People Laugh At How Differently Canadians And Finnish People Deal With Bears
Finnish people and Canadians are like day and night. If Finns are known for their surly attitudes and a massive love for sauna, then everybody knows the famous cliche about Canadians being uber polite and apologetic. And if you think that these personality traits only show when interacting with other human beings, we have proof that it also translates when dealing with animals.
In a video below, you’ll see fine specimens of a Finn and a Canadian dealing with some unexpected guests – wild bears. Wild brown bears are relatively shy animals and have no desire to interact with humans. However, in areas densely populated with wildlife, people sometimes get the chance to encounter these giant creatures. And while there are many ways you can approach this terrifying situation of a bear attack, Tumblr users found two hilarious examples.
Scroll down to see the footage on how to deal if a bear decides to visit you in a backyard. And while both of them are quite obviously effective, we are rooting for screaming PERKELE as loud as you can; at least you’ll capture some hilariously funny moments while doing it.
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Except there is a complete difference between polar bears and other types of bear. Polar bears see shouting as acts of aggression and have been known to act up on it.
Tapperweasel seems to need some biology education. These are the first black polar bears that I see. In both cases, replacing the bears with polar bears might have ended not so forutnate.
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It may work with brown bears. But when you see a polar bear and don't have 4 good solid walls to separate you from it (or a gun to scare it away) - well, you are f***ed.
A guy I knew went working to Svalbard. He told me that before you're allowed to work on the field, you need to learn how to use a rifle. Once on the field, at least one person must carry one at all time, in case of a polar bear attack. Because these show no mercy. If you end up in front of an angry polar bear, you can only wish you know how to shoot. If not, you're pretty much dead already...
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Hey, don't forget the Finnish people may be grumpy and tired from raking all day long.
Translation of the Finnish video: "PERKELE, you're not touching that... Saatana take you. Saatana... So you thought you would take that trash bag, did you? (shouting to his dog): Hugo! Come here! Stay! Hugo! Stay! Hugo! Stay! Stay! So... off with you... Saatana, damn you... I'll hit you with this broom you know if you come here again. (laughs)" (Perkele is another word for the devil, and saatana is yet another one).
More people need to upvote this because time was taken to translate that!! Hysterical in both languages.
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If it's brown lay down, if it's black fight back, if it's white goodnight :)
The type of bear, time of year, type of year it is in terms of resources available for bears to eat, mother bear, proximity to town (bear familiarity with humans ) , specific situation ... ALL have to be considered in an instant to determine reaction.... northern Canadian here my whole life.... And my father a trapper. Basically: bear sees you coming in open space: Act big and back away... Never corner a bear. Some bears will bluff... And charge. So much to know it is not black and white answer like people would like to hear..... It all comes with experience and multiple varied encounters with bears. All this said, my father agrees with me that bears don't seem to act typically in the last 5 years or so.... So it is very hard to read situations correctly. He has sadly lost a couple of experienced bushmen friends recently to a rogue bear.. Both taken right off an ATV :( dogs tried to fight it and ended up running home to get help....:( Be safe all <3
Polar bears live very far up north, in the mostly inhabited part of Canada. Either your boyfriend live in one of those very remote village, like Churchill, or it's another kind of bears that visit him. I live in was is considered here as the north and never seen a live polar bear in my entire life.
Neat to see one of the brooms that the Finns use to sweep the forest floor to prevent fires.
Years ago, we had a bear in our front yard (Colorado). I heard some noise and peeked out the door, then quickly slammed it shut. I told my husband "There's a guy out there and he sounds like he's grunting." My husband looked out, then quickly slammed the door. He started laughing, and told me "That's not a guy, that's a bear." He had shimmied up a tree. We called Animal Control, and they said "Oh, don't bother him. He'll go away." It was a young black bear, and he stayed in the tree for several hours, afraid to come down. We still laugh about it to this day.
Bears are WILD ANIMALS. They are not pets. They are not cute little boo boos that are there for your entertainment. ...///... Getting between a bear and her cubs is a death sentence...for you. Bears that are habituated to people are doubly dangerous because they don't see humans as a threat. They can and will be aggressive and the human will never come out on top of that. ...///... NEVER approach a bear. NEVER make the idiotic mistake that kills tourists on a routine basis and try to take a picture with a bear. ...///... Dozens of bears are killed every year because ignorant people feed them and treat them as some sort of pet.
Polar bear and a black bear are two very different bears. That would be like comparing a mountain lion to a House cat.
