These folks are way wrong! The world is full of delicate pristine eco-systems, I live by the motto: take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.

@paulahansen3772

16 күн бұрын

Yep. LEAVE NO TRACE!

@bonniescutt3648

16 күн бұрын

Agree. Leave no trace!

@electrictroy2010

16 күн бұрын

@paulahansen3772 ONE MILLION YEARS from now. Archaeologists find primitive homo sapien & polar bear footprints: “We suspect the human was taking photos of the bear, which angered him. The footprints show the human running away, and then they prints suddenly stop. “Probably the bear ate the human.” ,

You cannot fix stupid. That is all.

As my dad used to say...Some people have $#!^ for brains!

Feeding wild animals is NEVER a good idea..

Security was RIGHT! These passengers need to follow rules and have common sense! Total stupidity!

@marianneward8980

16 күн бұрын

Now if security would handle the smoking on balcony complaints like that, things would improve dramatically.

@elizabethwalker3272

15 күн бұрын

@@marianneward8980Someone has just been banned from a cruise line for saying he had smoked on his balcony for 30 cruises by bribing his room steward $50, telling others how to do it too.

I can’t believe people are feeding these birds from the balcony and that’s a bad idea on so many levels

All those Seagulls near the balconies, what a mess. Wonder if they want the cleaning bill

Some people are just terminally ignorant.

Anyone who’s ever been five feet from a polar bear without a wall in between is no longer here to tell the story

I was attacked by an angry sea gull in Monaco who saw I had a crepe. It was still in the box, but the bird whacked me in the head twice, very hard, swooped around me continually, and followed me for half a mile. My daughter and I literally had to fight it off. And it was a frightening and experience. This is what happens when birds are used to being fed by tourists. Don't feed the animals.

Like people trying to pet a bison at Yellowstone

How immature of that lady. It’s similar to people walking up to wild life to take a picture after being told time after time not to. Then cry to high heavens when they get attacked. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I live in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and people want to get up close and personal with the Moose. Sometimes it doesn't end well. Sometimes self-gratification overrules common sense.

You are not supposed to throw anything off the ship, period.

In Florida, don’t get close to or feed a gator.

The naturalist should have gave permission for the couple to go hug the polar bears add let Evolution take its course, lol

I went to Yellowstone National Park. There was a buffalo in the parking lot. There were elk and bears in the meadows. People walked up to them to get pictures. How foolish! Then they are surprised when they get mauled.

Ewww, anything the seagulls eat must come out and hopefully it's not on your head while enjoying the balcony.

You don’t have to out run a polar bear, you only need to out run whoever is with you.

@litzie50

13 күн бұрын

Unless there is more than one polar bear!!

@prussiaaero1802

13 күн бұрын

@@litzie50 damn….there goes my Plan A.

In Seattle we were eating fish and chips. A group was feeding the gulls. I warned them to stop, but a gull dropped a big missile on my poor sister's shoulder! She was recovering from surgery at the time. The gull feeders left quickly when I started after them.

If they wanted to get up close to polar bears, they could have saved a lot of money and just gone to the zoo.

Even the Weekend cruiser commented about sea gulls being aggressive in one port! I wonder why that is happening!! Smh In the BWCAW there became a problem with bears because they lost their instinct on how to scavenge. And, I doubt the freeze dried tuna fish was good for them as it was extremely salty - they had to have had to drink one of the lakes.

No place , no matter where you are staying, wants you to feed the seagulls, EVER!!!

Birds also learn to expect food from people on their balcony if they get used to it. Then, if no food is forthcoming, they may attack people who are trying to enjoy their balconies.

People are unbelievable

I’d be pissed if I saw that! They are flying rats. Same nonsense on the beach. HATE THIS!!!

@electrictroy2010

16 күн бұрын

Birds have no connection to rats (or mammals). They are descended from the dinosaurs .

The polar bear will kill you. When I was in high school a girl went into the polar bear cage at the local zoo. The polar bear grabbed her and they had to euthanize him. A polar bear is a wild animal!

I used to do kayak tours in the Fl Keys. I would tell people not to go near or feed or give water to the manatees. Not only is it illegal, but they can develop bloat and die. Many times I would see people on the docks of their houses watering manatees and dolphins with water hoses. I would remind them not to do it , in case they were tourists who didn’t know the rules. Can’t tell you how many times I got yelled at and called a busybody.

@electrictroy2010

16 күн бұрын

“I’m just telling you the law. If you don’t like the law, then write your representative to have it changed.”

Oh dear god. Can you run faster than 25 mph?? Because that is how fast a polar bear can run at you!!! Don’t think I want to die by being mauled by a polar bear.

Don, as a former First Lieutenant of a US Navy frigate (AKA the guy who's responsible for the painting of the hull), I can testify that sea gulls will poop heavily on a ship if they stay for a long time.

Why do people feel they are special to break rules?

