Watch This Starving Bear Just Out of Hibernation Hunt a Whole Herd

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Nothing quite like the hunger one feels right when one wakes up. However, can you imagine how hungry you’d be if you slept for six months and didn’t have a bite to eat the entire time? This is how this grizzly bear felt in the video posted at the top. Don’t miss the action of what he does!

Grizzly Bear Sighting After Hibernation

The YouTube video at the top takes us to the cold, snowy terrain where muskox live plentifully. This grizzly bear is determined to find a meal in this pack somehow. The Jungle Journey YouTube page filmed and shared this video, adding their narration to provide context. Their most recent video clips are of buffaloes, grasshoppers, Arctic foxes, and hyenas.

Grizzly Bear Hunting Muskox

As the video clip above starts, we see this massive grizzly bear that has just gotten out of hibernation. And this bear is hungry. The Alaskan Government states, “In the colder, northern parts of Alaska, bears hibernate about 7 months of the year. Bears in the warmer, coastal regions of the state hibernate for 2-5 months.” 

So, as we can imagine, this bear was beyond hungry and was willing to do just about anything, such as risking it all to go after an entire herd of ​​muskox grazing nearby. What’s enticed this grizzly to this herd is that they have just given birth to calves. This makes an easy kill for this bear if he can cut them off from the herd.

The grizzly takes off, and the herd disperses in a panic. Sadly, they give no care to the safety of their calves. They are all doing what they can to get away. The bear grabs a muskox calf and easily takes it down. But he’s still hungry, and he goes after another. 

What Do Grizzly Bears Eat?

Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horriblis) of the genus Ursus are found throughout North America. According to the Yellowstone Bear World, Grizzles can live in various habitats, such as ice fields, mountain forests, and even deserts. 

Because of the various locations they are in, grizzly bears can have a varied diet. They are omnivores, which means they feast on meat and plant matter. The United States Geographical Survey says that grizzly bears are opportunistic eaters. And that the foods they like to forage on are graminoids, clover, thistle, and whitebark pine seeds. They will also prey on ants, elk, salmon, and other fish. 

But, as opportunistic eaters, they know not to pass up the chance like newborn muskox calves being born and ripe for the picking, as seen in the video at the top.