Yeah, I have no idea why the video description mentions polar bears, as there are none to be seen in the video. Those things will approach you with curiosity and, if they so will, kill you. American grizzly bears and black bears are two entirely different species as well, and the brown bear shown in the Finnish video is yet another deal entirely: they've been actively hunted for centuries, and only problematic individuals will actually have the courage to approach houses.
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Being Canadian, think the twitter question about how we deal with polar bears made me laugh the most!
Tell me about it ... Some people ask if there are Polar bears on the streets of Finland... Well, I would be happy to see one of our own bears, and I would have to travel thousands of kilometers to have any chance of seeing a Polar bear.
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If there was a bear outside my door, I would say, "Well, I guess I'm just going to have to die in my house, because I'm never leaving again."
Yes, Saatana(Satan), Perkele (also Satan or devil), most common swear words here in Finland ;)
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Great! As a Finn I can encourage you by telling I was fluent by the age of 8.
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Facts. For brown bears at least...no one give a s**t about polar bears cause they just quickly write their will
They were there first. And their habitats are being made smaller by us humans wanting their land. We, are the interlopers.. try to live in peace within nature and her creatures.
Why the h*** would you leave trash outside like that in bear country? That's not smart.
Cute little nut eating brown bears though... Timid berry munchers... Old Finnish guy wouldn't be yelling 'Perkkele!!' for very long if it were a Kodiak out there
Anyone else worried that the Finnish dude's dog was gonna get eaten?
I think what the Finnish guy was screaming was: "This isn't Canada you stupid bear, get the f*ck out! :-) :-)
Hahahahaha...just awesome!!!! Hail Canadians and Hail Finnish Peoples
The Finnish bear didn't look like he wanted to leave. I think the guy was brave or stupid to get off his deck. Bears can run fast. Guy might not have been able to get back inside if they bear had charged. (If you know more about this than I, please correct me if I'm wrong.)
It was in his wild backyard. I'm quite sure this isn't his first bear rodeo.
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If it's Brown, lie down. If it's Black, fight back. If it's White, you're f#cked.
True. I have a small black bear the pop tart that I was eating outside on a camping trip when I was little because he was staring at me like "I want the pop tart". I threw it at the bear, and he stared at it, then snatched it in his mouth and walked away.
Was it a campground? He may have been accustomed to getting food there.
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OK OK bears are usually dangerous and you have to be safe as much as possible but... they're so cute! I feel so bad for the finnish bear.. He must be so terrified...
Have you noted how the Finnish forest ground is very untidy? Not raked at all, which allows bears to hide behind the bushes.
This one says "grizzly bears can get from standing completely still to 30 mph in less than two seconds. They have a lot of horsepower, and their big weight contributes to that": http://wildernessmastery.com/outdoors/how-fast-do-bears-run.html
works with Browns here, but I would be wary of trying with grizzlies or Polars as they are not nearly as docile acting, they can be very agressive and even kill or badly maime people and pets
The finish guy reminds me of a post credit's short, for The Great Outdoors. the two raccoons are at it again, talking about Jody, the bear (who was being chased by the crazy old guy with a shotgun that had bee turned into a lamp...). -"Why is Jody sitting in the lake?" - "You didn't hear? She got shot in the a*s." - "Oh No! don't tell me." - "Yup. now she's bald on both ends."
Neither of these are polar bears. Also, the bears in the first video weren't really doing anything but loitering, while in the second one they were actively trying to steal a guy's garbage RIGHT in front of him , so of course the reaction was different.
I lived on 42 acres with also owning both sides of a private river. I went down to the river just about every day. On this one particular day I was armed with a banana and a pomeranian. I suddenly smelled this distinct foul smell and thought immediately it must be a male bear on the other side of the river in the bushes. I went inside my head and spoke to the bear, saying,l know this is your river but I'm just visiting and won't hurt you....I hope that is ok.......and I heard some rustling and soon the smell was gone. I can communicate with my cat like that....he comes running when I call him in my head.....I think we should try to love the animals more and trust that there is a level playing field for that love to express itself. I would however be less relaxed in grizzly territory LOL
Instead of a banana, you should arm yourself with some honey to throw the other way when you run. I'm glad you and the bears have an understanding. You sure you aren't a Disney Princess?
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DOES ANYONE ELSE REALIZE THOSE CHARACTERS ARE BASED OFF OF HETALIA???????
