

Жыл бұрын

it was cute when he started squatting though just to make sure 🤣.

@powpowouchy5

11 ай бұрын

How do you know that? Nothing indicated this

@Y100001

11 ай бұрын

He also knows he's on camera. So... which came first? The bear and the mirror OR the Marx Bros. and the mirror?

@guitartrav4299

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

You can almost hear its inner dialogue when it stood up and saw nothing 😆

Such an inquisitive and intelligent individual. I wonder if other black bears would respond so thoughtfully?

@aaronmicalowe

Жыл бұрын

He never figured out that it was his own reflection. Just because an animal's demeanour leads to less aggression, doesn't make them more intelligent.

@Xanthas998

Жыл бұрын

@@aaronmicalowe I think I agree. It seems like he just got confused and left.

@HelloWorld-cq1sq

Жыл бұрын

Indeed. However I've seen another video of a grizzly bear that freaked out and attacked the mirror, clearly not recognizing that it's looking at its own reflection.

@LKauf279

11 ай бұрын

@@aaronmicalowe Curiosity without aggression is the first step of intelligence.

@landsgevaer

10 ай бұрын

@@LKauf279 This guy showed no aggression!? You're probably gonna say he went to look over and behind the mirror, but I saw him going to stand on his hindlegs a couple of times to try to appear bigger and more intimidating (only to find he couldn't see any opponent anymore).

He is like "where is the bear, am I the bear"

Миха какой умнячий, сразу не кидается.Вроде и есть , видит, а вроде и нет, не слышит запах другого медведя.😀Решил обмозговать ситуацию.Медвежий умняшечка.Сколько видосов видела медведьзеркало, все мишки либо в драку кидались, либо в панике убегали.

@riresou5785

Жыл бұрын

Думаю молодой потому нет страха как у взрослых

@user-gn6dy2zh5i

Жыл бұрын

видать это не первое его зеркало.

@user-zq4jl2mn5z

Жыл бұрын

@@riresou5785 кидались как раз молодые, а этот взрослый умный

After watching quite a few animals reactions to themselves in mirrors bears seems to be near the top of the intelligence list of reactions .

какой умный медведь-исследователь! не испугался, молодец 👏

This one was great. I've seen a lot of these, but I've never seen an animal spend so much time trying to figure out where the bear in the mirror was "disappearing" to. lol He even looked OVER the mirror to find it.

If I owned this bear I’d be talking to it like, “Yeah it’s crazy, there’s another bear that only exists when you’re looking at it. Kinda wild isn’t it?”

@MrPhange

Жыл бұрын

Quantum DecoBearance

@robertwaid3579

Жыл бұрын

Ugh excuse Me? Christian Holway. You start your Comment with? If You Owned that Bear. What makes You. Think? That anyone OWNS, that Bear? Really do You Believe? That Bear is OWNED by Someone? I'M going too Think, that your Comment was just a Slip of The Tongue. Type of Thing. So Good Luck.

@m3ga975

Жыл бұрын

@@robertwaid3579 calm down it was just a scenario they created

@seregill13

Жыл бұрын

​@@robertwaid3579 Wow you got real crazy over nothing

@mariuspoppFM

6 ай бұрын

​​@@robertwaid3579overdosing on meds again? Cagati in mano e prenditi a schiaffi

Aww. Shows how personality differences in individual animals do factor in perception & interpretation of experiences and the actions they take. This bear didn't flip the f€ck out like the black bear in that recent viral video, who went 0 to 190 attack & savaged the mirror.

Мишаня молодец, рационально оценил ситуацию. Оказывается, медведи тоже все с разным характером и типом темперамента. 😃

@geobot9k

Жыл бұрын

I 100% agree. It seems like every neural network with memory from insects, animals including us, and soon computer based neural networks gets a historical development that's unique to them that shapes their perspective and temperament no matter the size of the network. Existence is endlessly fascinating. 😀

@speedfreak8200

Жыл бұрын

My Fishing Gear is in the Kitchen!!!