Feeding any birds is always a bad idea. The birds know where to get food!

Thanks Don for this video, reminding people not to feed the birds. Just like pigeons, seagulls are flying rats!

@electrictroy2010

16 күн бұрын

Birds are descended from dinosaurs. They have zero connection to rats (or mammals in general).

Some people just do not use their brains at all!! Then when they get called out they are upset.

You just can't fix stupid!!!!!

If I recall correctly in far northern Canada if you want to camp in the wilderness you are required to have an indigenousness guide who is armed with a rifle for polar bears and your camp is surrounded by trip wires that sound an alarm and just flying in by a modified small aircraft costs a ton of money. The tours in Churchill Manitoba operate from modified tundra buses that are taller than the polar bears can reach while standing. We are talking about super apex predators.

I would bet she wasn’t told rudely either.

In the wild there’s a saying “ a fed bear is a dead bear”. They get too close to people if they’re being fed.

Any seaside restarant would have told her the same thing.

Do you mean that I can't just go up and pet a Polar Bear?

Some people haven't a clue. They acted like entitled children, same ⚓️

🤣🤣🤣🤣"Coke commercial"! 😂😂😂😂

A couple weeks ago we were docked in Ensenada and somebody was throwing bread off the lido Deck at the seagulls

I say let the couple get as close as they want….. Survival of the fittest 🤷‍♀️😂

My sister in law is one of these people she always trying to to fed wild animals while I keep telling her not to.

Polar bears are the only bears that kill for the fun of it. They gladly kill anything in front of them and sometimes they don't even eat what they kill. They are the most dangerous bear there is.

@karenburrows9184

16 күн бұрын

It's called surplus killing, and several species of bear do it, along with many other predators. Polar bears are tied with grizzlies as the most dangerous. At least, that's what most sources say.

@BrianAlt

16 күн бұрын

​@@karenburrows9184 interesting. I always wondered if what I heard was true. But I've heard they often never return to eat the "surplus". I know grizzlies are also very dangerous and polar bears developed from them.

@karenburrows9184

16 күн бұрын

@@BrianAlt True about the polar bear descending from the brown bear family (including grizzlies); in fact, they are still genetically compatible and can mate and produce viable offspring, apparently. Also true about the surplus killing, although some predators will cache their kills. Researchers speculate that the behaviour is to teach offspring how to hunt, or that it is opportunistic behaviour. It is known that the animal will do this whenever it can. Sounds a bit weak to me, but then again, I'm not an animal behaviouralist. So there you go.

Crazy what some people think is acceptable

That was my thought of getting too close to polar bears. You may be feeding the animals again but you may not like what they choose for dinner.

Thank you Don, very good points to make. Yes like others have said Seagulls are very aggressive birds and mean you can get hurt easy. NOW the bear story is just plain crazy but I have seen a young lady in the smokies do just that where there was a mother black bear and two cubs and the young lady climb over a fence to take picture's of them and they were maybe 100yrds away. some time people don't stop and think.

Same dumb people will approach the bison in Yellowstone - or try to touch the boiling water at the springs.

remember when getting up close and personal with that polar (or grizzly)bear, you don't have to outrun the bear, just your traveling companions!

Besides which bread should never be fed to any animals including seagulls

Why do polar bears not eat penguins? Polar bears in the north and penguins in the south.

I would bet that bread was white. Definitely, not good for birds.

Yep I got pooped on at Disney Tom Sawyer area you mentioned. Also if i was in the stateroom next to the lady feeding seagulls I wouldn’t be very happy having them flying in and around my balcony

Well, don't ACT like school kids and they won't have to talk to you like you are! Rules are made for a reason.

Ridiculous

The naturalist in the Polar Bear story should have just told the lady that hey -- we aren't allowed to feed the wildlife. You get close to a polar bear you are asking to be eaten.

Keep up the good work don.

I would have been the one reporting that for sure.

Polar bears and penguins are never found together. Bears North Pole, Birds South Pole.

For the polar bear enthusiast. Let them sign a waiver that they cannot sue if they get ripped to pieces. Some people. 🤔

That's hilarious Don lol

Keep up the good work!

Polar Bears like people. Really. Raw. Humans ARE on the Polar Bear's diet.

Nature will provide for the birdies. The lady was wrong

She evidently can do what she wants. She evidently knows best. These are the type people that ruin the animals. To now associate people with food. These are the type people that ruin things for others. These are the type people that make the world a mess and keep it that way, because they do what they want, not what they should. They evidently know best. The animals and the world are doomed and you can thank people like this for that.

The air beyond your balcony ain’t personal at all, and there are rules on balcony activities anyway. It’s also very harmful for people to be feeding wildlife anywhere.

