Bears Brave Boiling Pools To Feed | VR 360 | Seven Worlds, One Planet

This remote landscape in Russia is home to brown bears who come to feed on nutritious algae. But they have to watch their step, as danger lurks in every pool. Stay in and explore this vast wilderness. Welcome to BBC EARTH! The world is an amazing place full of stories, beauty and natural wonder. Here you'll find 50 years worth of entertaining and thought-provoking natural history content. Dramatic, rare, and exclusive, nature doesn't get more exciting than this.

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[Music] you're in a remote valley of thermal springs in Russia's vast wilderness discovered less than 80 years ago this snowy landscape is only accessible by helicopter around the boiling vents the snow begins to melt away uncovering rich vegetation below ready and waiting for this exposed greenery a brown bear 300 kilos of claws and power the geothermal activity here creates rich feeding grounds that are available far earlier in the season than surrounding areas but coming here is not without risk as one false move near the hot springs could be fatal [Music] food is so plentiful that this area boasts one of the highest densities of brown bears anywhere in the world being out in the open like this does not recommend it this one they have noticed us the Bears here are among the largest land predators in the world with some males reaching 700 kilograms they're also particularly tolerant of people at each other which is lucky you