What an intelligent creature! Peace and blessings family!

At least the mirror survived. The bear looked a bit spooked there for awhile.

when you scare yourself with your own intimidation tactics, that’s when you know they work.

That was so cute 🥰. I loved how he kept peeking in back of the mirror and to the front again 😂 like where is he

Clearly the bear in the mirror was more afraid. He always ran first, and took longer to reappear.

@LuciTulcea

Жыл бұрын

😄👍

At the end of this video, he walked away KNOWING that he was looking at a reflection of himself the whole time. Bears learn stuff as fast as people do

@wytworwyobrazni

Жыл бұрын

Of course you are wrong. Reflections are not bear things. Two different worlds. For example, you look at a chair and you see that it is red or blue or whatever, its color, its decorations, what kind of wood it is made of or in what condition it is. The animals (mostly) don't care, the animal considers the chair as if it can eat it. And if not, can the chair eat the animal. If the answer is again no, then there is no reason for this animal to make any distinction between a chair and a pile of stones. This bear just made sure that there is no other bear there, so it is not in danger, so it may not care about that strange pile of stones that is for us the mirror

@Kevinschart

Жыл бұрын

how the hell do you know what the bear knows

@ottere

Жыл бұрын

@@Kevinschart If you waste your life enough on body language, philosophical meaning of consciousness and self-awareness in all animals, and what defines the factor of intellect, then you'd maybe look back at this comment one day, and finally, "realize" the stupidity of your comment and the five stages of grief, before moving on with your day.

@kody1654

Жыл бұрын

The saying goes, “If the bear is brown, lie down, if it's black, fight back and if it's white, say goodnight”.

@ArmyVeteran-

Жыл бұрын

Sorry Parker, but Bears like 98% of all animals can not see their reflections. they see shadowy images of movements and silhouettes in all mirror props. it's a fight or flight world, you either stand your ground or walk off.

I was like that when younger. Trying my best to outsmart the mirror. Trying to see myself faster then "he" can see me.

This video proves there's a chance most, if not all, mammals, can potentially be self aware. There's a lot of latent factor that can't be removed, such as the specimen's personality or previous experience. This bear is likely more curious and calm than most of its kind so he did not attack the reflection, opting instead to check behind the mirror and even above. This doesn't mean that other bears (or maybe whatever mammalian predators) aren't self aware, they may just act without thinking, i.e. mostly by instinct, which doesn't belittle their mental capabilities but tricks us into thinking they are not self aware at all. It may be way more complicated than that.

@campbellsmith403

Жыл бұрын

How could this video possibly prove something about all mammals or all bears? It's one species of mammal and one individual bear. There are hardly any indicators of self awareness. The bear is confused, charges, is aggressive, and runs away.

@tizianotrasmondo6011

Жыл бұрын

​@@campbellsmith403 When I said "this proves" maybe I should've been more specific. It's an interesting reaction 'cause, unlike most Bear-mirror interactions, this specimen didn't deal with the reclection in a unique way (i.e. attacking) but by approaching, smelling and looking around the mirror. If you read more carefully, I said the answer could change between individuals significantly.

@LKauf279

11 ай бұрын

They found this to be true for silverback gorillas. The instinct to protect their families and display at ANY threat greatly outweigh the benefits of engaging with their own reflection. They will display and act aggressive every single time, just in case it isn't just their reflection this time. When they left the mirror there for months, the silverbacks did start to bring their families around to play with it though, while they stood guard. They can be smart enough to know their reflection and still not engage with the mirror.

@aliso5987

11 ай бұрын

I wonder if they didn't they see their reflection in water.

