Female Bear Shows Young Male How Mating Season is Done in the Rockies

A female with two young cubs gently nudges an inexperienced — and slightly reluctant — male into action. When Wild Canadian Year director Jeff Turner and a pilot from Hinton, Alberta set out to look for grizzly bears in the Rocky Mountain wilderness, they knew that the odds were not in their favour. "The landscape we were flying over was incredibly vast," says Turner, "the bears are just emerging from the den and are very spaced out." They traveled to a very remote valley, far from any roads or human habitation with a Cineflex camera bolted to the helipcopter's frame and controlled from inside. Adult grizzly bears are usually solitary creatures, so Turner was amazed to capture four of them together. "It was like winning the lottery!" From a vantage point in the sky, the crew was able to capture a rare springtime mating ritual. "This family drama was unfolding before our eyes," recalled Turner, "the male bear couldn't believe his luck at finding this female who was interested in him, but seemed kind of shy and confused. He doesn't seem to know what to do." Visit The Wild Canadian Year for more stories: http://www.cbc.ca/wildcanadianyear/ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/CBCSubscribe From the creators of the acclaimed series WILD CANADA, comes a year full of stories which will view Canada’s extraordinary wildlife through the lens of its four distinct seasons. Series coming to CBC-TV in September 2017. About CBC: Welcome to the official YouTube channel for CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster. CBC is dedicated to creating content with original voices that inspire and entertain. Watch sneak peeks and trailers, behind the scenes footage, original web series, digital-exclusives and more. Connect with CBC Online: Twitter: http://bit.ly/CBCTwitter Facebook: http://bit.ly/CBCFacebook Instagram: http://bit.ly/CBCInstagram Female Bear Shows Young Male How Mating Season is Done in the Rockies http://youtube.com/user/cbctv