Kamchatka Brown Bears
In Kamchatka Brown Bear narrator Sir David Attenborough reveals how Kamchatka brown bears brave the dangers of scalding volcanic pools to find food after a long winter. These normally solitary giants tolerate each other, even finding time for play, in this rare oasis. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Seven Worlds, One Planet, a series featuring remarkable animal behavior from all seven continents.
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Q: What is the first thing the bear wants after hibernating all winter?
A: The brown bear is hungry and needs food after it wakes up.
Q: What makes it challenging for the bear to find food?
A: The bear must get dangerously close to the scalding fountains when it looks for food.
Q: Do brown bears spend most of their time together or alone?
A: The bears are mostly solitary, but they do see each other and even play together when they emerge from their dens after the winter.