A gathering of Grizzlies around a whale blubber buffet almost ended badly for one mother and cub if not for a hero bear who fought off their attacker.
Brad Josephs, 43, a wildlife photographer and bear habitat guide, shared footage from 2015 where he captured the dramatic scene as a group of bears fed on a whale carcass washed up on shore in Katmai National Park, Alaska.
'There is no food on earth more attractive to bears than whale blubber, and the strong scent draws them in from many miles around,' Josephs said.
It was during the nutritious feast that Josephs witnessed several male behemoths weighing approximately 1,000 lbs throwing their weight around.
The 'Bully' bear (left) faces off against the mother Grizzly protecting her cub to the far right as the Bully's rival watches in the foreground from the water's edge
The much larger Bully ferociously attacks the mother bear defending her cub
The smaller female bear is eventually pushed to the water's edge where it was likely she would be killed by the aggressive male
'Most of the bears were mellow and didn't mind sharing, but during the several days we spent there we saw several giant males (at least 1,000 pounds) who weren't so tolerant,' he noted.
According to Josephs, when the bigger males were feeding, the females and cubs had to wait until the giants were sated and sleeping before taking their turn at the carcass.
His video shows a dangerous scene develop for one mother and cub who ventured close to the whale carcass while one of the bigger males, called 'Bully' by Josephs, still roamed nearby.
Bully had been vying for dominance over the rich food source with another massive Grizzly, but at this point in the video, he decides to charge the young cub. The smaller mother bear places herself in-between and is pushed back to the water's edge by the attack.
Bully (left) was attacked by his rival (right) of similar size getting the female bear and her cub out of the jam
The two giant Grizzlies clashed for almost half a minute before tiring each other out
Brad Josephs, the photographer on the scene, says that most of the feeding bears on the whale carcass tended to be 'mellow' except for some of the larger males who arrived
When the larger, more aggressive bears were feeding, the other smaller bears were forced to wait until the bigger Grizzlies were done before taking their turn
'Bully's sheer size, and the proximity to the water's edge, made for a grave situation that I thought would be fatal for the mother bear,' Joseph recounts. 'But out of nowhere, the competing male charges and fully engages with "Bully."'
The titanic males claw, wrestle and bite each other with ferocity for almost half-a-minute until both appear to tire and back down. For whatever reason, the intervening bear had rescued the other two.
'Was he trying to be a hero?' Josephs wondered at the scene. 'I think he saw an opportunity at gaining an upper hand on his competitor while he was distracted, but with an animal as complex as a grizzly bear, you can’t know for sure, and that’s what makes watching bears so amazing.'
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Brad Josephs, 43, a wildlife photographer and bear habitat guide, shared footage from 2015 where he captured the dramatic scene as a group of...
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