They aren't "based off of hetalia". They are from Hetalia. But yeah (and the blog is "ask-finny")
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Okay, this has naught to do with da bears! The user name, (sixth comment from the top) is SO outwardly offensive! Rude, disgusting, classless, as in, "WEREN'T YOU TAUGHT ANY MANNERS...EVER????" And its freakin disturbing! It's not funny either! Its not even accidentally humorous!!!
Except there is a complete difference between polar bears and other types of bear. Polar bears see shouting as acts of aggression and have been known to act up on it.
Tapperweasel seems to need some biology education. These are the first black polar bears that I see. In both cases, replacing the bears with polar bears might have ended not so forutnate.
Load More Replies... It may work with brown bears. But when you see a polar bear and don't have 4 good solid walls to separate you from it (or a gun to scare it away) - well, you are f***ed.
A guy I knew went working to Svalbard. He told me that before you're allowed to work on the field, you need to learn how to use a rifle. Once on the field, at least one person must carry one at all time, in case of a polar bear attack. Because these show no mercy. If you end up in front of an angry polar bear, you can only wish you know how to shoot. If not, you're pretty much dead already...
Load More Replies... Hey, don't forget the Finnish people may be grumpy and tired from raking all day long.
Translation of the Finnish video: "PERKELE, you're not touching that... Saatana take you. Saatana... So you thought you would take that trash bag, did you? (shouting to his dog): Hugo! Come here! Stay! Hugo! Stay! Hugo! Stay! Stay! So... off with you... Saatana, damn you... I'll hit you with this broom you know if you come here again. (laughs)" (Perkele is another word for the devil, and saatana is yet another one).
More people need to upvote this because time was taken to translate that!! Hysterical in both languages.
Load More Replies... If it's brown lay down, if it's black fight back, if it's white goodnight :)
The type of bear, time of year, type of year it is in terms of resources available for bears to eat, mother bear, proximity to town (bear familiarity with humans ) , specific situation ... ALL have to be considered in an instant to determine reaction.... northern Canadian here my whole life.... And my father a trapper. Basically: bear sees you coming in open space: Act big and back away... Never corner a bear. Some bears will bluff... And charge. So much to know it is not black and white answer like people would like to hear..... It all comes with experience and multiple varied encounters with bears. All this said, my father agrees with me that bears don't seem to act typically in the last 5 years or so.... So it is very hard to read situations correctly. He has sadly lost a couple of experienced bushmen friends recently to a rogue bear.. Both taken right off an ATV :( dogs tried to fight it and ended up running home to get help....:( Be safe all <3
Polar bears live very far up north, in the mostly inhabited part of Canada. Either your boyfriend live in one of those very remote village, like Churchill, or it's another kind of bears that visit him. I live in was is considered here as the north and never seen a live polar bear in my entire life.
Neat to see one of the brooms that the Finns use to sweep the forest floor to prevent fires.
Years ago, we had a bear in our front yard (Colorado). I heard some noise and peeked out the door, then quickly slammed it shut. I told my husband "There's a guy out there and he sounds like he's grunting." My husband looked out, then quickly slammed the door. He started laughing, and told me "That's not a guy, that's a bear." He had shimmied up a tree. We called Animal Control, and they said "Oh, don't bother him. He'll go away." It was a young black bear, and he stayed in the tree for several hours, afraid to come down. We still laugh about it to this day.
Bears are WILD ANIMALS. They are not pets. They are not cute little boo boos that are there for your entertainment. ...///... Getting between a bear and her cubs is a death sentence...for you. Bears that are habituated to people are doubly dangerous because they don't see humans as a threat. They can and will be aggressive and the human will never come out on top of that. ...///... NEVER approach a bear. NEVER make the idiotic mistake that kills tourists on a routine basis and try to take a picture with a bear. ...///... Dozens of bears are killed every year because ignorant people feed them and treat them as some sort of pet.
Polar bear and a black bear are two very different bears. That would be like comparing a mountain lion to a House cat.
Yeah, I have no idea why the video description mentions polar bears, as there are none to be seen in the video. Those things will approach you with curiosity and, if they so will, kill you. American grizzly bears and black bears are two entirely different species as well, and the brown bear shown in the Finnish video is yet another deal entirely: they've been actively hunted for centuries, and only problematic individuals will actually have the courage to approach houses.
Load More Replies... Being Canadian, think the twitter question about how we deal with polar bears made me laugh the most!
