Gonna be an uncomfortable couple of days…
Black bears have a pretty diverse diet. It mainly consists of berries, fruits, and insects, but they aren’t afraid to catch some fish and small game when the opportunity presents itself.
There’s also anther food source that bears like which you may recall from Winnie The Pooh… honey.
Also, not just honey, but the bees that make it and their larva.
Well, a YouTube channel called Wilson Forest Lands captured video of a black bear digging up a yellowjacket hive to get at the larva inside. The bear was successful at finding a few nests and getting a snack, but I’d have to imagine the pain that came with the little bit of food made the whole experience not very worth it.
As soon as the bear gets to the nest, you can see the wasps start attacking. Within a few seconds there’s thousands swarming it and as soon as the bear’s done chowing down it dives into a pile of leaves and starts rolling around to dislodge the stingers.
But the bear wasn’t done yet as just a few minutes later it sniffs out another hive and repeats the entire painful process.
Glad we’ve got supermarkets, cause man it would suck to have to go through this for just a couple of wasp larva…