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00:00 Welcome to the first episode of Animal Battle!
00:02 Today's battle is going to be intense, because the two candidates for the title of the best
00:06 mammal in the world are very powerful, being the largest carnivores on land.
00:10 Allow me to introduce you to these amazing animals!
00:13 The brown bear versus the polar bear!
00:17 Also, stick until the end of the video to find out who is the winner of the last battle
00:20 between the jaguar and the leopard.
00:22 Let's do it!
00:23 I'm Mario and this is Animal Battle!
00:26 [Intro]
00:32 Before we start, you should know that the winner of Animal Battle isn't necessarily
00:35 the strongest.
00:36 We are going to evaluate all of them by six different characteristics.
00:40 Agility, attack, defense, intelligence, bonus skill and survival.
00:46 Also, an important thing to know is that there are many subspecies of brown bears found across
00:50 Eurasia and North America, like grizzly and kodiak bears.
00:53 But even though they might look different, they are all the same species.
00:57 Now that you know that, we can start.
00:59 Let's begin with agility.
01:00 Both of them can climb trees.
01:02 Polar bears can run with a speed of 40 km/h, but they are outspeeded by brown bears, which
01:07 can reach speeds of up to 55 km/h.
01:10 That is faster than a horse.
01:12 That makes brown bears great pets for putting.
01:14 But even though polar bears are slower on land, they are a lot faster in water.
01:18 Brown bears can swim pretty good, but polar bears are just incredible swimmers.
01:22 Being able to swim with a speed of 10 km/h.
01:25 They are made for that having a long skull and nose, a flexible neck and large front
01:29 paws.
01:30 They can swim for 7 to 10 hours per day.
01:32 The longest time recorded was 9 days.
01:34 That makes polar bears slightly better at agility.
01:37 Let's move on to attack and defense stats.
01:39 Both of them are really powerful.
01:40 This might be due to their large sizes.
01:43 Brown bears range a lot in sizes, reaching from 1.4 to 2.8 meters in length.
01:48 On average, they can weigh 115 to 360 kg.
01:52 But some individuals can be twice as big.
01:55 The biggest one recorded weighed 680 kg.
01:58 This is impressive.
02:00 But polar bears are even larger.
02:02 In fact, they are the largest carnivores on land.
02:04 They can reach 2.4 to 3 meters in length and can weigh around 350 to 700 kg.
02:10 The largest one recorded weighed 1002 kg.
02:14 Living in the Arctic region, polar bears usually hunt ringed and bearded seals.
02:18 In some cases, they can hunt even larger animals, like walruses and beluga whales, and if they
02:23 have a chance they can eat other mammals like reindeers.
02:26 Their most common hunting method is called steel hunting.
02:29 They use their smell to locate seal breathing holes and wait until the seal reaches up to
02:33 breathe.
02:34 That's when it attacks with a powerful bite directly into the skull.
02:38 Brown bears are omnivores, being able to eat almost anything from berries to fish and over
02:42 100 different species of mammals.
02:44 Searching for food, they can move very heavy objects and lift heavy rocks.
02:48 Even though they are not as large as polar bears, they have longer 7 to 10 cm claws.
02:53 Also, they are territorial and more aggressive, while polar bears are not territorial and
02:57 avoid fights.
02:58 I'll talk more about what happens when brown and polar bears meet later.
03:02 Brown bears have just a few competitors.
03:04 They can steal the prey from packs of wolves and can be killed just by other brown bears
03:08 or by tigers.
03:09 Polar bears on the other side don't have any competition, being the largest predators in
03:13 the Arctic region.
03:14 So we can observe that brown bears are slightly better at attack due to their aggression,
03:18 while polar bears are better at defense due to the lack of competition.
03:22 Because they are both predators, they are pretty intelligent.
03:25 Brown bears might have a larger skull, but this doesn't necessarily mean that they are
03:29 smarter, because, once again, having a bigger brain doesn't necessarily mean that the animal
03:33 is smarter.
03:34 So we can say that their intelligence level is pretty much the same.
03:37 Let's talk about bonus skills.
03:39 Both brown and polar bears live in regions where it can get really cold, so they have
03:43 adapted to that in two different ways.
03:45 When winter comes, brown bears don't need to search for food, especially hibernating.
03:49 For that, they have to eat a lot of food and gain a lot of fat before it gets cold.
03:54 Polar bears, though, live in regions where it's cold all the time.
03:57 That's why they don't have just one layer of coat, but also
04:00 another one, another one, and another one, and another one.
04:08 Actually, they have two layers of coat.
04:10 Also, their hairs aren't actually white, but transparent, which appear white because the
04:14 air in the hairs scatters all wavelengths of light.
04:17 And what color do you think their skin is?
04:19 It is black, which absorbs more heat to keep the body warm.
04:22 Plus a 5-10 cm thick layer of fat and you have everything you need to survive in cold
04:26 regions and to have more buoyancy when swimming.
04:29 And last but not least, let's talk about survival, because there's no use to have high stats
04:33 if a species is going extinct.
04:35 Brown bears, even though are hunted by humans, are doing pretty great.
04:39 There are about 200,000 of them in the wild, and it is listed as the least concerned species.
04:44 They also have a 25-year lifespan.
04:47 Polar bears are doing worse here.
04:49 Although they can also live up to 25 years in the wild, there are just 22,000-31,000
04:53 of them in the wild, being listed as a vulnerable species.
04:57 By 2050 their population is expected to decrease by 30%.
05:01 This is due to habitat loss caused by climate change.
05:03 They are usually walking on ice, but it is melting faster and some individuals can end
05:07 up swimming for days and starving to death.
05:10 So now more and more polar bears go and land further in the continent.
05:13 So their territories might overlap with those of brown bears, but surprisingly, the result
05:18 of their meeting isn't an epic battle, but a brown and polar bear hybrid, which is called
05:22 growler or peasly bear.
05:24 And these hybrids are actually fertile, meaning that they can reproduce, unlike other hybrids.
05:29 So let other people know how amazing these animals are sharing this video with your friends,
05:33 family and babushka, and you can vote the winner of today's animal battle by clicking
05:37 right there and leave your opinions in the comments down below.
05:40 I think it is going to be really close, so even though you comment who you think is the
05:44 winner, consider to vote in the poll right there.
05:46 Now I am going to announce the winner of the animal battle between the jaguar and the leopard.
05:50 First of all, I must admit that I made a mistake.
05:53 Leopards can also swim pretty good, so their agility stats are even higher.
05:57 So, after counting the votes, the winner is…
06:01 The jaguar!
06:03 An amazing animal with high stats overall.
06:05 Leopard fans shouldn't be upset, because even though the jaguar is the one going further,
06:10 leopards are still impressive animals and we should understand that all animals are amazing.
06:14 So once again, don't forget to vote for this episode's winner in the top right corner.
06:18 Respect animals!
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