© Grizzly Creek Films
Meet Casey Anderson, a native Montanan and a wildlife naturalist. Not only has Casey had a lifetime full of wonderful experiences, but he has a great job preserving wildlife, and a very unique best friend.
© Grizzly Creek Films
Casey’s best friend, Brutus, is 6 inches taller than Shaquille O’Neal, and weighs 800 pounds. Oh, and he happens to be a grizzly bear.
Interested? Well then you should watch National Geographic Channel’s Expedition Grizzly featuring Casey Anderson, on Sunday, May 3, 2009, at 9pm ET/PT.
Told in the first person, this tale give viewers a chance to view the tale of an unlikely pair of friends, on a mission to chronicle the lives of Yellowstone’s vulnerable grizzly bears, educate people about grizzly conservation, and protect this incredible species.
Here’s a little sneak preview:
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I watched the show and it was great. Brutus is big, adorable best friend and a mush. Does he have any instincts where he would ever turn on Casey?
Wow, quite an amazing video. You can see there is a lot of trust between these two. Brutus is still a wild animal, and Casey probably recognizes potential problems aheas of time.
I’m not quite sure why Brutus wasn’t raised in a way that he could have been reintroduced to the wild. That may be revealed in the original video. Still, if he is content and he is educating others as to Grizzly behavior, I suppose there are some real benefits here.
Good luck Casey! And be careful!
Nice blog piece. Thanks.
Bill, http://www.wildramblings.com
Ok, that is freaking adorable.
Now I want a bear.
…and it will probably eat me.
This is our Brutus the Bear Video. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIX8o2G87Ug
Ninety-nine percent of grizzlies have no interest in harming humans, according to Casey Anderson. Over 85 percent of attacks are when a mother feels threatened, which is mainly when she is trying to protect her cubs.
In a Q&A with National Geographic, Casey writes:
“I do not fear attack; most attacks stem from an animal feeling uncomfortable. I never push Brutus; I never make him do something he doesn’t want to. When people ‘push’ a grizzly or make them feel uncomfortable, it’s usually the human that loses. I have no interest in compromising either mine or Brutus’s safety by being disrespectful to him. When you ride a horse, you get bucked off, stepped on, and kicked once in a while. Brutus weighs nearly 1000lbs. When we play and wrestle it can “hurt”. But it’s not vicious or harmful on purpose.
All that being said, our ‘play’ has resulted in a few broken ribs…my ribs that is.”
I know, right? But I figure if my 17-pound cat can inflict damage, then a grizzly could definitely do some damage, even if just accidentally…
I would love to go to the Montana Grizzly Encounter and go meet Brutus!