Tell me about it ... Some people ask if there are Polar bears on the streets of Finland... Well, I would be happy to see one of our own bears, and I would have to travel thousands of kilometers to have any chance of seeing a Polar bear.
Load More Replies... If there was a bear outside my door, I would say, "Well, I guess I'm just going to have to die in my house, because I'm never leaving again."
Yes, Saatana(Satan), Perkele (also Satan or devil), most common swear words here in Finland ;)
Load More Replies... Great! As a Finn I can encourage you by telling I was fluent by the age of 8.
Load More Replies... Facts. For brown bears at least...no one give a s**t about polar bears cause they just quickly write their will
They were there first. And their habitats are being made smaller by us humans wanting their land. We, are the interlopers.. try to live in peace within nature and her creatures.
Why the h*** would you leave trash outside like that in bear country? That's not smart.
Cute little nut eating brown bears though... Timid berry munchers... Old Finnish guy wouldn't be yelling 'Perkkele!!' for very long if it were a Kodiak out there
Anyone else worried that the Finnish dude's dog was gonna get eaten?
I think what the Finnish guy was screaming was: "This isn't Canada you stupid bear, get the f*ck out! :-) :-)
Hahahahaha...just awesome!!!! Hail Canadians and Hail Finnish Peoples
The Finnish bear didn't look like he wanted to leave. I think the guy was brave or stupid to get off his deck. Bears can run fast. Guy might not have been able to get back inside if they bear had charged. (If you know more about this than I, please correct me if I'm wrong.)
It was in his wild backyard. I'm quite sure this isn't his first bear rodeo.
Load More Replies... If it's Brown, lie down. If it's Black, fight back. If it's White, you're f#cked.
True. I have a small black bear the pop tart that I was eating outside on a camping trip when I was little because he was staring at me like "I want the pop tart". I threw it at the bear, and he stared at it, then snatched it in his mouth and walked away.
Was it a campground? He may have been accustomed to getting food there.
Load More Replies... OK OK bears are usually dangerous and you have to be safe as much as possible but... they're so cute! I feel so bad for the finnish bear.. He must be so terrified...
Have you noted how the Finnish forest ground is very untidy? Not raked at all, which allows bears to hide behind the bushes.
This one says "grizzly bears can get from standing completely still to 30 mph in less than two seconds. They have a lot of horsepower, and their big weight contributes to that": http://wildernessmastery.com/outdoors/how-fast-do-bears-run.html
works with Browns here, but I would be wary of trying with grizzlies or Polars as they are not nearly as docile acting, they can be very agressive and even kill or badly maime people and pets
The finish guy reminds me of a post credit's short, for The Great Outdoors. the two raccoons are at it again, talking about Jody, the bear (who was being chased by the crazy old guy with a shotgun that had bee turned into a lamp...). -"Why is Jody sitting in the lake?" - "You didn't hear? She got shot in the a*s." - "Oh No! don't tell me." - "Yup. now she's bald on both ends."
Neither of these are polar bears. Also, the bears in the first video weren't really doing anything but loitering, while in the second one they were actively trying to steal a guy's garbage RIGHT in front of him , so of course the reaction was different.
I lived on 42 acres with also owning both sides of a private river. I went down to the river just about every day. On this one particular day I was armed with a banana and a pomeranian. I suddenly smelled this distinct foul smell and thought immediately it must be a male bear on the other side of the river in the bushes. I went inside my head and spoke to the bear, saying,l know this is your river but I'm just visiting and won't hurt you....I hope that is ok.......and I heard some rustling and soon the smell was gone. I can communicate with my cat like that....he comes running when I call him in my head.....I think we should try to love the animals more and trust that there is a level playing field for that love to express itself. I would however be less relaxed in grizzly territory LOL
Instead of a banana, you should arm yourself with some honey to throw the other way when you run. I'm glad you and the bears have an understanding. You sure you aren't a Disney Princess?
Load More Replies... DOES ANYONE ELSE REALIZE THOSE CHARACTERS ARE BASED OFF OF HETALIA???????
They aren't "based off of hetalia". They are from Hetalia. But yeah (and the blog is "ask-finny")
Load More Replies... Okay, this has naught to do with da bears! The user name, (sixth comment from the top) is SO outwardly offensive! Rude, disgusting, classless, as in, "WEREN'T YOU TAUGHT ANY MANNERS...EVER????" And its freakin disturbing! It's not funny either! Its not even accidentally humorous!!!
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