Unbelievable, seagulls like pigeons are gullet birds anything going in comes right back out, making huge mess on ships, boats, benches etc. prob then the ignorant woman would demand immediate cleaning of her balcony. She was def stupid

I live in a city where there falcons in the area and they had 4 babies this year. This happened a few years ago, I walking and heard a seagull being killed by a falcon while flying.

Security was justified with their actions Safety first

Unfortunately some people just want to do what they want to do and they do not care if it s not okay and some other people do it because they are ignorant of the reasons of why it is not okay to feed them.

@Wellch

16 күн бұрын

They are sovereign citizens.

Seagull feeding is not her personal entertainment session. Glaringly ignorant move on so many levels.

It’s not so hard, just follow the rules.

I amazes me how people can be so stupid and self entitled. Upset about the distance away from a polar bear, and feeding birds. Shame on you.

Some demographics and their disregard for wild animals is head scratching!

I agree with you,👍

The rules are there for a reason

It's not her private balcony. It's Carnival's, private balcony! They are allowing you to rent it for however many days? So they have their rules that she has to follow. Just like if it was at her house and she rented it out and she had rules for people who were to use her balcony😎

I wouldn't enjoy the experience if someone caused seagulls to mob the ship

Yes I agree with u whole hearted if u wanted 2 feed the bird do it at hone where u live

Well, If they want to get close and personal with a polar bear, make them sign a release of liability and let the person "go for what you know" as the saying goes.🤨😉

I would not want to get close to any bear at all.

Whatever happened to common sense??

It’s crazy that laws and rules need to be made because people don’t have common sense. The entitlement is nauseating how they get mad at or think the rule doesn’t apply to them when they are the type of ones that caused it to be a rule or law in the first place.

Many wild animals can hurt or kill you if you encounter them in the wild, but polar bears will hunt humans for food.

It starts trouble all the way around. People food mostly isn't good for people let alone for wildlife. Polar bears are not cuddly. Humans are food to some animals.

That woman is unbearable. She even tries to bring religion into it, the nerve!

On the issue of the cute cuddly wild snow poodles, I say the cruise line should allow passengers to get close and pet them and have selfies taken, granted they sign a waiver and pay for cruise line to video the event. The waiver confirms the cruise line will send the video to the person's insurance company and doctor in order to confirm death/cause of death, the cruise line will not attempt to recover the body (it becomes the poodle's property and any attempt to steal it from the poodle will endanger the cruise line staff) and that the cruise line is in no way responsible. Wild snow poodles are carnivores (no fuits/berries in arctic) and large enough that they are not affraid of humans (unlike black and grizzly), so the minute they see a human move, the poodle's brains concludes it is "edible".

Pigeons come to mind when Don was talking about flying rats. This is just my opinion anyway.

Just like at my cities parks, they prohibit feeding the ducks and geese bread. It is not their natural food. And it pollutes the pond water. When it comes to the bears. In our local national park you are to stay at least 100 yards from the Grizzly Bears. In my book, further than that if she has cubs. Every year we have guests that have dangerous encounters with the wild animals. Do people ever learn??

@margiecarson3170

16 күн бұрын

Some just think that they are immune to dangerous animal attacks and they also don’t care that by feeding animals in their natural habitat can upset the natural ecosystem system and there by endanger the animals - but maybe they really don’t care about the possibility of contributing to the extinction of a species …

And don’t feed pigeons, squirrels, chipmunks, etc. in the park, at a restaurant or any public area. It’s not your cabin/park/restaurant. Think of others.

Just don't feed the wildlife from the ship! Bad idea!

Never throw anything off your balcony. Food or otherwise, they were right to report those people. I think people have the wrong expectations when they take a tour like that. Those bears can and sometimes will attack. Or maybe they just wanted to share a coke and a smile.

Reminds me of the Disney song…Feed The Birds….

Carnival demographics cater to the not so smart and those without any common sense. Raise your rates improve your demographic and you will not get crazies sailing on your ships. This stupidity has been happening for decades on Carnival.

Once again someone has to prove that common sense is not so common. I love to photograph animals too, but from a safe respectable distance. Never understood how many people can’t grasp how to respect animals and nature…Keep your distance and leave everything the way you found it. So simple, but yet so many can’t grasp that concept.

Penguins don’t want to eat you. Polar Bears ( and grizzlies) look at every other creature as food.

Good lord. People are D-U-M-B...

Throwing bread into water pollutes the fish's feeding environment (fish will try to eat it and it is not good for them). Or bread decomposes in water. While seagulls are adaptable to many types of food, their primary , instinctive food source are fish or other water based life forms. A urban seagull is not the same as one that lives in nature and the later should not be called a rat. It is thus very important to not habituate wild seagulls to human foods and habituate them to expect/demand humans throw food at them (and get used to eating junk). Because habituation to humans is very easy, it is all the more imporant to be strict about not feeding them in order to keep them wild. If they become dependent on humans for food, what happens when the cruise season in Alaska ends and they are stuck with no food till the next summer?