4K | Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Eats Elk Calf Alive (viewer discretion advised)

The moment the calf realized it's life purpose.

Many people ask why the bear doesn’t just kill it first like big cats do. I speculate this is for two reasons: 1. Big cats tire easily and their prey is often bigger than them, so they kill their prey as fast as possible so it doesn’t struggle while they eat. 2. Big cats like lions, leopards, and cheetahs live in areas where there are other species that wait for the cats to make a kill so they can come in and steal it, so killing it quickly means it doesn’t make lots of noise, which means the event is less likely to attract attention. Bears don’t have these issues. They live in cooler climates with plenty of water and little to no competition, and they’re usually the biggest thing in their neck of the woods.

And to think that bears have eaten humans this way

This is how Timothy Treadwell left Earth. Absolutely horrifying and forever stricken w/ terror of such animals now. They are not puppies.

Being eaten while your still alive is horrifying. Never realized this is what bears do. Ugh

That bear doesn't look like its' missed a meal in quite some time, if ever.

Damn I hate trees >:(

Thanks for the best wild life video I’ve seen so far.

Sooo sad. Poor elk suffered a long damn time.that was horrible torture so unfair.

This is how timothy treadwell and amy were killed.. They were eating alive by an Alaskan bear.

Imagine being a Viking child and hearing this in the forest.

That poor thing probably let out one last cry in the bear's tummy.

@3:07...the wind made him jump out of his skin. Looked as if he thought someone, or something, had crept up on him. Lol. Bears get scared too, I guess. Lol.

Damned nature, you scary

pretty amazing footage... Tough as it is, this is a Great catch of wildlife in action. Reading your comment below, i have to say you could not have timed the release of this any better for us at least.. it is a bit gruesome, but actually well// after what we had to do just outside the Grand Canyon last week, i feel a little better... we hit an Elk and it took a few minutes to put it down// but seeing this we know it could be even worse in the Wild... thanks on many levels for sharing, good safety messages too

Not sure what to think about the filming there. Couldn't really see much!

PETA should protest that bear.

Wait... this feels better like Monday morning at work....

Can somebody stop that baby from crying !!!

This is a horrible thing to watch but this is how nature is....cruel and uncaring. I don't understand why the bear didn't just break the elk calf's neck and then proceed to consume it. Maybe it didn't perceive it as a threat and couldn't be bothered. One has to wonder why God would allow that animal to suffer like this. I understand the need for predation but you can kill the animal first and then proceed to consume it.