@ZeoViolet

10 ай бұрын

I remember a few videos of large zoo cats, and a couple of them, older ones with lots of life experience (and human interaction), eventually showed self-awareness with a mirror, while as an overall rule cats generally don't recognize themselves; but the potential for most of them as a whole to do so IS there, if you exercise their little brains early on and they are generally on the intelligent side. Seen a couple videos of house cats displaying this trait as well. There's not always a telling at what point the "ah-ha!" connection happens, but I imagine a good way to encourage it (if you wanna spend a lot of time trying) is to spend a substantial, and regular, amount of time in front of a good-sized mirror with your cat, while doing various activities with each other, as well as the mirror. After all, there must be a reason why the hooman is not afraid of the other rival hooman, isn't there?

That was cerebral. It was a complete mystery wrapped in an enigma for bro 🐻. Fun to watch more than once fir shur. 👍

Smarter than the average bear.

Even though it didn't understand what it was seeing you can tell that it was fully aware that something wasn't "right" simply from the way it kept looking to the side of the mirror. It rather brings to mind a quote I heard from a park ranger, "The problem with designing a bear proof trash bin is that several decades of experience have taught us there is a considerable intellectual overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest humans."

@BenDover-lg4wv

9 ай бұрын

I think it does understand. Looks at the way it goes back up and down to watch its head go in an out of frame at 1:00. It’s probably just very confused tho

@Fred-vy1hm

6 ай бұрын

Bears are like Einstein compared to maga cult members.

@coltenbeachel645

5 ай бұрын

@@Fred-vy1hmI’m ridin with Genocide Joe Biden!

"We think exactly alike! This is crazy!!!"

Animals see their reflection in water and don't freak out because somehow they know they're not underwater!!! Let's ask what you'd do if you seen your image for the first time🤔

It's nice to meet you, friend. That was really interesting! The bear was at first curious and then seemed to feel threatened by his own reflection. He event tried to bite himself...ROFL. I absolutely loved the sharing. Thank you so much. I wish you continued success and happiness always.

This bear is much smarter than the birds that incessantly attack my windows everyday.

I can't help but think of the old Harpo Marx mirror scene.

Bear: hey, I'm not that bad.. I kinda looking good

"no way man, THERE'S CLEARLY A FRUCKING BEAR RIGHT THERE, WHY DOES IT DISAPPEAR EVERY TIME!!"

Wow! This bear was smart!😀

he's good, i'm giving him my best moves, he's matching me

Bravo 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 Loved it!!!

Мишка: "От такой "фигни" нужно подальше держаться..."...)))

@___Melnik___

Жыл бұрын

Да, чертовщина та ещё)

That poor bear! It kept looking for the bear on the other side, but it wasn't there. This reminds me of a scene from a Marx brothers movie, although the bear wasn't wearing a nightshirt.

Was für ein schlaues Kerlchen.

Smarter than most bears that fight the reflection. Must be a bear close to the city.

@AbeTheSigma007

Жыл бұрын

Are Bears smarter than Elephants and Donkeys? Hahahaha…

@jvargas454

Жыл бұрын

@@AbeTheSigma007 I think animals are like people. Some are smart, others dumb, some are easy, and others angry.

@AbeTheSigma007

Жыл бұрын

@@jvargas454 I agree with you. I was just kidding around. - Off topic, is 454 in reference to the 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle?

You can see the gears in the bear's head turning as he's trying to figure out why his "rival" seems to vanish when he moves a certain distance away.

The other bear even growled back at him at the exact time Like if a bear had ab LSD Trip

@chateaupig826

Жыл бұрын

There was one on the news last night , it had eaten some kind of psychotic mushroom and was having a wierd trip in the back of some guys ute -funny

This reminds me of the opening scenes in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey“ where the caveman is gingerly and hesitantly inspecting the black monolith that he comes across.

I loved when he stood up and the dude in the mirror disappeared 😂

Black bears are just too cool and laid back. I saw a video of a young grizzly bear, in this same situation recently, he went from 0 to 100 in an instant. Grizzlies are pitbullish.

