URSA'S NEW FAMILY
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Uploaded by GilbertHetherwick on Jun 21, 2011
Ursa the bear took a mate in June of 2010 and I had been waiting all spring of 2011 for her to bring her new family around to "show off the kids". I have known her for four years now and these are her first cubs and the first time she has brought them out for me to see. THEY WILL BE BACK in early April 2012 ... and the family will be much bigger. They've been on the property so often that I'm going to have my hands full this spring keeping them out of their usual mischeif. They are wonderful creatures... BLACK bears.. not Grizzlies... they rarely attack people ever. You have a better chance of dying from a bee sting than from a Black Bear. I've only been really close to Ursa a couple of times by accident but she's so mellow it was no big deal. I don't get close. And I DON'T feed them...There is a "Havahart" cage in the yard in the video. I had just set it out to catch a racoon (I transplant them up to beautiful Kaaterskill Falls... far away from humans) And this was the first time they had come on to the property and they were there because of the corn in the trap. Eventually when she runs into the woods it was because I yelled at them as they were getting too close to the cage. Music is "Haymaker's Hoedown" by my friends and clients Jay Ungar & Molly Mason.
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Wow! Gilbert Hetherwick, Nature Documentarian. This is wonderful footage, and what a fantastic opportunity for you! LOVE IT!
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The cubs are adorable Gilbert! How honored you must be that Mama Ursa feels comfortable enough in your backyeard to introduce you to her babies! Maybe Kurt & I will get up there to meet them!
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what wonderful footage! she sure is a proud mama! you can almost hear her saying, "junior, get down from that tree!!" and i noticed the deer in the background....how long til the cubs grow up and leave home?
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And yes.... the deer in the background actually scares the little ones.. which is why they run over to the tree so they can climb to safety quickly if they need to.
GilbertHetherwick 8 months ago
The cubs can stay with mom as long as 18 months. They mate every OTHER year and the family breaks up very quickly and abruptly as soon as a new mate comes on the scene in June or July. The cubs are born around January IN the den with the mother during hibernation. The mother comes out around the first of April (here in the Northeast) but doesn't bring the babies out until they are ready. I knew she had mated last year and have been anxiously awaiting "the kids" for two months!
GilbertHetherwick 8 months ago