Day: September 22, 2024

Grizzly man Mark Dumas, 60, is the only man in the world that can swim with a polar bear. The fearless polar bear handler from Abbotsford, British Columbia, regularly goes for dip in his swimming pool with 16-year-old female polar bear Agee, and the pair enjoy a watery cuddle together.

Grizzly Man Mark and wife Dawn, 60, train the 60-stone (800lb) friendly polar bear – the world’s largest land predator – to star in high-budget TV adverts. Agee has also performed in movies like ‘Alaska’ in 1995 when she was just a few weeks old.

With his incredibly intimate bond Grizzly Man Mark wrestles on the grass with Agee, kisses her, puts his head in the polar bear’s huge jaws, and even bear hugs her as she rears up on her hind legs to over seven feet.

Mark and Dawn have owned Agee since she was six weeks old and the now colossal bear lived in their home as a cub where she played with the family dogs and was bottle fed.

The up close video of this animal is intimidating and respectful.

Seeing the muscle mass on these kangaroos lately really makes me appreciate the dude in that video a few years back who cross hooked a kangaroo in the jaw because it attacked his dog.

Man this Tekken character looks more and more realistic with each game.

Occurred June 15, 2016 / Outback Australia

Info from licensor: “A group of hunters got together to help a young cancer sufferer (terminal diagnosis) with his last wish of catching a 100 kg (220 pound) wild boar with his dogs. One day while hunting one of the highly trained dogs was chasing some pigs by scent and collided with a big buck kangaroo that then held and wrestled the dog by its protective gear (boars have tusks like knives), the owner was horrified that his dog or the kangaroo would get hurt and run in to save both parties. You can see the dog trying to escape, wanting nothing to do with the kangaroo.

The big buck kangaroo releases the dog when the owner gets close but then moves in to try and attack the human. A kangaroo kick to the guts could easily disembowel the owner easily , so he backs off a couple of times giving the kangaroo some space but he eventually changes the roo’s mind with a punch to the snout, as it kept coming forward.

The punch stops the roo and makes him think about the situation, giving the owner and the dog time to disengage from the big wild animal and leaving it to hop off and I suppose wonder about what just happened. We laughed at the absurdity of the situation and at how unfortunate it was for the dog and kangaroo. Our 6 foot 7 inch friend felt no malice to the kangaroo but had to step in and fix a bad situation before it got worse.

Young Kailem unfortunately lost his brave battle with cancer two days ago, so this hunt is part of the treasured memories his family and friends have. Having a dog get tangled up with a roo was never our aim or intention and we were happy no animals were hurt in the incident.” -Greg Bloom

I didn’t see my dog, Nigel, for 4 years while I was at college in America. When I returned home to South Africa, wondering if he’d remember me. He got so excited, he jumped through the window of the moving car to get to me; hugging me, licking me and howling like crazy. It still brings tears to my eyes.

This is why it makes me upset when people treat animals poorly as if they are objects that don’t have emotions. Whether their feelings are as complex as ours or not is irrelevant, these reunions are heart warming.

I was in a coma for 2 months following a ruptured brain aneurysm. When I came home after 3 months in the hospital, my pit/lab mix Kaiju greeted me with such tenderness and care it blew my mind. She was so excited to see me but knew how sick I was. So she was completely gentle with me. Now if she is around me she has to be touching me at all times. She won’t let me go. I love that puppers so much!

Water is the world’s most precious resource. Nothing is more important than water. Freshwater resources are increasingly over-stretched and it’s only going to get worse. Soaring demand coupled with the impact of climate change could leave billions facing water shortages, and lead to conflict.

This documentary brought me to tears. The people who dedicated their time and effort on this project are just as beautiful as these magnificent giants. Thank you so much! I send my love and best wishes

the mom at 11:16 probably got the absolutely hell scared out of her, but the “I love that giant bear” melts my heart. Kids are so blissfully unaware of the constant dangers of the world.

1:49 – The dudes scream and how he apologized was too funny

2:15 it also took me a while to spot that freaking giant snake… that had to be one of the scariest encounters for that mother

1:52 that scream plus once he realized he wasn’t in danger anymore

How refreshing to see some new animal clips with no stupid commentary or unnecessary music! Big thumbs up!