I love its curiosity. It doesn't go, "Nope! I'm outta here!" It wants to figure out what's occurring.

"If you gaze into the mirror, the mirror gazes back into you"

This is so goofy I love it

Imagine what goes through these animals’ heads when they attempt to engage with what they perceive to be a three dimensional world, and as they reach out to the reflection, they’re met with an equal, and opposite, reaction, such that, no matter what they do, they can never enter that world? 💛

I saw another video where the bear went berserk when he saw his reflection and attacked the mirror. Both are funny.

He confused because he can't pick up a scent he usually would smell another bear a mile away

Bear "Am i the most beautiful bear of this woods? Am i?"😊

I love these videos

*looks behind and above the mirror* “Hey, where’s the rest of you?”

Bear is like "what the fuck is that" imao im dying of laughter

Inside the bears mind: annihilation music plays 😳😳

He's probably taken a stroll into town a few times as he seems to be okay with his reflection... probably weirded out by the clarity and the fact that he doesn't have to skedaddle

Ozzyman reviews needs this in a compilation

Bear: Heeyy Tony my boy, you wouldn't believe what I just seen. Tony the Bear & Friends: Aww, what is this time!

I wonder if the bear was so calm because it couldn't smell another bear. Just trying to compute the different information of two senses.

Proves that all breathing has "curiosity"nature instinct .

If he heard boo , he'd crap his bear suit.😁🐻👍

I love the conclusion at the end of working out how the mirror behaved when he decided further investigation of this probable man-thing was above his pay grade and a waste of time.

"You talkin' to me?" Poor bear. He was salivating from stress.

Pretty cool video.

Bear is thinking “not only does that dude look exactly like me, he smells exactly like me” !

Very smart Bear. It seems to finally understand.

Too cute!

He tested out all the possibilities there is of a mirror 😂😂😂.

great video

oh that was cute... gave me a chuckle

The bear was thoroughly checking his reflection against the side of the mirror, trying to see if there was a bear behind. Very inquisitive!

Cutest bear ever. 🐻🤎

Definitely knows something isn't right, just doesn't know what lol

Amazing. I can't believe those 2 bears didn't fight eachother. I really thought the sorcerer bear that kept disappearing was going to spazz out

LOVE YOUR CHANL..SILLY ANIMALS ARE SO MUCH FUN..SCARED OF THIER BAD SELF....🤔👍👀🧑🇺🇲🎸

wie er immer wieder hinter den Spiegel schaut finde ich sehr lustig aber die idee den Spiegel nicht hochkant hinzustellen ist sehr gut so dass der Bär wenn er sein drohverhalten beginnt und sich hinstellet anstelle einen gleiermaßen agressiven Artgenossen nur den wald dahinter sieht wenn er sich beruhigt und wider runter kommt (sehr passend formuliert :3 ) einen ebenfalls beruhigten Artgenossen sieht ich denke bei einem hochkant aufgestellten spiegel hätte der Bär diesen recht früh im Versuch zerstört

01:17 - pretending to go away to see if his reflection don't come back 😂

awwww, its walnut brain cant comprehend that's him.

This is hilarious! When he stands up and then has to bend down to see himself...hilarious!

bear "..smells like a mirror to me...I don't do candid camera!"

Bear to the mirror: "You talkin' to me???" 🤣

Bear: "WHAT DARK SORCERY IS THIS?!?!?!?"

best one yet

I kept waiting for the bear to reenact the classic "mirror scene" from the Marx Brothers movie "Duck Soup".....

That was great!.

Ooh...de barres looky bak an havs to sight de I mon looky dere fi de barres. Saffetey fi de bebbes cubeswid de mamabarre wid eeis loks ear

it's like he's almost understanding what a mirror is

Bear: This mah’fuhka playin’ games!! 🤣

This is making wildlife self aware they will become sentient 😊

My bro solved the Matrix.